MEAC LEGENDS OF COACHING CANDIDATES - ACCOLADES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION -

Criteria: Candidates for the MEAC Legends of Coaching must have served as a head coach in the MEAC for a period of at least four (4) years, must have won at least one (1) MEAC championship and must have had a winning record.

The candidates are listed here alphabetically by last name.

• TIM ABNEY (Women’s , N.C. A&T State) – Served as head women’s basketball coach for the Aggies from 1986-99, compiling a record of 116-87 in league play and 191-162 overall…led the Aggies to their first-ever MEAC regular-season championship, to three straight titles from 1987-90 and the program’s first- ever conference tournament title…is the NCAT women’s basketball all-time leader in coaching victories.

• CY ALEXANDER (Men’s Basketball, S.C. State/N.C. A&T State) – Was head men’s basketball coach at S.C State from 1987-99 and at N.C. A&T State from 2012-16…at SCSU, won five (5) regular season and six (6) MEAC tournament championships while compiling a record of 204-80 (276-200 overall)…the 1988-89 team won its first-ever MEAC tournament title and subsequent berth to the NCAA Div. I tournament…led Bulldogs to a total of five (5) automatic berths to the NCAA tournament…in his first season at NCAT, led the Aggies to the MEAC tournament title and automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.

• JASON BEVERLIN (, Bethune-Cookman) – Compiled a conference record of 95-47 in five years as head coach of the Wildcats (2013-17) as well as an overall record of 179-177 overall…his teams captured four (4) conference championships (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017)...the 2017 team became the first MEAC program to advance to an NCAA Regional when the Wildcats made it to the NCAA Gainesville Regional Final…named MEAC Baseball Championship Outstanding Coach four (4) times (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017).

• VANESSA BLAIR-LEWIS (Bethune-Cookman) – From 2008-19, Blair-Lewis’ teams at B-CU captured four (4) MEAC regular-season championships as well as the 2019 MEAC tournament, which resulted in the ensuing automatic berth to the NCAA Div. I Women’s Basketball Tournament…two of her teams were ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 poll for two consecutive years…she compiled records of 117-75 in the MEAC and 196-168 overall…she won three Boxtorow National Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year awards, the first women’s coach in MEAC history to win the award three consecutive years.

• TODD BOZEMAN (Men’s Basketball, Morgan State) – Led the Bears to their first winning season since 1989 and to a league record of 122-88 between 2006-19…also led the Bears to their only two NCAA tournament berths (2009 and 2010) along with one NIT appearance (2008)…during his reign, the Bears won three (3) consecutive MEAC regular-season championships along with two MEAC tournament titles…was a three-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2008, 2009 and 2010)…was named Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year in 2009.

• RODERICK “ROD” BROADWAY (Football, N.C. A&T State) – In seven years as NCAT’s head football coach between 2011-17, won three (3) conference championships while compiling the best winning percentage in Aggie football history (.728)…led the Aggies to two (2) victories in two appearances, including a win in 2017 when the Aggies finished the season 12-0 to become the first NCAA Div. I HBCU team to finish undefeated…led the Aggies to the 2016 NCAA Div. I FCS Playoffs…his teams captured a MEAC title in three of his last four years as a head coach (2014, 2015 and 2017)../was named MEAC Coach of the Year in 2017 and his Aggie teams were named Black College National Champions in 2015 and 2017.

• DEREK BROWN (Women’s Basketball/Men’s Basketball, Coppin State) – Led the CSU Eagles to a record of 269-237 in 17 seasons between 1999 and 2016…during that period, CSU earned three (3) berths to the NCAA Div. I Women’s Basketball Tournament and two berths to the WNIT…led the Eagles to three (3) MEAC regular-season crowns along with a record 49-game winning streak in MEAC conference play…was a two- time MEAC Coach of the Year and a three-time MEAC Tournament Most Outstanding Coach (2005, 2006, 2008)…coached 22 All-MEAC players.

• SHARON BRUMMELL (Bowling, Eastern Shore) – Coached the MDES bowling program into national prominence between 1998 and 2012, winning four (4) National Championships, including NCAA championships in 2008, 2011 and 2012…also won a USBC national championship in 2011…won five (5) MEAC championships (2000, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2011)…the 2011 team was the first-ever to win both an NCAA and USBC championship in the same year…MDES’ NCAA championships are the only NCAA Div. I women’s tournament championships captured by a HBCU program…compiled more than 800 career wins in her career and won 82 percent of her matches between 2007 and 2012…a two-time National Coach of the Year (2008 ad 2010), a five-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2001, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010)…a MEAC Hall of Fame inductee.

