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. Tennessee State officials announced the hiring Thursday. They first announced the university's plans in June 2023 during the NHL draft in Nashville.
FILE - Duanté Abercrombie speaks to players as an instructor at the Washington Capitals’ inaugural Rising Stars Academy in Arlington, Va., Aug. 20, 2023. Tennessee State has taken its biggest step yet toward becoming the first historically Black college and university to introduce ice hockey by hiring Abercrombie as coach. FILE - Tennessee State athletic director Mikki Allen, left, and President Glenda Glover speak during a news conference June 28, 2023, in Nashville , Tenn.
He is an inaugural member of the NHL’s Coaches’ Association’s BIPOC Coaches Program that supports coaches of color developing skills, leadership strategies, communication, networking and offering career advancement opportunities. The native of Washington, D.C. has been a senior instructor working with NCAA and NHL prospects at the Townshend Hockey School run by Graeme Townshend, the first Jamaican-born player in the NHL.
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