From The News Room

June 29, 2001

• JSU's Sam Jefferson is named SWAC SID of the Year
  
  June 28, 2001
• Coppin State adds Keith Johnson to men's basketball staff
  
  June 26, 2001
  
• HBCUs well represented at latest NCAA Institute
  
• Hampton wins second straight All-Sport Survey
  
• McKelvey-White resigns from N.C. A&T
  
  June 22, 2001
  
• Jackson State to introduce Denise Taylor as women's basketball coach
  
  June 20, 2001
• The SIAC has scheduled its 2001 Football Luncheon for Friday, July 27 at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, 165 Courtland Street, NE. The luncheon is scheduled for noon and will be followed by interview sessions for coaches and the media. SIAC football officials will also be meeting in Atlanta during the same weekend. They have two days of activities beginning Friday morning and concluding Saturday, July 28 at 2:00 p.m
• WSSU Names Stitt Interim Men's Basketball Coach
• Stillman hires new offensive coordinator
• Karl Morgan joins Alcorn State football coaching staff
• The Gold Coast Classic has named its participants for this year's classic. Delaware State and Norfolk State will meet on November 10 in San Diego for the fifth edition of the only Black College Classic game on the west coast.

June 16, 2001

• OPINION: CIAA Award puts pressure on bidders
  

June 12, 2001

• SWAC Commissioner fired, files suit
  
• Morgan State names Butch Beard as men's basketball coach
  
• Coppin State names Patrick Bailey as women's track coach
  

June 9, 2001

• Benedict College reschedules homecoming
  

June 8, 2001

• SSU's Moore to Compete in USATF Junior Nationals
  
• Steve McNair to be featured on ESPN's "The Life"

June 7, 2001

• NCCU's Turner Earns Academic All-America Softball Honors

June 6, 2001

• Florida A&M selects 11 for induction
  
• Three Black College products have been selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Southern University's Michael Woods was the 32nd pick in the first round by the Detroit Tigers. Florida A&M's Dwaine Bacon was selected in the 16th round by the Chicago Cubs.
  Bethune-Cookman pitcher Cesar Montes de Oca was drafted Wednesday in the 27th round by the Atlanta Braves, but said he probably won't sign with the professional organization.
  The draft continues through Thursday.
  

June 4, 2001

• John I. Davis named new coach, athletics director at Albany State
  
• Coppin State names Marcie Hickey as softball coach
  
• JCSU's Dr. Catherine Wright named CIAA Athletic Director of the Year
  
  June 2, 2001
• Two more Black College products have made All-American status at the Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Norfolk State's Christopher Brown finished third in the 400m dash with a time of 45.79 sec.
  Prairie View A&M's Lewis Turner finished 8th in the finals of the 100m dash finals.
  
  June 1, 2001
  
• The 4X100 relay teams from Prairie View A&M and N.C. A&T finished fourth and fifth respectively in the finals in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
  The PVAM squad of Tim Cherry, Lewis Turner, Lewis Edmonson and Larry Hamilton posted a time of 39.45. Earlier on Friday, Turner qualified for the finals in the 100m dash.
  The fifth place Aggies, who had broken a school record in making the finals, posted a time of 39.48. The NC A&T team featured Titus Haywood, Gerald Wright, Montay Wilds and Timothy Walls.
  TCU won the event with a time of 38.58.
• Southern University's Brian Johnson finished third in the long jump with a best jump of 8.06 and Norfolk State's Christopher Brown has advanced to the finals of the 400m dash.
  
• Tennessee State terminates Director of Athletics
  

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