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by Jae Jones - January 22, 2022 0 1

Clarence Edward "Big House" Gaines, Sr. was an American college men's basketball coach with a 47-year coaching career at Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Among his numerous honors for his achievements, he is one of the few African Americans to be inducted as a coach into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Gaines was ...

by Jae Jones - December 3, 2021 0 7

Dr. Leroy T. Walker, Sr. was the first African-American to coach an Olympic team. He led the 1976 track team at the 1976 Montreal games. He was the president of the USOC from culminating in the Olympic games in Atlanta. Walker also served as a coach at North Carolina Central University and coached several track teams around the world. Walker ...

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