COACHES MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (the second oldest Black conference) played a major role in putting Black college track and field programs on the national scene. Tuskegee Institute records some of the earliest successes and the sport quickly spread among the other burgeoning schools the country. Since then, Black colleges have been well represented on the national and international level. Despite the mass migration of Black talent to other schools, Black college track and field programs have continued to turn out competitive teams and super competitors at the national and international levels. Some of the major contributors on this list has achieved the same acclaim and are members of several Halls of Fame.
Dr. Leroy T. Walker
North Carolina Central
George “Pup” Williams
Saint Augustine’s
Bobby Lang
Florida A&M
Stanley V. Wright
Texas Southern
Neville Hodge
Morgan State
Victor Thomas
Lincoln, MO
Kenny Powell
Johnson C. Smith
Josh Culbreath
Johnson C. Smith
Dave Bethany
Texas Southern
Cliff Anderson
Maryland State
Abbott, Cleve, South Dakota State
Bennett, William, Virginia State
Bragg, Jubie, Florida A&M
Leonard Braxton, Morgan State
Brooks, James, Jackson State
Crump, Horace, Alabama State
Duncan, Clyde, Texas Southern
Epps, Marvin, Jackson State
Exum, William, Wisconsin
Gibson, Ken, Indiana
Gillian, Sandy, UMES
Henderson, Joe, Alabama A&M
Hurt, Eddie, Howard
Kemp, Ray, Tennessee State
Pierce, Maurice, Hampton
Price, Dick, Hampton Institute
Rettig, E.V., Texas Southern
Reed, Dwight, Minnesota
Ross, Wilbur, Winston-Salem State
Scott, Al, Edward Waters College
Thomas, Johnny, Southern
Witherspoon, Thomas, Florida A&M
Wright, Hoover, Prairie View A&M
Young, Roy, Florida A&M
Walker, Dr. Leroy T., Benedict