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4 legendary athletes building a second legacy as HBCU coaches

By Dante Pryor

TALLAHASSEE, FL - CIRCA 1988: Defensive back Deion Sanders #2 of the Florida State Seminoles winner of the 1988 Jim Thorpe Award, poses with the trophy circa 1988 at Doak Campbell Stadium at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
TALLAHASSEE, FL - CIRCA 1988: Defensive back Deion Sanders #2 of the Florida State Seminoles winner of the 1988 Jim Thorpe Award, poses with the trophy circa 1988 at Doak Campbell Stadium at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /
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COLLEGE PARK,MD – FEBRUARY 12: Kenny Anderson #12 of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during a college basketball game against the Maryland Terrapins on February 12, 1991 at Cole Filed House in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
COLLEGE PARK,MD – FEBRUARY 12: Kenny Anderson #12 of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during a college basketball game against the Maryland Terrapins on February 12, 1991 at Cole Filed House in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

Kenny Anderson, Head Coach: Fisk University

When asked why he wanted to become the head coach at Fisk, former Brooklyn Net and Georgia Tech legend Kenny Anderson said, “I wanted to turn the basketball program around.” Much of Anderson’s life has been about using basketball to turn things around for himself and others.

Anderson’s motivation to play basketball was to lift his mother and two sisters out of poverty in Queens, New York. To say Anderson was a basketball prodigy is an understatement. He and Kareem Abdul-Jabaar are the only two high school basketball players to be four-time Parade All-Americans.

College scouts began to watch Anderson as a sixth-grader. Anderson left high school as New York State’s all-time leading scorer and was Gatorade Player of the Year and the number one player out of high school.

Anderson decided to go to Georgia Tech, leading them to the Final Four in 1990. After two years with the Yellow Jackets, Anderson decided to turn pro and was the second pick of the 1991 NBA Draft. Anderson played for nine teams in 15 seasons and was an All-Star in 1994.

Anderson coached for one season in the CBA in 2007 and at the David Posnack Jewish Day School in Davie, Florida in 2014. He was named head coach at Fisk in 2018.

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