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    Sylvester Croom Jr. (born September 25, 1954) is an American former football player and coach. He was the head coach at Mississippi State University from...
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  • Reverend Sylvester Croom Sr. (June 26, 1926 – January 2, 2000) served for years after integration as chaplain for University of Alabama athletes. He was...
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    State made history on December 1, 2003, when it hired Sylvester Croom as its head football coach. Croom was the first African-American named to such a position...
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  • newspaper editor Silvester Brito (1937–2018), American poet and academic Sylvester Croom (born 1954), American football coach and former player Silvester Diggles...
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  • first black head coach in the Southeastern Conference Sylvester Croom Sr., father of Sylvester Croom and former chaplain of the University of Alabama Athletes...
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  • (1979–1985) Rockey Felker (1986–1990) Jackie Sherrill (1991–2003) Sylvester Croom (2004–2008) Dan Mullen (2009–2017) Greg Knox # (2017) Joe Moorhead...
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  • NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by third-year head coach Sylvester Croom, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 1–7...
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  • McKeen, Paul E. Davis, Bob Tyler, Emory Bellard, Jackie Sherrill, Sylvester Croom, Dan Mullen, Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach, and Zach Arnett. McKeen led...
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  • (SEC) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Sylvester Croom in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Bulldogs compiled...
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  • teammate of other noted players such as John and Charley Hannah and Sylvester Croom and was a part of the Crimson Tide's 1973 national championship team...
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  • 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Sylvester Croom, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6...
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  • 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Sylvester Croom, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7...
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    Georgia 1972: John Hannah, Alabama 1973: Buddy Brown, Alabama 1974: Sylvester Croom, Alabama 1975: Randy Johnson, Georgia 1976: Warren Bryant, Kentucky...
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    (1979–1985) Rockey Felker (1986–1990) Jackie Sherrill (1991–2003) Sylvester Croom (2004–2008) Dan Mullen (2009–2017) Greg Knox # (2017) Joe Moorhead...
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    (1979–1985) Rockey Felker (1986–1990) Jackie Sherrill (1991–2003) Sylvester Croom (2004–2008) Dan Mullen (2009–2017) Greg Knox # (2017) Joe Moorhead...
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  • (1979–1985) Rockey Felker (1986–1990) Jackie Sherrill (1991–2003) Sylvester Croom (2004–2008) Dan Mullen (2009–2017) Greg Knox # (2017) Joe Moorhead...
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  • (1979–1985) Rockey Felker (1986–1990) Jackie Sherrill (1991–2003) Sylvester Croom (2004–2008) Dan Mullen (2009–2017) Greg Knox # (2017) Joe Moorhead...
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  • Terrapins 1945 Neil Callaway ('78), head coach, UAB Blazers 2007–11 Sylvester Croom ('75), head coach, Mississippi State Bulldogs 2004–08 David Cutcliffe...
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    Levy 1991 Dan Henning 1992–1993 Dave Levy 1994 Tom Moore 1994–1996 Sylvester Croom 1997–2000 Gary Moeller 2000 Maurice Carthon 2001–2002 Sherman Lewis...
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    (1979–1985) Rockey Felker (1986–1990) Jackie Sherrill (1991–2003) Sylvester Croom (2004–2008) Dan Mullen (2009–2017) Greg Knox # (2017) Joe Moorhead...
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    possibly the first black head coach in the SEC, but job offers were slim. Sylvester Croom eventually broke the color barrier in the SEC coaching ranks in 2004...
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    to be a head football coach in the Southeastern Conference (after Sylvester Croom, formerly at Mississippi State, and former Kentucky head coach Joker...
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  • Sylvester Croom, Sr. Minister and community leader in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Father of first African-American SEC head football coach Sylvester Croom Jr...
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  • he joined the Mississippi State Bulldogs as a volunteer coach under Sylvester Croom in 2005. He started working with defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson...
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  • position on December 15, 2003, to become the defensive coordinator for Sylvester Croom at Mississippi State. Johnson was hired on December 20, 2011, as the...
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  • 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Sylvester Croom, who served his fourth season in the position. The Bulldogs played...
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  • Sherrill and remained a staple of the Mississippi State staff under Sylvester Croom and Dan Mullen. In 2017, Felker retired. "SPORTS PEOPLE; Felker is...
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  • (1979–1985) Rockey Felker (1986–1990) Jackie Sherrill (1991–2003) Sylvester Croom (2004–2008) Dan Mullen (2009–2017) Greg Knox # (2017) Joe Moorhead...
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    coaches faced each other in a Pac-10 conference game. At the time, Sylvester Croom of Mississippi State was the only other black coach heading an NCAA...
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  • University (MSU) Bulldogs, in their first bowl game under head coach Sylvester Croom. With sponsorship from AutoZone, the game was officially the AutoZone...
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