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A longtime WNBA player and college assistant with a winning track record will join an HBCU coaching staff this season. Plenette Pierson, who played 15 seasons in the WNBA, was added to new Prairie View women’s basketball coach Tai Dillard’s staff last week. WNBA legend in the building!@3SSBGCircuit ⁰We had the honor of catching up […]
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The National Battle of the Bands is returning to Houston this August with a stacked lineup of eight storied HBCU marching bands, a weekend of cultural celebrations, and community-driven events. The event, presented by Pepsi and produced by Webber Marketing, will take place Saturday, Aug. 23, at NRG Stadium. The weekend officially begins Friday, Aug.
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Spring football gives way to fall optimism, and the Southwestern Athletic Conference landscape for 2025 is taking shape. The conference remains fiercely competitive, with perennial powers and emerging contenders vying for supremacy. Here’s an analysis of the SWAC football power rankings heading into the 2025 campaign, based on recent results, returning talent, and off-season developments.
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As many as nine players from Jackson State and Prairie View were suspended by the SWAC in the aftermath of an on-field brawl over the weekend. The Clarion-Ledger reported that the altercation occurred last Saturday as Prairie View Celebrated a 7-6 win over Jackson State, according to footage posted on social media. The newspaper reported
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Days after the conclusion of the SWAC basketball tournament, one women’s program in the conference will take a new direction. Sandy Pugh resigned Monday morning after seven seasons as Prairie View A&M’s head coach. “As I step into the next chapter of my life, I am filled with gratitude for the incredible journey at Prairie
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An HBCU homecoming date has opened up as a school scheduled to visit a SWAC team has discontinued its football program. North American University, an NAIA school scheduled to face Prairie View A&M on Oct. 25, announced Monday that it was shutting down its football program. “In a decision that comes with great difficulty and careful deliberation, North
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Prairie View A&M introduced its new head football coach on Tuesday, and Tremaine Jackson made it clear what his ambition is as the new Panther In Charge. “I made this statement before, and I stand by it; when we come off that hill, there’s going to be trouble,” Jackson said. “We’re going to be prepared
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This past weekend, the men’s and women’s basketball programs representing the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference said goodbye to guarantee games and holiday tournaments and said hello to each other as conference play began in earnest. The new SWAC conference rotation kicked off with the women on Thursday, while the MEAC continues its
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After moving on from Bubba McDowell after three seasons with the team, the Prairie View A&M Panthers football team has called upon a Division II coach with SWAC ties to lead the program. Former Valdosta State head coach Tremaine Jackson has officially been announced as the Panthers’ coach. Jackson is a former Texas Southern football
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Willie Simmons, who had a successful stint as an HBCU football coach, including leading Florida A&M to a Black National Championship, was hired to be the next head coach at Florida International. The news was first reported on Saturday by ESPN senior college football writer Adam Rittenberg. Simmons, who spent the 2024 season as the
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