Category: Black College Football

Florida A&M names James Colzie III as 19th head football coach

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After a coaching search that was filled with more twists and turns than a weekday soap opera, the FAMU coaching search has finally come to a conclusion with Interim head coach James Colzie named the 19th head coach in the program’s history. After former head coach Willie Simmons departed in early January to accept the running backs coach position on Manny Diaz’s staff at Duke, Colzie III was named interim coach. A letter that was sent out to both AD Sykes and FAMU president, Dr. Larry Robinson, by the FAMU…

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North Carolina Central releases 2024 Football schedule

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DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University, winners of 19 games over the past two seasons, unveiled its 2024 football schedule on Wednesday. NCCU will once again play an 11-game, regular-season schedule. It features five home games inside O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium, including a home battle against North Carolina A&T State University; a season-opening trip to Florida to play in the Orange Blossom Classic; and the program’s first-ever game against the University of North Carolina. After ending the season with an FCS national ranking for a second consecutive campaign, NCCU will open the…

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Ron Dickerson Jr named Benedict head football coach

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title image via Mark Adams II Courtesy of Benedict Athletics COLUMBIA, S.C. – Benedict College President Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis and Director of Athletics Willie Washington are proud to announce the hiring of Ron Dickerson Jr. as head football coach for the Tigers. Dickerson has a long successful history as a football coach, bringing more than 27 years of coaching experience to the Tigers. He comes to Benedict after serving the last two seasons at the University of West Florida, helping the Argonauts to back-to-back Gulf South Conference championships, a…

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Tennessee State adds Tyler Roehl as Assoc Head Coach and OC

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Football Tennessee State University football head coach Eddie George has appointed Tyler Roehl as the program’s associate head coach and offensive coordinator, following Roehl’s 11-year tenure at FCS powerhouse North Dakota State. During his five seasons as the offensive play caller for the Bison, Roehl played a crucial role in the team’s success, reaching the NCAA FCS National Championship three times and securing titles in 2019 and 2021. In total, Roehl boasts seven FCS titles and eight Missouri Valley Football Conference titles with the Bison. In 2022, the…

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Former Jackson State DB Herman Smith transfers to Colorado

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title image via BuffZone Courtesy of Brian Howell, BuffZone Former Jackson State defensive back Herman Smith III is reuniting with some old friends in Boulder. Smith, who played last season at Idaho State, is transferring to Colorado for his final season of eligibility. He’ll get a chance to play once again for CU head coach Deion Sanders, who was his head coach at JSU. Smith will also be reunited with several JSU staff members and players who came to CU with Sanders last year. That group includes fellow defensive backs…

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Rattler nation seemingly displeased about potential head coaching hire

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It has been a week since Willie Simmons resigned as Florida A&M head coach to take a running back coach position at Duke. Since then, speculation of who could possibly be in line to replace Simmons immediately emerged.  Names such as Los Angeles Rams offensive analyst KJ Black and current Albany State head coach Quinn Gray — both of whom had ties to the school —  were mentioned as candidates or potential hires.  The FAMU football team even weighed on the matter, decisively placing their support behind interim head coach…

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Big South-OVC Football Association 2024 Conference Schedule

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Courtesy of the Big South-OVC Football Association https://bigsouthovcfootball.com/news/2024/1/4/2024-football-conference-schedule-announced.aspx The Big South-OVC Football Association has announced its league schedule for the 2024 season. The second-year of the joint Association features nine league teams each playing an eight-game conference schedule.  The league slate starts Saturday, Sept. 7, and Association games will primarily take place between Weeks 5 and 13, with one game apiece during Weeks 2 and 4.  Seven weeks will feature four Association matchups. The opening league contest on Saturday, Sept. 7 will be 2023 co-champion UT Martin visiting Southeast Missouri.  On Sept. 28,…

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Tennessee State announces 2024 Big South-OVC Football schedule

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Tennessee State announced the Big South-OVC , also known as the stretch of games thier fans do not care about, portion of their schedule for the 2024 season. This is the second season of the Big South-OVC football alliance, in which nine teams will take part in an eight-game conference schedule. The eight-game schedule commences on Saturday September 7, with the lion’s share of association games taking place between weeks 5 and 13, with one game apiece sprinkled in during weeks 2 and 4. September 21 – Awayat Tennessee TechCookeville,…

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Bethune-Cookman releases 2024 football schedule

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Courtesy of Bryce Hoynoski, Bethune-Cookman Athletics DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman Football will embark on its fourth season as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) – and second in the Raymond Woodie Jr. era, with a challenging 2024 schedule that includes five contests against first-year head coaches, the farthest road contest for B-CU since 2018, four games in the friendly confines of Daytona Stadium, and a Florida Blue Florida Classic matchup against the defending Cricket Celebration Bowl champions. The Wildcats will open the 2024 slate August 31 at Raymond James Stadium with their first-ever matchup with the American Athletic Conference’s USF. The…

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Tennessee State’s Terrell Allen win Buck Buchanan Award

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Tennessee State defensive end Terrell Allen was named the 2023 Buck Buchanan Award, which is given to the best defensive player at the FCS level. Allen had himself quite the season, leading FCS in sacks with 14.5, sack yardage (123), yards for loss (28), and overall tackle for loss yardage (149) , while also recording 65 total tackles, (44 solo, 21 assisted) forcing 5 fumbles and 10 quarterback hurries. In a four-game span earlier during the season, the Little Rock, AR native recorded 11.5 sacks, and 18.5 tackles for loss,…

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