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UNDER THE BANNER What's Going On In and Around Black College Sports
 CIAA SPRING COACHES: The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association's Executive Committee has selected this year's
Spring Coaches of the Year based on their current season's record, athletic
improvement and results of the 2001 championship events.
Shaw claimed both Baseball and Tennis Coach
of the Year honors. Head Baseball Coach Bobby
Sanders led the Bears to an improved 20-18 overall
finish, while Coach Sunday Enitan's tennis squad finished second with
an 11-2 record in the conference, and topped off the season as
runner-up in the 2001 Tennis Championship. Fayetteville
State's Gail Mays was selected as the
CIAA Softball Coach of the Year, finishing the season
28-13 overall, and 12-2 in the conference. Coach Mays also won
the 2001 CIAA Softball Championship, which was the first
fast-pitch win for the Lady Broncos in FSU history. The
2001 CIAA Golf Coach of the Year is Raymond
McDougald, leader of the Fayetteville State Broncos, who won the
2001 CIAA Golf Championship. Cliff Huff of
Livingstone was chosen as the 2001 Men's Outdoor Track and Field Coach
of the Year after an impressive third place finish in the
2001 Outdoor Men's Track and Field Championships.
Marcus Clarke of Virginia Union
University, earned the 2001 Outdoor Women's Track and Field Coach of the Year
honor, placing second at the 2001 Outdoor Women's Track
and Field Championship. The 2000-01 CIAA Coaches of
the year will be honored at the annual CIAA Coach of the
Year Luncheon on May 30, 2001 at the Raleigh Marriott
Crabtree Valley in Raleigh, NC.
TWO OUT AT MVSU: Mississippi Valley State University's head women's basketball and volleyball coach Jessie Harris, along with assistant basketball and head softball coach Bernita Alexander, have been relieved of their coaching and administrative duties, effective June 30. The University will immediately begin a national search to fill all three positions. New MVSU Director of Athletics Lonza Hardy, Jr. cited a need for a new direction in the programs as the major reason for making the coaching changes. Although he has not contacted any potential candidates, Hardy said he hopes to bring in someone as soon as possible to finish the recruiting season, hire a coaching staff and get the programs up and running.
GRAMBLING NOT DONE: Grambling State's baseball season might be over, but that doesn't mean head coach Wilbert Ellis' season is done. Ellis flies to Palo Alto, Cal., Wednesday to serve as tournament director at a West Regional of the NCAA Baseball Championships on the Stanford University campus. The 24--year head coach of the Tigers will oversee the regional featuring Stanford, Marist, Long Beach State and Texas. This will be the fourth regional site where Ellis has served as tournament director. Over the years he's also handled tournaments at Florida State, Miami and Texas A&M. Ellis and GSU pitchers Roy Foster and Michael Darrington will also conduct a hitting clinic for youngsters at the NCAA World Series in June. © 2001 Azeez Communications, Inc.
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POOLE TO BRONCOS: Former Fort Valley State
star defensive back, Tyrone Poole, who
spent last year with the Indianapolis Colts, has signed on to play with the
Denver Broncos. The unrestricted free agent and six-year NFL cornerback
agreed to terms with the Broncos on an incentive-laden one-year
contract Monday after toying with the idea of joining AFC West-rival
Oakland. Poole, 29, will receive the veteran minimum base salary of
$477,000 but can earn around $2 million if he hits certain playing-time levels.
"The organization can compete for a Super Bowl and Tyrone wants to be a part of that," Poole's
agent, Hadley Engelhard, said of his client's move to Denver.
Poole, drafted in the first round by Carolina in 1995 with
the 22nd pick, has started in 85 of his 92 career
games. The 5-8, 188 pounder, was cut by the Colts in February because of
a prohibitive salary-cap number for 2001 ($6.321
million) combined with his decision to decline a restructure of
his contract for a second consecutive year.