List of Alabama A&M people

The following is a list of notable Alabama A&M University people, including alumni, notable faculty members and administrators, and others affiliated with the university.

Education

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Johnson O. Akinleye	1982	12th chancellor of North Carolina Central University
Matthew W. Bullock	1968	College professor and administrator, lawyer, and American football player and coach
Hadiyah-Nicole Green	2003	Tuskegee University professor, developing a cancer treatment involving lasers and nanoparticles	[1]
Jack Thomas	1983	11th president of Western Illinois University	[2]

Public service and government

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Mandela Barnes	2008	Politician, lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
Don Calloway	2002	Politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 71st district
Linda Coleman	1971	Member of the Alabama Senate, 20th district
Clyde Foster	1954	Scientist, NASA Equal Opportunity Employment Officer	[3]
Laura Hall		Politician, Alabama House of Representatives
Shelia Nash-Stevenson	1981 (PhD 1994)	Integration engineer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; first African-American woman to earn a PhD in physics at the Alabama A&M University	[4] [5]
Ontario Tillman		Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Whiquitta Tobar	2012	Georgetown Law graduate, Zubrow Fellow in Children's Law at the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia; former college basketball player at Alabama A&M
Miriam Witherspoon		Former member of the Birmingham City Council

Athletics

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Johnny Baldwin	2006	Former National Football League player (Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins)	[6]
Howard Ballard	1987	Former National Football League player (2-time Pro-Bowler, 4-time Super Bowler)	[7]
Mfana Futhi Bhembe	2008	Former soccer player for the Bulldogs who went on to play in soccer leagues in Swaziland and in Major League Soccer
Desmond Cambridge	2002	All-time NCAA single season steals leader
Jearl Miles Clark	1989	Gold medal Olympian; holds the American record in the women's 800 m at 1:56.40	[8]
Ronnie Coleman	1974	Former National Football League player, running back for the Houston Oilers 1974–1981	[9]
Mickell Gladness	2008	Former National Basketball Association player; only player in NCAA Division I history to record 15 blocks in a single game
Brick Haley	1989	National Football League and college football defensive coach
Jean Harbor	1986	Former soccer player for the Bulldogs who went on to play in various soccer leagues in Nigeria and the United States
Willie Hayes	1989	Former AAMU basketball player and current head men's basketball coach
Jamaal Johnson-Webb	2012	Former National Football League offensive lineman
Cleon Jones		Former Major League Baseball player
Frank Kearse	2011	Former National Football League defensive tackle
Maurice Kemp		Basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Robert Mathis	2003	National Football League NFL Pro Bowl defensive end for Indianapolis Colts
Nigel Moore	2003	Former college and professional basketball player
Joe Patton	1994	National Football League, former Ttckle for the Washington Redskins
L. Vann Pettaway	1980	Former men's head basketball coach
Robert Prunty	1988	Cincinnati Bearcats football offensive coordinator	[10]
Frank Sillmon	1989	Named one of the five greatest players in A&M program history by ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia
John Stallworth	1974 (MBA 1986)	National Football League Hall of Fame member, former Pittsburgh Steelers player; four-time Super Bowl champion; four-time Pro-Bowler; founded government contracting firm, Madison Research in 1986	[11]
Obie Trotter	2006	International professional basketball player and 2006 NCAA season steals leader
Barry Wagner	1989	Former Arena Football League player
Mike Williams	1982	Former National Football League player	[12]
Dannette Young-Stone	1986	Former track athlete, won U.S. Olympic gold and silver medals in the 4 X 100 relay in 1988 and 1992	[13]

Civil rights

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Barbara Ann Posey Jones		Teen spokesperson during the Oklahoma City lunch counter sit-ins of 1958-1959 who later became professor of Economics and dean of the College of Business at AAMU	[14]
Vivian Malone Jones	1963	Received a bachelor's degree in business education from AAMU before being blocked from enrolling at the University of Alabama [15]
Joseph Lowery	Attended	Minister and leader during the civil rights movement

Religion

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Sylvester Croom, Sr.		Minister and community leader in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; father of first African-American SEC head football coach Sylvester Croom Jr.; former AAMU football player

Art and media

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Bama Boyz	Attended	Music producers
Michael Crooms	Attended	Music producer
Henry Panion	Attended	Composer, arranger, conductor, educator, and professor in the department of music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sun Ra	Attended	Jazz musician
Ruben Studdard	2015	American Idol season 2 winner

Other

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Lisa S. Jones	Attended	Businesswoman and entrepreneur	[16]

Notable faculty, staff and coaches

• Charles Henry Chapman - one of the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha; professor of agriculture at Alabama A&M
• Ron Cooper - former head football coach, 1998–2001
• William Hooper Councill - former slave and the first president of Huntsville Normal School, which is today Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
• Ray Greene - former head football coach, 1979–1983, 1986–1988.
• Ben Jobe - former Alabama A&M Bulldogs basketball head coach 1982–1986
• Anthony Jones - former head football coach, 2002–2013; second winningest football coach in program history
• Harriet Josephine Terry - one of the founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha; taught English at Alabama A&M for 37 years
• Constance Jordan Wilson - urban planner, on faculty of AAMU 1979–2019

References

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2. "Dr. Jack Thomas - Office of the President - Western Illinois University". Wiu.edu. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
3. Clyde Foster NASA
4. "Women and Minorities in STEM Fields". 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
5. "NASA engineer to deliver Elms College convocation address". masslive.com. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
6. "Johnny Baldwin NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
7. Howard Ballard (January 18, 2016). "Howard Ballard, T at". Nfl.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
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9. Ronnie Coleman (January 3, 2016). "Ronnie Coleman, RB at". Nfl.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
10. "Robert Prunty Bio - University Of Cincinnati Official Athletic Site University Of Cincinnati". Gobearcats.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
11. John Stallworth (August 1, 2006). "How I Did It: John Stallworth, CEO, Madison Research, How I Did It Article". Inc.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
12. Mike Williams. "Mike Williams, TE at". Nfl.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
13. Bill Bryant (February 28, 2012). "Alabama A&M sports history: Track's Dannette Young-Stone". AL.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
14. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/jones-barbara-ann-posey-1943/
15. Blaustein, Albert P. (1991), Civil Rights and African Americans: A Documentary History , Northwestern University Press, pp.  483, ISBN   0-8101-0920-4
16. Archie Tucker, Lisa S. Jones (September 16, 2020). Guest Lisa S. Jones, Alumna and Founder/CEO of EyeMail, Inc. Start and Go (audio). Alabama A&M University . Retrieved November 5, 2021.