A notable record of who’s who within the Black Faculty Soccer world earned some nationwide recognition Monday afternoon because the Faculty Soccer Corridor of Fame introduced its record of candidates for the Class of 2025.
On the prime of the record is former Texas Southern defensive finish Michael Strahan, who went on to win two Tremendous Bowls as a member of the New York Giants and is now a nationwide TV host on each Good Morning America on ABC and the NFL on Fox.
He’s joined by one other two-time Tremendous Bowl winner, Fort Valley State alum Tyrone Poole, who gained back-to-back championships with the New England Patriots in 2003 and 2004.
Mississippi Valley State can also be closely represented, as former NFL cornerback Ashley Ambrose, NFL linebacker and present North Carolina A&T head coach Vincent Brown, and one-time Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Parnell Dickinson are on the record of candidates.
Maryland-Japanese Shore defensive finish Carl Hairston, who performed in Tremendous Bowl IV for the Philadelphia Eagles, and Winston-Salem State and Dallas Cowboys operating again Timmy Newsome spherical out the record of gamers nominated as part of the CFB Corridor of Fame’s Division phase, highlighting gamers on the FCS, Division II, and Division III degree.
There are some legendary HBCU coaches who have been introduced as candidates as nicely.
Eddie P. Damage coached at Virginia-Lynchburg however was finest identified for his 30-year tenure at Morgan State, the place he led the Bears to 6 Black Faculty Nationwide Championships and 14 CIAA trophies.
Rod Broadway can also be a candidate. Broadway gained at each degree of HBCU soccer, successful back-to-back CIAA championships at North Carolina Central in 2005 and 2006.
He then went to Grambling, the place he gained the SWAC and Black Faculty Nationwide championships in 2008. He returned to North Carolina in 2011, the place he led the North Carolina A&T Aggies to the primary Celebration Bowl championship in 2015 and one other in 2017 after making the FCS playoffs in 2016. Broadway retired following the 2017 season.
One other North Carolina legend is nominated as Invoice Hayes, who coached Winston-Salem State for 12 years and North Carolina A&T for one more 13 seasons, making the record of candidates. Hayes gained 195 video games in his 25-year profession, taking the Rams to the Division II nationwide semifinals in 1977 and guiding the Aggies to the FCS quarterfinals 22 years later.
Gideon Smith, who coached the Hampton soccer workforce for a report 19 seasons, can also be nominated. Smith led the Pirates to the Black Faculty Nationwide Championship in 1922 and 4 CIAA titles. He stays the second-winningest coach in class historical past behind Joe Taylor.