• JOE BURDEN (Men’s Track and Field, Delaware State) – Between 1971 and 2001, led the DSU Hornets to four (4) MEAC indoor track and field championships (1983, 1984, 1986 and 1987)…also led the Hornets to two MEAC outdoor track and field championships (1976 and 1992)…named MEAC Most Outstanding Coach in four (4) Indoor Track and Field Championships and two (2) MEAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships…coached DSU’s first All-American, Brad Morris in the 440-yard dash.

• PATRICIA CAGE-BIBBS (Hampton/N.C. A&T State) - At Hampton between 1997 and 2004, compiled a record of 95-31 in conference play and 127-83 overall, winning three (3) MEAC championships and earned three (3) berths to the NCAA Div. I Women’s Basketball Tournament…at Hampton, was named MEAC Coach of the Year one (1) time while coaching seven all-conference players and two rookies of the year…later served as head coach at NCAT between 2005 and 2012, compiling a record of 84-32 in conference play and 130-88 overall…won one MEAC regular-season championships while with the Aggies…in 2010, the Aggies became the first HBCU Div. I program to win two (2) postseason games as they defeated both Wake Forest and Charlette in the WNIT…at both Hampton and N.C. A&T, captured a total of four (4) MEAC championships, named MEAC Coach of the Year three (3) times and named MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Outstanding Coach four (4) times.

• WILLIAM “BILL” COLLICK (Football/Wrestling, Delaware State) – Between 1985 and 1996, led the DSU Hornets to five (5) MEAC championships in football (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1991)…ranks No. 2 all-time in MEAC coaching wins when he left the post in 1996 (48)…coached 63 All-MEAC players, six (6) NCAA Div. I-AA/FCS All-America honorees and 20 players who signed pro contracts…in 1985, voted MEAC Coach of the Year and Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. MEAC Coach of the Year…in wrestling, led DSU to only championship in that sport (1984)…named 1984 MEAC Wrestling Tournament Most Outstanding

Coach…coached the wrestling team from 1981-84…a MEAC Hall of Fame and Delaware Sports Museum Hall of Fame inductee.

• DONALD COOPER (M/W Track and Field/Cross Country, Bethune-Cookman) – Has served as the Wildcats’ head coach since 2009 and has captured a combined five MEAC championships, including three (3) outdoor and two (2) indoor titles…eight of his athletes have gone on to represent B-CU at the NCAA National Indoor and Outdoor Championships…his men’s teams reeled off consecutive MEAC championships between 2014 and 2016 and his teams have finished no lower than third place during the last eight MEAC championships…his women’s teams have had a representative at the NCAA Championships each of the past six years while finishing in the top three in the MEAC championships at seven of the past 10 meets…named MEAC Outdoor Championship Outstanding Coach three(3) times (2014-, 2015, 2016) and MEAC Indoor Championship Most Outstanding Coach two (2) times (2015, 2016).

• DON CORBETT (Men’s Basketball, N.C. A&T State) – Between 1979 and 1993, compiled a record of 117- 52 in the MEAC and 254-145 overall…captured seven (7) MEAC men’s basketball regular-season championships in his career…also led the Aggies to seven (7) straight MEAC Tournament championships between 1982 and 1988, tying the NCAA record at the time for consecutive conference tournaments won…won 29 conference tournament games during his 14 seasons at NCAT…won MEAC Coach of the Year a total of six (6) times…an inductee into the MEAC Hall of Fame.

• ELYSIA CURRENT (Bowling, Delaware State) – Has served two stints as the Hornets head bowling coach, the first between 2015 and 2016, when she compiled a record of 14-2 in the MEAC and 46-20 overall…led the Hornets to the third MEAC Tournament championship in team history in 2016…started her second stint as coach of the program in 2019 and has compiled a record during that period of 6-4 in the MEAC and 40-28 overall…led the program to the NCAA Tournament and the USBC ITC Tournament during the 2020-21 season…coached Katie Robb to the 2021 USBC National Singles Championship, the first in school history…also coached Alyssa Breidegam to MEAC Rookie of the Year honors…was named Most Outstanding Coach of the 2016 MEAC Bowling Tournament.

• ED DAVIS (Women’s Basketball, Delaware State/Morgan State) – Served as the DSU Hornets’ head women’s basketball coach from 2000-12 and became Morgan State’s head coach in 2017…compiling a record of 116-76 in the MEAC at DSU and 36-12 so far at MSU…led DSU to its lone MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament championship in 2007, leading to the program’s only berth to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament…named Outstanding Coach of the 2017 MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament…guided the team to three other MEAC championship game appearances…the 2004-05 team at DSU set the NCAA Div. I scoring defense record…named 2003-04 MEAC Coach of the Year while at DSU and received that honor again in 2019-20 as head coach at MSU…DSU’s all-time leader in women’s basketball coaching victories with 178.

