“but my goal is to be the first African-American football coach to win a college national championship. That’s something that’s very historic.” Meanwhile, Freeman’s rise reads like a ...

Maurice Jackson has been fired after two full seasons as head coach for the Aquinas varsity football team, the school ...

Mobile native John Mitchell was the first African American to play varsity football for the University of Alabama (UA) in 1971. At age 20, he became the first black assistant coach in Alabama ...

Ernie Davis succeeded at every venue, a three-sport standout in high school, a two-time All-American ... national football championship. As a senior in 1961, he became the first African-American ...

Rudy Hubbard, who worked under legendary head coach Woody Hayes from 1968-73 and was the first African-American assistant ...

Dario Highsmith Jr. returns to lead Middletown High School's football program as head coach. He starred there as a player, ...