He believes he’s just as professional as an assistant who sports a buzz cut. He says when peers look at him, they don’t see a threatening Black man. They see a football coach. So he doesn’t ...

University of Iowa women’s basketball assistant coach, Raina Harmon, was named to the 2025 ABIS (Advancement of Blacks in Sports) Women’s Basketball Coach Watchlist. Harmon was previously ...

When Pollard joined what was then called the American Professional Football Association ... Frederick Douglass Pollard, the only Black head coach of an NFL team … He was a trailblazer who ...

who counts several prominent Black coaches among his 100-plus clients. Deland McCullough’s career trajectory is common among running backs coaches. After a brief professional playing career at ...

Breaking barriers as one of the few former pro tennis players to transition into coaching, Jamea Jackson leads the Arizona ...

Just as she stands on the shoulders of pioneering Black women such as the legendary C. Vivian Stringer, the first coach, male or female, to take three different schools to the Final Four ...

In 1921, as coach of the Akron Pros, Pollard became the first Black head coach in NFL history. Along with Bobby Marshall, he was also one of the first two Black players. He made history while ...