• WILLIAM “BILL” DAVIS (Football, S.C. State) – In seven seasons as head coach of the Bulldogs, won four championships while compiling records of 27-7 in the MEAC and 54-25-1 overall…led Bulldogs to two appearances in the NCAA Div. I-AA playoffs, going 2-2 between1981 and 1982…named MEAC Coach of the Year two (2) times (1980 and 1981) and SBN National Black College Coach of the Year in 1980…compiled two 10-game winning seasons…coached 50 All-MEAC performers, including three (3) MEAC Players of the Year…also coached 21 All-Americans…his Bulldogs were crowned SBN Black College National Champions in 1981…a 1995 MEAC Hall of Fame Inductee.

• JOE DURANT (Baseball, Florida A&M) – Led the Rattlers to three (3) MEAC championships in baseball between 1991 and 2007…compiled a record of 125-97 in MEAC play and won over 360 games overall…was named MEAC Coach of the Year two (2) times…his Rattler teams made 10 appearances in the MEAC Baseball Tournament championship game. • CLAUDETTE FARMER (Women’s Basketball, Florida A&M) – Coached the Rattlers to an overall record of 190-123 between 1991 and 2001…captured two (2) conference championships, those coming in 1995 and 1999…named MEAC Coach of the Year following the 1994-95 season…coached Natale White, the NCAA’s all-time leader in steals and a MEAC Hall of Famer.

• LYMAN FOSTER (Women’s Basketball/Men’s Golf, S.C. State) – Served as head women’s basketball coach from 1988 to 1993, compiling a record of 45-28 in the conference and 79-68 overall…guided the Lady Bulldogs to there (3) MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament championships…coached two MEAC Players of the Year…named MEAC Coach of the Year one (1) time…coached several players who were named to the MEAC’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Women’s Basketball Team…as head men’s golf coach from 1988 to 1993, led the program to two (2) PGA Minority Golf titles (1988 and 1989), to two (2) PGA Minority Golf Tournament second place finishes and to one (1) HBCU Alumni Hall of Fame Golf Tournament championship.

• KENNETH GILES (Men’s Track and Field/M/W Cross Country, Norfolk State) – Between 1999 to the present, has coached the NSU men’s cross country team to 13 MEAC championships, more than any other conference school, and to one (1) women’s title…won seven (7) straight men’s cross country championships from 2000 to 2006 with the other titles coming from 2008-11, 2017 and 2019)…the women’s title came in 2019…the men’s track teams have posted record-long streaks of seven straight indoor/outdoor MEAC championship sweeps (2006-13) and eight straight MEAC indoor MEAC titles (2006-13)…he’s been named MEAC Most Outstanding Coach in cross country, indoor and outdoor track a total of 29 times, the most in MEAC history…has coached 16 athletes who have earned a total of 23 All-America honors in NCAA Div. I…has coached more than 100 MEAC individual champions in track along with three (3) NCAA All-Region cross country runners, including one (David Kemboi in 2006) who became the first MEAC athlete to ever qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championship.

• BILL HAYES (Football, N.C. A&T State) – Served as the Aggies’ head football coach from 1998 to 2002, compiling a record of 60-42 in the conference and 106-64 overall…is NCAT’s all-time leader in victories…named MEAC Coach of the Year a total of two (2) times (1991 and 1999)…led the Aggies to two (2) NCAA Div. I-AA playoff appearances, including a playoff win in 1999 over the No. 1 team in the nation (Tennessee State)…also led the Aggies to a in 1992…coached NFL first-round draft pick Jamain Stephens as well as Brad Holmes, who would go on to become the first HBCU graduate in any major sports league to be hired as a general manager (Detroit Lions in 2021).

• CHUCK HINTON (Baseball, Howard) – Between 1971 and 1987 as head coach of the HU Bison baseball team, compiled a MEAC conference record of 48-9…won a total of 249 games overall…his team captured first MEAC baseball championship in 1972…led Bison to six (6) MEAC championships (1972, 1975-77, 1984, 1986)…coached one (1) player who became an MLB draftee.

• HORNSBY HOWELL (Football, N.C A&T State) – Transitioned the N.C. A&T football program into the MEAC in 1971 and then led the program to its first-ever MEAC title in 1975…named MEAC Coach of the Year two (2) times…among the players coached at A&T were NFL Hall of Famer Elvin Bethea and Super Bowl champion Dwaine Board.

