Cy Alexander (Men’s Basketball, South Carolina State & North Carolina A&T State), Men’s Basketball Coach – Was head men’s basketball coach at South Carolina State from 1987-99 and at North Carolina A&T State from 2012-16… won five (5) regular-season and six (6) MEAC tournament championships at South Carolina State … In his first season at NCAT, led the Aggies to the MEAC tournament title and automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
Roderick “Rod” Broadway (Football) – In seven years as NCAT’s head football coach between 2011-17, won three (3) conference championships while compiling the best winning percentage in Aggie football history (.728)…led the Aggies to two (2) Celebration Bowl victories in two appearances, including a win in 2017, when the Aggies finished the season 12-0 to become the first NCAA Div. I HBCU team to finish undefeated…led the Aggies to the 2016 NCAA Div. I FCS Playoffs…his teams captured a MEAC title in three of his last four years as a head coach (2014, 2015 and 2017)…was named MEAC Coach of the Year in 2017 and his Aggie teams were named Black College National Champions in 2015 and 2017.
Patricia Cage-Bibbs (Women’s Basketball, Hampton & North Carolina A&T) – At Hampton between 1997 and 2004, compiled a record of 95-31 in conference play and 127-83 overall, winning three (3) MEAC championships and earned three (3) berths to the NCAA Div. I Women’s Basketball Tournament… …later served as head coach at NCAT between 2005 and 2012, compiling a record of 84-32 in conference play and 130- 88 overall…won one MEAC regular-season championships while with the Aggies…in 2010, the Aggies became the first HBCU Div. I program to win two (2) postseason games as they defeated both Wake Forest and Charlotte in the WNIT…at both Hampton and N.C. A&T, captured a total of four (4) MEAC championships, named MEAC Coach of the Year three (3) times and named MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Outstanding Coach four (4) times.
Don Corbett (Men’s Basketball) – Between 1979 and 1993, compiled a record of 117- 52 in the MEAC and 254-145 overall…captured seven (7) MEAC men’s basketball regular-season championships in his career…also led the Aggies to seven (7) straight MEAC Tournament championships between 1982 and 1988, tying the NCAA record at the time for consecutive conference tournaments won…won 29 conference tournament games during his 14 seasons at NCAT…won MEAC Coach of the Year a total of six (6) times…an inductee into the MEAC Hall of Fame.
Bill Hayes (Football) – Served as the Aggies’ head football coach from 1988 to 2002, compiling a record of 60-42 in the conference and 106-64 overall…is NCAT’s all-time leader in victories…named MEAC Coach of the Year a total of two (2) times (1991 and 1999)…led the Aggies to two (2) NCAA Div. I-AA playoff appearances, including a playoff win in 1999 over the No. 1 team in the nation (Tennessee State)…also led the Aggies to a bowl game in 1992…coached NFL first-round draft pick Jamain Stephens as well as Brad Holmes, who would go on to become the first HBCU graduate in any major sports league to be hired as a general manager (Detroit Lions in 2021).
Duane Ross (Track & Field) – Has won four straight MEAC championships in men’s indoor track & field (2017-20), women’s indoor track & field (2017- 20) and men’s outdoor track & field (2017- 19, 2021)…has coached six NCAA champions: Kayla White (2018 indoor 200m), Randolph Ross (2021 outdoor 400m), Cambrea Sturgis (2021 outdoor 100m and 200m) and the 2021 indoor and outdoor men’s 4x400-meter relay…was named the 2021 National Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)…has also been named USTFCCCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year five times (2021 men and women, 2019 men, 2018 men and women).
Kim Terrell-Kearney (Bowling, Delaware State & North Carolina A&T State) – Has won three MEAC championships at two different schools…won the 2009 title at Delaware State and the 2018 and 2021 crowns with North Carolina A&T State…two-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2009, 2021)…2009 National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) Coach of the Year…has won 524 matches between the two schools, including 333 with the Aggies.
