Tag: Coaches: Page 34

Sports

Iraq War Veteran Preparing to Resume

While many other star high school athletes set their sights on college football, Timmy Bailey signed with a different recruiter…

February 22, 2006

Students

Celebration or Placebo?

“I hate Black History Month.” Such reads the title of a 2001 essay posted on…

February 22, 2006

Sports

Radford Has Best Graduation Rate Under NCAA Guidelines

Led by Radford, almost two dozen Division I schools reported Graduation Success Rates of at least 95 percent for…

January 23, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Community College Basketball Coach

A former basketball coach at Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kan., pleaded guilty to helping…

January 11, 2006

Sports

Ivy League Football Has First Black Head Coach

Columbia University recently became the first Ivy League college to hire an African-American to lead its football program…

January 11, 2006

Sports

Plug in the Pipeline

Going from a golf fan to a serious player to a professional is no simple feat…

December 28, 2005

Sports

Minority Golf and Higher Education: A Few Historical Links

Minority Golf and Higher Education: A Few Historical Links -The golf tee was invented by an African-American, Dr. George Grant, and patented in 1899. Grant graduated second in his class from Harvard’s Dental school in 1870.* -John Matthew Shippen was the first Black golfer to play in the U.S. Open in 1896 in Shinnecock Hills, […]

December 28, 2005

Sports

Historian Sees Chamberlain as Playing Role in Race Relations

Taking another look at Wilt Chamberlain, a dominating force in college basketball when he played…

December 21, 2005

Sports

Black Coaches Association Issues

The University of Notre Dame received a B on the minority hiring report card released recently…

November 30, 2005

Sports

Study: Gender, Race Gap Still Exists in Sports Front Offices, Sidelines

The WNBA was the only major professional sports league to receive top marks in a comprehensive…

November 16, 2005

Sports

Air Force Coach Under Fire

Air Force Academy head football coach Fisher DeBerry, expressing frustration after a recent…

November 16, 2005

Sports

Notre Dame Gets B; South Carolina, Utah Receive F on Minority Report Card

Notre Dame received a B on the minority hiring report card released last week by the Black Coaches Association…

November 13, 2005