• GREG JACKSON (Men’s Basketball, Delaware State) – Served as the Hornets head men’s basketball coach from 2000 to 2014, compiling a record of 134-77 in conference play…amassed 200 victories overall, he second coach in school history to do so…led DSU to its first NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament appearance in 2005 versus Duke…program’s first national post-season win came against Northern Arizona in the 2006 NIT…led program to its first MEAC Tournament championship in 2005…also led the Hornets to the 2007 NIT…his teams captured three MEAC regular-season titles, all in a row (2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07)…the 2004-05 team was crowned HBCU National Champion…named MEAC Coach of the Year two (2) times (2005-06 and 2006- 07).

• WILLIE E. JEFFRIES (Football, S.C. State/Howard) – Served two stints as head coach of the SCSU football team (1973-78 and 1989-2001)…finished his career in 2001 as the winningest coach in S.C. State and MEAC history with records of 128-77-4 overall and 79-44-2 in the MEAC…his teams won five (5) MEAC championships and three (3) Black College National Championships…named MEAC Coach of the Year five (5) times and National Black College Coach of the Year three (3) times…led Bulldogs to seven (7) postseason appearances, winning four games in the postseason…only person to have coached against legendary coaches Paul “Bear” Bryant and Eddie Robinson…member of the MEAC Hall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame, the Black College Football Hall of Fame and the HBCU National Alumni Hall of Fame…coached College Football Hall of Famers and Pro Football Hall of Famers Harry Carson and Donnie Shell…was the first African- American to coach at a NCAA Div. I university…is credited with inventing the “Freeze Option” offense.

• BRIAN JENKINS (Football, Bethune-Cookman) – won or shared four (4) MEAC football championships in five years as a head coach in the MEAC (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)…captured three (3) Black College Football National Championships…compiled records of 34-6 in the MEAC and 46-14 overall…led Wildcats to three NCAA FCS Playoff appearances (2010, 2012, 2013)…named MEAC Football Coach of the Year three (3) times (2010, 2012, 2013).

• WILLIAM “BILLY” JOE (Football, Florida A&M) – In 11 seasons as head coach of the Rattlers (1994-2004), won four MEAC championships and led the program to six consecutive NCAA Division I-AA (FCS) Playoff appearances…advanced to the Div. I-AA national semifinals in 1999…led the Rattlers to their fist playoff victory since winning the inaugural national championship in 1978 when the 1998 team notched a win in the playoffs…led FAMU to one (1) Heritage Bowl appearance, that coming in 1995…compiled a record of 56-17 in the MEAC and 86-46 overall while coaching the Rattlers…named MEAC Coach of the Year three (3) times (1995, 1996 and 2001)…inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

• CHARLENE M. JOHNSON (Volleyball/Women’s Tennis, S. C. State) – The first woman to serve as a full- time head coach at S.C. State…named MEAC Tennis Coach of the Year in 1986 and MEAC Volleyball Coach of the Year in 1990…led the Lady Bulldogs to their first MEAC Volleyball Championship in 1990.

• ROBERT “JET” JOHNSON (Track and Field/Cross Country, S.C. State) – Served as S.C. State’s head track and cross country coach from 1974 to 1991…is the winningest coach in SCSU track and field/cross country history with a combined 20 conference championships in cross country, men’s track and field and women’s track and field…captured the NCAA Div. II National Women’s Track and Field championship in 1982 and was the runner-up in 1981…won over 20 MEAC Coach of the Year honors as well as one (1) AIAW Outstanding Coach accolade…won MEAC championships in men’s outdoor track in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1990…won MEAC championships in MEAC indoor track in 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1991…won a MEAC championship in men’s cross country in 1980k…for the women, his teams won MEAC outdoor titles in 1982 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1998 an indoor title in 1982…coached 13 AIAW All-Americans and four (4) NAIA All-Americans...inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame in 2005.

• EDWARD “BUCK” JOYNER JR. (Men’s Basketball, Hampton) – Served as a head coach in the MEAC with the Hampton Pirates from 2009 to 2018, compiling records of 105-57 in the conference and 153-140 overall…his teams captured two (2) MEAC regular-season championships and three (3) MEAC tournament championships…named MEAC Tournament Outstanding Coach a total of three (3) times (2011, 2015, 2016)…named BoxToRow Coach of the Year in 2010-11 and HBCU Digest Male Coach of the Year in 2015…led the program to six (6) postseason appearances…coached one (1) MEAC Rookie of the Year, one (1) MEAC Defensive Player of the Year, three (3) MEAC Tournament MVPs, 10 MEAC All-Tournament selections and 11 All-MEAC selections (six first-teamers).

