Tennessee State hires coach in big step to being first HBCU to add ice hockey
by Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Honolulu Star-Advertiser— NASHVILLE, Tenn. >> Tennessee State has taken its biggest step yet toward becoming the first historically Black college and university to introduce ice hockey by hiring Duanté Abercrombie as the Tigers’ head coach.
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