Last fall, Kermit Blount guided Delaware State’s football team to its first winning season since 2007. This spring, Blount, preparing for his third season as the Hornets’ head coach, has a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship in his sights.… more »

Kermit Blount knows what it's like to have the proverbial rug pulled out from under him. The new coach at Delaware State University was the coach at Division II Winston-Salem State two years ago as the school was nearing the end of a five-year plan t… more »

Dr. Cavil’s (HBCU) Black College Major Division Preseason Football Top 10 Poll (9-12-2011). It is the original HBCU sports poll that separates the rankings (since 2003) of NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NAIA Division I member HBCU institutions in… more »

Blount sets out to get DSU headed 'in the right direction' Delaware State University's football team is coming off of three straight losing seasons and has a new head coach. But after being picked to finish eighth out of 11 teams in the Mid-Easter… more »

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference will have five new football coaches on the sidelines this season and two of them are already creating a bit of a buzz around the league because of their reputation of winning championships. Henry Frazier, who spent… more »

Former Hornet football greats Jamaal Jackson and Darnerian McCants head the list of Delaware State University's 2011 Athletics Hall-of-Fame class. A total of 12 former athletes and one administrator will be inducted during a ceremony on Friday, Oct. 7 a… more »

Al Lavan posted a 41-36 record in seven seasons as head coach of the Hornets Delaware State University Athletics Director Derek Carter announced today that, effective immediately, Al Lavan will not be retained in the capacity of head football coach.… more »

*An Atlanta-based company is set to partner with ESPN to launch a new sports, education, entertainment and lifestyle channel dedicated to the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the US. The HBCU Network is currently negoti… more »

It's a picture-perfect dry and comfortable Saturday afternoon in mid-August. The Toyota Corolla – which has logged more than 160,000 miles while its driver traverses the Garden State in a never-ending quest to train kicking prospects – pulls up to the c… more »

NEW YORK – The Hampton University athletics program was tabbed as the top-ranked NCAA Division I Historically Black College & University (HBCU) program on Monday, based on the final standings of the 2009-10 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. The D… more »

Open Letter to the HBCU Conferences - Please Post & Pass Along The following letter was sent to each of the HBCU Conference Commissioners on Thursday 24 June 2010 . As an Alum & Fan I was concerned about the direction in which HBCU sports wer… more »

On paper, it seemed brilliant and simple. The Legacy Bowl would pit the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the Southwestern Athletic Conference -- against each other. Airing on ESPN, it would guarantee a $3 million payout to be spli… more »

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Heritage Bowl, pitting schools from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will be restored under the name of the "Legacy Bowl". This report comes to College Sporting News through… more »

Hornets Have 5 Home Games An appearance in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge and five home games highlight the 2010 Delaware State University football schedule, announced today by Director of Athletics Derek Carter. The 11-game slate kicks off with a battle… more »

The 2010 MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney will pit the Delaware State Hornets from the MEAC against the Southern University Jaguars from the SWAC on Sunday, Sept. 5. The yearly event, which features teams from two prominent Historically Black Col… more »