• ROBERT JONES (Men’s Basketball, Norfolk State) – Has served as the NSU Spartans’ head coach since the 2013-14 season and has compiled records of 92-32 in the conference and 142-119 overall…his teams have finished among the Top 4 teams in the MEAC regular-season each year that he’s coached the Spartans with first place finishes in 2018-19 and 2020-21 and second place finishes in 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2019-20…won the MEAC Basketball Tournament in 2020-21 and the ensuing berth to the NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament, where the Spartans defeated Appalachian State in the NCAA Tournament First Four before advancing to First Round action…led team to the 2019 NIT, where it upset Alabama on its home court in Tuscaloosa, Ala…led team to four (4) consecutive appearances in the CIT tournament (2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017)…named MEAC Coach of the Year in 2019…his teams have won .742 percent of their conference game since he took over the program.

• HARDEEP JUDGE (Men’s and Women’s Tennis, S.C. State) – Since taking over the S.C. State men’s and women’s tennis programs in 2001, has won a combined 27 MEAC championships (14 women’s titles and 13 men’s titles)…ranks among the winningest coaches in NCAA Div. I history and is the all-time winningest coach in SCSU history with over 523 career wins…has compiled a record of 104-9 in the MEAC and 260-102 overall in women’s tennis as well as 86-8 in the MEAC and 263-124 overall in men’s tennis…his teams have made 27 NCAA Tennis Championship appearances…has won MEAC Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year and MEAC Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year honor numerous times…has been named ITA Tennis National Coach of the Year two (2) times.

• SHAUN KUPFERBERG (Volleyball, Howard) – From 2012 until the present, has compiled a volleyball record of 77-22 in the conference and 145-115 overall while coaching the Bison…his teams have captured five (5) MEAC volleyball championships (2015-19) and have advanced to the NCAA Div. I Volleyball Tournament a total of five (5) times…is a three-time recipient of MEAC Volleyball Coach of the Year honors (2014, 2016, 2018)…has led team to a MEAC winning percentage of .778 and an overall winning percentage of .556 while with the Bison.

• BOBBY LANG (Track and Field, Florida A&M) – Led the Rattlers to a combined 29 MEAC men’s and women’s indoor, outdoor and cross country championships…was the very first coach to win the vaulted triple crown, earning conference titles in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field.

• TINY LASTER (Softball/Volleyball, Hampton) – Coached the HU Lady Pirates softball team from 1995 to 2003, capturing a MEAC championship and NCAA Div. I Women’s Softball Tournament bid in the program’s first NCAA Div. I season…during the Div. I era, his 1996 team registered 39 victories…led the Lady Pirates to eight (8) 30-win seasons, including four (4) consecutively…named MEAC Coach of the Year in 1996…named MEAC Softball Tournament Most Outstanding Coach six (6) times…in volleyball, led the team to eight (8) MEAC tournament appearances and had a pair of 19-win seasons.

• ALTON “AL” LAVAN (Football, Delaware State) – From 2004 to 2010, led the DSU Hornets to records of 34-21 in the MEAC and 41-35 overall, winning one conference championship…just the second coach in MEAC history to lead a team to a perfect 8-0 conference record, as he did with the 2007 team that captured the MEAC championship and earned DSU its first-ever NCAA Div. I Playoff berth…was named 2007 Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. MEAC Coach of the Year…while at DSU, coached the Navy Northeast All-Stars at the 2008 American Heritage Bowl All-Star Game in Fullerton, Calif.

• MERVYL MELENDEZ (Baseball, Bethune-Cookman) – Served as the B-CU Wildcats head baseball coach from 2000 to 2012, compiling a record of 174-35 in the conference and 379-320 overall…his teams captured 13 MEAC championships with him at the helm, including seven (7) in a row between 2006 and 2012 as well as five in a row between 2000 and 2004…he compiled a .832 winning percentage in conference games…voted MEAC Coach of the Year a total of nine (9) times (2000, 2001, 2004, 2006-2011), including six straight times from 2006 to 2011…named MEAC Baseball Tournament Outstanding Coach 10 times (2001-04, 2006- 11)…coached six (6) MEAC Baseball Players of the Year.

• RONALD “FANG” MITCHELL (Men’s Basketball, Coppin State) – In 28 years as head coach of the CSU Eagles, compiled a record of 308-159 in the conference and 429-417 overall…captured 10 MEAC regular- season championships (1990, 1991, 1993-99, 2004) and four (4) MEAC Tournament championships (1990, 1993, 1998, 2004)… led Eagles to four (4) NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament berths…registered a huge upset in the 1997 NCAA Tournament with a 78-65 victory over No. 15 seed South Carolina…lost by just one-point in the Second Round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament to Texas (82-81)…named MEAC Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year six (6) times (1990-94, 1998, 2004)…named MEAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Outstanding Coach four (4) times (1990 1993, 1997, 2008).

