BCSP Notes . . .

McCoy took over as men's and women's track coach in September of 2003. This season McCoy's teams finished seventh (men) and 10th (women) in outdoor competition. Indoors, the B-CC women were last (11th) while the men finished ninth. McCoy, a native of Daytona Beach, was a five-time all-American quartermiler at Florida State

The announcement was made on Monday, June 5, and the screening process for new candidates is set to begin immediately.

Salter out as Jackson State baseball coach
After six years guiding the Jackson State baseball program, head coach Mark Salter will not have his contract renewed.

The Tigers were leading the SWAC a month ago with an 18-6 conference mark before they were forced to forfeit four games for using an ineligible pitcher. Five days later, JSU had to forfeit most of its SWAC wins when it was found that two academically ineligible players had played throughout the season. The forfeits knocked JSU to the bottom of the SWAC standings, forced them out of the conference tournament and ended the season.

Former longtime head baseball coach and currrent Athletic Director Robert Braddy however told the Jackson Clarion-Ledger that the recent debacle had nothing to do with Salter's dismissal. Salter was 147-129-1 during his tenure. He was 22-17 overall and had the top Div. I hitting attack (.359) this season.

"Regardless of how it looks, this decision had nothing to do with the ineligible players," Braddy told the newspaper. "It had to do with performance on the field. I wanted to go in a different direction and concluded that Mark (Salter) was not in those plans.

When I think of success, I think of championships and we haven't had any of those lately," Braddy said. "I realize a championship could have happened this year before the forfeits, but that's just how it was."

Braddy said a nationwide search for a replacement would begin immediately. Assistant coach Omar Johnson was named interim coach after Salter was suspended on May 10.

Cheyney names new women's basketball coach
Cheyney University Director of Athletics Patric D. Simon has announced that Darryl Brown will take over as interim head women's basketball coach.  Brown replaces Jada Pierce who left after two seasons to become an assistant coach at a Division I program. 

"Brown demonstrated a tremendous work ethic since his arrival on campus two years ago," said Simon. " I expect him to turn this program back around to the glory days of the late 70's and early 80's when Cheyney was competing for the national championship. I look forward to Coach Brown's long tenure as a guiding force for the Cheyney women's basketball program." 

"Growing up in Pennsylvania, becoming the head coach at Cheyney University has always been a dream of mine," said Brown who began his coaching career working with youth in the Police Athletic League and had stints as an assistant at Norristown Area High School and on the collegiate level. Brown is a graduate of Overbrook High School and The Fox School of Business at Temple University.

Grambling makes three head coaching changes
Grambling State University is looking for three new head coaches. Baseball coach James Randall, softball coach Connie Garcee and soccer coach Cesar Martinez have all been let go.

Six HBCU student-athletes selected for USOC Leadership Program
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ The United States Olympic Committee has selected 32 minority student leaders from colleges and institutions across the country, including six from HBCUs, for the USOC's Finding Leaders Among Minorities Everywhere (F.L.A.M.E.) program.

The F.L.A.M.E. program will be held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 9-11, 2006. and is presented by Tyson Foods, Inc., an official sponsor of the United States Olympic Team and official supplier to the U.S. Olympic Training Centers.

For the first time, the program will focus on educating and developing youth at the college level, specifically, freshman and sophomore student leaders. This new shift from mentoring high school students as done in years past is part of the program's goal to provide career opportunities for minorities within the U.S. Olympic Movement.

Participants in this year's program represent 30 colleges and universities and hail from 20 states across the U.S. HBCUs represented were Clark Atlanta University, Fisk University, Fort Valley State University, Florida A&M University, Morehouse College and North Carolina Central University.

HBCU students in the 2006 F.L.A.M.E class are:
Markeisha Cassidy Dawson, 18, Clark Atlanta, Riverside, Calif.
Steven Jackson, 20, Fort Valley State, Warner Robins, Ga.
Jason Julien, 20, Florida A&M, Hampton, Ga.
Alexander Lakes, 19, Morehouse, Atlanta, Ga.
Reginald Oziogu, 20, North Carolina Central, Durham, N.C.
Jeshua Rahming, 18, Fisk, Corona, Calif.

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