Clark Atlanta's Alfred Jordan crowned HBCU National Coach of the Year as BOXTOROW announces 15th annual HBCU Division II All-America honors

Clark Atlanta's Alfred Jordan crowned HBCU National Coach of the Year as BOXTOROW announces 15th annual HBCU Division II All-America honors

ATLANTA — BOXTOROW released its 15th annual Division II HBCU All-America teams March 12, naming Clark Atlanta's Alfred Jordan HBCU Division II Coach of the Year and HBCU National Coach of the Year. Players from Clark Atlanta, Central State, Benedict, Miles, Tuskegee and Spring Hill received first-team and second-team All-America honors.

In his second season as Clark Atlanta's head men's basketball coach, Jordan led the Panthers through a historic season (25-5, 16-5 SIAC), winning 17 more games than the previous year.

The Panthers closed the 2023-24 season as the No. 1 seed in the east division and advanced to the 2024 SIAC Basketball Tournament presented by Cricket, where they secured the 2024 SIAC Men's Basketball Championship title, the first since 2017 and under Jordan's leadership.

The Panthers will compete as the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Division II Regional tournament on March 16 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., their first appearance since 2018.

First Team All-Americans
Jaylen Alston, Winston-Salem State (G, Sr., Gibsonville, N.C.)
Tahj Harding, Virginia Union (G, Jr., Lincoln Heights, Ohio)
Jordan Hinds, Bluefield State (G, Jr., Tamarac, Fla.)
Reggie Hudson, Lincoln University (PA) (G, Jr., Bronx N.Y.)
Avery Huggins, Johnson C. Smith (F, Jr., Wilson, N.C.)
Chris Martin, Clark Atlanta (G, Grad Student, Charlotte, N.C.)
Alvin Miles, Miles (G, Jr., Memphis, Tenn.)
Tim Moore, Benedict (G. Sr., Houston, Texas)
Anthony Pittman, West Virginia State (G/F, Sr., Charleston W. Va.)

Second Team All-Americans
Nemo Johnson, Saint Augustine's (F, Soph., Baton Rouge, La.)
Martez Jones, Tuskegee (F, Jr., Tuskegee, Ala.)
Issac Parson, Winston-Salem State (G, Jr., Kinston, N.C.)
Walter Peggs Jr., Spring Hill (G, Jr., Jackson, Tenn.)
Willie Jackson, Central State (G, Sr., Fishers, Ind.)
Shayne Saigo, Shaw (F, Sr., Knightdale, N.C.)
Khyree Temple, Livingstone (G/F, Jr., West Philadelphia, Pa.)
DJ Thomas, Shaw University (G, Sr., Raleigh, N.C.)

AWARDS
HBCU Player of the Year: Anthony Pittman, West Virginia State
HBCU Coach of the Year: Alfred Jordan, Clark Atlanta

HBCU National Players of the Year
2023-24 Anthony Pittman, West Virginia State
2022-23 Robert Osborne, Virginia Union
2021-22 Glen Abrams, West Virginia State
2020-21 No awards due to COVID-19
2019-20 Roger Ray, Livingstone
2018-19 Amir Hinton, Shaw
2017-18 Tyrius Walker, Morehouse
2016-17 Ray Anderson, Virginia Union
2015-16 Rodnerius Lewis, Stillman
2014-15 Denzel Dillingham, Paine
2013-14 Mark Thomas, Livingstone
2012-13 Angelo Sharpless, Elizabeth City State
2011-12 Malik Alvin, Shaw
2010-11 Raheem Smith, Shaw
2009-10 Darren Jones, West Virginia State
2008-09 Anthony Hilliard, Elizabeth City State

HBCU National Coaches of the Year
2023-24 Alfred Jordan, Clark Atlanta
2022-23 Benji Taylor, Tuskegee
2021-22 Luke D'Alessio, Fayetteville State and Bryan Poore, West Virginia State
2020-21 No awards due to COVID-19
2019-20 Fred Watson, Miles
2018-19 Lonnie Blow, Virginia State
2017-18 Ricky Jackson, Claflin
2016-17 Jay Butler, Virginia Union
2015-16 Lonnie Blow, Virginia State/Donte Jackson, Stillman
2014-15 Jimmy Link, Paine
2013-14 James Stinson, Livingstone/Leon Douglas, Tuskegee
2012-13 Fred Watson, Benedict
2011-12 Cleo Hill, Jr., Shaw
2010-11 Cleo Hill, Jr., Shaw
2009-10 Lonnie Blow, Saint Augustine's
2008-09 Ron Woodard, Claflin