• DARLENE MOORE (Track and Field/Cross Country, Florida A&M) – Served as FAMU’s director of track and field and cross country from 2009 to 2019…led the program to 12 total conference championships, including seven (7) titles in women’s cross country, three (3) titles in outdoor track and field and two (2) titles in men’s cross country…named MEAC Coach of the Year three (3) times.

• LEVELLE MOTON (Men’s Basketball, N.C. Central) – Has served as head coach of the NCCU Eagles since the 2011-12 season and has led the program to four (4) MEAC regular-season championships (2013-14, 2014- 15, 2016-17, 2019-20) and four MEAC Men’s Basketball Tournament championships (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)…has led the Eagles to four (4) trips to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019), including the highest seed for any HBCU at No. 14 in 2014…led Eagles to the NIT in 2015…owns a .730 winning percentage in MEAC regular-season play…named MEAC Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year two (2) times (2013-14, 2016-17)…named MEAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Coach four (4) times (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)…named NABC District 15 Coach of the Year two (2) times (2014-15, 2016- 17).

• WILLIAM “BILL” MOULTRIE (Track and Field, Howard) – Led the Bison to the MEAC’s very first championships in women’s indoor track and field (1981) and women’s cross country (1981)…captured a total of seven (7) MEAC championships, including four (4) in women’s cross country (1981, 1982, 1988 and 1989), two (2) in women’s indoor track and field (1981 and 1983) and one in men’s indoor track and field (1985)…coached 71 All-Americans in indoor and outdoor track and field…inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame.

• JAMES “PHIL” PHILLIPS (Wrestling/Football, Morgan State) – Served as the Morgan State Bears’ wrestling coach from 1975 to 1994…guided the program to 13 MEAC wrestling championships, including 10

straight from 1985 to 1994…under his helm, over 75 wrestlers were named All-Americans and five (5) earned NCAA Div. II national titles in the sport…was the only head wrestling coach from a HBCU to host a NCAA Eastern Wrestling Regional (1984) and an NCAA Div. II Wrestling National Championship (1985)…earned MEAC Wrestling Tournament Outstanding Coach accolades 12 times (1974, 1977, 1985-94)…inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame in 1977…coached several nationally-ranked wrestlers such as NCAA Div. II national champions John Davis, William “Bucky” Smith, John Veal and Greg Green…served as the Bears’ head football coach in 1983 and 1984.

• MAURICE PIERCE (M/W Track and Field/Cross Country, Hampton) – Since becoming the HU Pirates head coach in 2002, has coached the programs to a combined 29 championships, including 14 indoor titles, 11 outdoor titles and four (4) cross country titles…led the Lady Pirates track and field program to 11 of 13 outdoor titles while winning or sharing 13 of 14 indoor titles from 2002-16…coach a total of 49 All-Americans…coached a total of 679 all-conference honorees…coached seven (7) Olympians and eight (8) student-athletes who won world titles…served as a national team coach at various levels.

• OLIVER “BUDDY” POUGH (Football, South Carolina State) – Is currently South Carolina State’s all-time winningest football coach, having compiled a 133-74 record since taking over the program in 2002…has won at least a share of seven MEAC football championships (2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019) and made four NCAA Div. I FCS Playoff appearances…won two Black College national championships (2008, 2009)…three-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2008, 2009, 2019).

• JAMES M. RAGLAND (Wrestling, South Carolina State) – Coached the Bulldogs from 1980-86…compiled a record of 56-39-3 and won four consecutive MEAC championships (1980-83)…he was named the MEAC’s Outstanding Coach in each of those four seasons and coached a total of 31 MEAC champions during his tenure…coached two NCAA qualifiers each in 1983 and 1986.

• RAMONA RILEY-BOZIER (Volleyball, Morgan State) – Has led the Lady Bears since 1988 and is the winningest coach in Morgan State history, regardless of sport…has won 476 matches in her career and boasts a 221-115 record in MEAC play…won four MEAC championships (1992, 1997, 1998, 2002) and was named MEAC Coach of the Year five times (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006)…has racked up 11 20-win seasons and made three NCAA Tournament appearances, including 1997, when the Lady Bears defeated Grambling State in the play-in round to become the first HBCU to make the NCAA field.

• TARRELL ROBINSON (Women’s Basketball, N.C. A&T State) – Boasts the best winning percentage in program history (.655), having gone 109-29 overall in nine seasons…won three MEAC tournament championships (2016, 2018, 2021) and four regular-season titles (2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21)…went undefeated in MEAC play (16-0) in 2018-19, one of only seven times that’s been done in MEAC women’s basketball history…has led the Aggies to three NCAA Tournament appearances and three WNIT berths.

