Buddy Pough’s legendary career. Buddy Pough: An unsung legend by Donal Ware boxtorow.com With the South Carolina State Bulldogs’ victory at the Norfolk State Spartans on Saturday, a legendary coaching career has come to an end. Buddy Pough, the most winningest coach in SC State history, the man who has put so many players into
Our coaches can coach too
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com There seems to be something against HBCU alums that are coaches. A stigma if you will. For the second year in a row in the Celebration Bowl, Jackson State presumably had a more talented team than its opponent. Last year, it was South Carolina State, coached by SCSU grad Buddy Pough,
BOXTOROW Goes One-on-One: Connell Maynor
Alabama A&M head football coach Connell Maynor’s legendary status as a player in HBCU football is already cemented. He led both Winston-Salem State and North Carolina A&T to respective conference championships. As a head coach, he is building his legacy, having led Winston-Salem State to back-to-back BOXTOROW HBCU national championships in 2011 and 2012, and
BOXTOROW w/ Donal Ware Goes One-on-One: Brandon Parker
Former North Carolina A&T star left tackle Brandon Parker knows the importance of playing for the Silver and Black in the National Football League. Drafted in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft, Parker started 11 games for the Raiders as a rookie. Then in 2019, just three. In 2020 he began the season
HBCU Legends Series Podcast: Rod Broadway
Rod Broadway went out on top as a college football coach. He led North Carolina A&T to the Black college national championship and a perfect 12-0 season in 2017. He is now retired and living at the beach. He may be retired as a football coach, but not as an advocate for student-athletes. Donal Ware
BOXTOROW: The decade in review, 2010-2019
by Donal Ware As 2019 dissipates and 2020 is right upon us, BOXTOROW lists its big stories of the decade in HBCU sports. These aren’t in any particular order. Give us your thoughts and some stories that were big to you from 2010-2019. Twitter: @boxtorow Facebook: box2row WSSU plays in national championship game: Connell
Aggies make the case as a perennial FCS power
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Montgomery, AL – The North Carolina A&T Aggies football program has once again done it for the culture. The HBCU culture. A&T, ranked No. 14 in FCS, defeated perennial power Jacksonville State 20-17 in Montgomery Alabama’s Cramton Bowl, which is a little more than 123 miles from the Gamecocks’ campus. And
7/30/18 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: North Carolina A&T
The North Carolina A&T Aggies are defending HBCU national champions. The Aggies will look a little different in 2018 as Rod Broadway retires as head coach and his longtime assistant Sam Washington takes over the program. Lamar Raynard returns as the top quarterback in the MEAC and Elijah Bell as the top wide receiver. The
Rod Broadway made the most of his opportunities
by Donal Ware On the day of the College Football Playoff National Championship, a coaching legend is retiring. When North Carolina A&T head football coach Rod Broadway officially announces his retirement at a press conference on Tuesday (his longtime defensive coordinator Sam Washington will be named as the new head coach), he will be leaving
HBCU national championship at stake as Tigers, Aggies meet in Celebration Bowl
by Roscoe Nance Special to boxtorow.com Call it destiny. Call it fate. Call it providence. Call it whatever you like, but it seems that the 2017 Black College football season was meant to end with North Carolina A&T and Grambling State playing in the Celebration Bowl with the National Championship at stake. That’s what will