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 Basketball, 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 (Baseball, 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) Celebration Bowl 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, Maryland 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.