• DUANE ROSS (Track and Field, N.C. A&T State) – Has won four straight MEAC championships in men’s indoor track & field (2017-20), women’s indoor track & field (2017-20) and men’s outdoor track & field (2017- 19, 2021)…has coached six NCAA champions: Kayla White (2018 indoor 200m), Randolph Ross (2021 outdoor 400m), Cambrea Sturgis (2021 outdoor 100m and 200m) and the 2021 indoor and outdoor men’s 4x400-meter relay…was named the 2021 National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)…has also been named USTFCCCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year five times (2021 men and women, 2019 men, 2018 men and women).

• JEFF SAVAGE (Softball, Delaware State) – Led the Hornets to their first-ever MEAC softball championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2008…during his tenure (1999-2012), the program won the MEAC Northern Division regular-season title five times and made three other appearances in the championship round…was 364-303 at Delaware State going 210-82 in MEAC play.

• DR. ROBERT SCREEN (Tennis, Hampton) – Is the NCAA’s all-time winningest tennis coach with 1,068 career victories…during his MEAC tenure (1995-2011), the men’s program won seven of eight conference titles (1996-99, 2001-03) upon joining, and he won both men’s and women’s championships in 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2003…won eight MEAC men’s titles (1996-99, 2001-03, 2007) and five women’s titles (1996, 1998, 2002-04)…inducted into the Black Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011.

• WILLIE SIMON (Women’s Basketball & Baseball, South Carolina State) – won 305 women’s basketball games from 1974-88 at South Carolina State, winning three regular-season (1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86) and four MEAC tournament titles (1978, 1979, 1983, 1986)…won the AIAW national championship in 1978-79, after being the national runner-up in 1977-78…two-time MEAC Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year (1984- 85, 1991-92)…led South Carolina State to an NCAA Tournament win over La Salle in 1982-83, becoming the first HBCU (men or women) to win an NCAA postseason game…also led the Bulldogs baseball program to its lone MEAC title in 1973..

• TERRY SIMS (Football, Bethune-Cookman) – has won 34 games in five seasons in Daytona Beach, including a share of the MEAC championship in 2015…was named MEAC Coach of the Year in 2015…has a 29-13 record in conference play, including a 5-0 mark against rival Florida A&M.

• DAVID SIX (Women’s Basketball, Hampton) – was 198-92 overall and 122-22 in nine seasons coaching in the MEAC…won six MEAC tournament championships, including a record five in a row from 2010-14…won five straight MEAC regular-season titles (2010-11 through 2014-15)…made seven postseason appearances – six NCAA and one WNIT…earned the program’s first-ever postseason win at the Div. I level with a WNIT win over Drexel in 2015…led Hampton to the MEAC’s two best seeds in the NCAA Tournament’s 64-team format: a No .13 in 2011 and a No. 12 in 2014…owns two of the MEAC’s seven undefeated seasons in conference play, going 16-0 in both 2012-13 and 2013-14…three-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2010-11, 2012-13, 2013- 14)…six-time MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Coach (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017)..

• FRED SOWERBY (Cross Country, Delaware State) – Won a combined 10 MEAC cross country championships…won women’s titles in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1990 and men’s titles in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1989.

• LINDA SPENCER (Volleyball, Howard) – won 281 matches and five MEAC championships from 1987- 2005…was 117-50 in MEAC play…won MEAC championships in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1994…was named MEAC Tournament Outstanding Coach in each of those five seasons…led the program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1994.

• LARRY STRICKLAND (Tennis, Howard) – Took over as men’s tennis coach in 1984 and started the women’s program in 1986…retired in 2020…coached 150 ITA Scholar All-Americans…won MEAC men’s tennis titles in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990…won MEAC women’s tennis titles in 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1995…2011 MEAC Men’s Coach of the Year…two-time MEAC Women’s Coach of the Year (2010, 2011)…named MEAC Men’s Tennis Championship Outstanding Coach four (4) times (1987-90)…named MEAC Women’s Tennis Championship Outstanding Coach five (5) times (1989-90, 1992-93, 1995)…coached two (2) Rhodes Scholars

Finalists…coached the Bison to three (3) HBCU National Championships…won the USTA/ITA National Community and Outreach Award in 2011-12.

• JOE TAYLOR (Football, Howard & Hampton & Florida A&M) – won a combined 141 games at three MEAC schools during his illustrious career…went a combined 99-39 in MEAC play at those stops…won six MEAC titles: five at Hampton (1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006) and one at Florida A&M (2010)…made five NCAA FCS Playoff appearances at Hampton and one Heritage Bowl…four-time MEAC Coach of the Year (1997, 2004, 2005, 2006)…2016 inductee into the MEAC Hall of Fame…2019 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame…2020 inductee into the Black College Football Hall of Fame.

• KIM TERRELL-KEARNEY (Bowling, Delaware State & N.C. A&T State) – Has won three MEAC championships at two different schools…won the 2009 title at Delaware State and the 2018 and 2021 crowns with North Carolina A&T State…two-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2009, 2021)…2009 National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) Coach of the Year…has won 524 matches between the two schools, including 333 with the Aggies.

• ROY “SPACEMAN” THOMPSON (Track and Field, N.C. A&T State) – Led the Aggies from 1983-2010…won three straight MEAC men’s outdoor titles from 1984-86…also won the women’s outdoor title in 1995 and shared the men’s indoor title in 1996…coached seven All-Americans and had eight nationally-ranked teams…also coached the Aggies’ first-ever Olympian.

• TONY TRIONOV (Volleyball, Florida A&M): Turned the Rattlers into the MEAC’s dominant volleyball program in the 2000s…coached in Tallahassee from 1997-2018…won MEAC championships in 1999 and 2001- 09…four-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2001, 2003, 2012, 2013)…led the Rattlers to the MEAC’s first-ever national ranking in 2004, No. 22 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 poll…earned the MEAC’s first NCAA Tournament win in 2003 over Winthrop.

• SANYA TYLER (Women’s Basketball, Howard) – Won 298 games in 21 seasons at the helm at The Mecca…was a combined 165-77 in MEAC play…1993-94 MEAC Coach of the Year…won nine MEAC Tournament championships (1982, 1985, 1987-90, 1996-98)…named MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Outstanding Coach eight (8) times (1985, 1987-90, 1996-98)…went undefeated (18-0) in MEAC play in 1996-97, one of just seven times that’s happened in MEAC women’s basketball history.

• HARRY VAN SANT (Baseball, Delaware State) – Won 223 games from 1985-98 for the Hornets, including a 123-96 mark in conference play…led the Hornets to their lone MEAC championship in 1989, while also leading them to three more appearances in the championship round…that 1989 team led all of Div. I in team batting at .388.

• DR. LEROY T. WALKER (Track & Field, North Carolina Central) – Won three consecutive MEAC championships from 1972-74…won the NAIA national championship in 1972…inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame in 1981…later served as Team USA head coach and was the first Black president of the U.S. Olympic Committee (, 1996).

• LAURA WATTEN (Softball, Bethune-Cookman) – Won 448 games and seven MEAC championships while at the helm in Daytona Beach…won seven MEAC championships (2000-04, 2018, 2019)…four-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)…2005 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Coach of the Year…led the Wildcats to winning the South Regional title, becoming the first MEAC program to win an

NCAA regional…named to the MEAC 50th Anniversary Pioneers in Women’s Sports team…coached 32 All- MEAC selections, five (4) MEAC Players of the Year and four (4) MEAC Pitchers of the Year.

• VERONICA WIGGINS (Softball, Florida A&M) – Won MEAC championships in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017…four-time MEAC Coach of the Year (1993, 1997, 1998, 2006)…led the Rattlers to nine NCAA appearances…won 726 games in nearly three full decades at the helm in Tallahassee, going 281-90 in MEAC play.

• A.B. WILLIAMSON (Men’s Basketball, Howard) – Won 228 games overall and went 120-69 in MEAC play…appeared in the MEAC Tournament championship game 10 times and won titles in 1980 and 1981…also won three MEAC regular-season titles (1979-80, 1982-83, 1986-87)…led Howard to the MEAC’s first-ever appearance in the NCAA Div. I Tournament in 1981…coached five (5) players who were drafted into the NBA…three-time MEAC Coach of the Year (1980, 1983, 1987)…was a 2002 inductee into the MEAC Hall of Fame.

• STEVE WILSON (Football, Howard) – Went 78-67 from 1989-2001, including a 46-44 mark in MEAC play…went undefeated in 1993 (11-0) to win the MEAC championship…two-time MEAC Coach of the Year (1989, 1993)…won the 1996 Heritage Bowl.

• ALVIN WYATT, SR. (Football & Women’s Basketball, Bethune-Cookman) – Is B-CU’s all-time winningest coach in both sports…went 90-54 in football, winning the 2002 MEAC championship…1998 MEAC Coach of the Year (football)…won the 1998 Heritage Bowl…was 245-207 as women’s basketball coach from 1978-95, winning the 1984 MEAC Tournament title and being named Outstanding Coach…2016 inductee into the Bethune-Cookman Athletic Hall of Fame…2020 inductee into the MEAC Hall of Fame.

• DR. JAMES YOUNGE (Tennis, North Carolina Central) – Won four consecutive MEAC championships in men’s tennis from 1972-75…named MEAC Outstanding Coach in 1975…also served as interim commissioner of the MEAC (1975-78)…inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame in 1986.