2012 Induction
June 27, 2012 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel (Dallas, Texas)
Reception Emcee: Charles Davis, analyst for FOX, NFL Network and the Big Ten Network |
| Hall of Fame Recipients |
| NCAA | Bob Williams, NCAA | Vice President of Communications |
| NBA | Terdema Ussery | President & CEO, Dallas Mavericks |
| NAIA | Clarence E. 'Big House' Gaines | Former Director of Athletics, Winston Salem State University |
| NACDA | Lee McElroy | Director of Athletics Albany, NACDA Past President |
| NFL | Calvin Hill | Consultant, Dallas Cowboys |
| USOC | Wes Barnett | Sport Performance Team Leader, USOC |
| MLB | Ruben Amaro Jr. | Senior VP/General Manager, Philadelphia Phillies |
Bud Selig Mentoring Award
Grant Teaff, Executive Director, AFCA |
| Pioneer Award Recipients - Honoring Minority 'Firsts' |
James Cash, Southwest Conference
First African-American to play basketball in the Southwest Conference; 1965-first African-American to sign a basketball athletic letter-of-intent in the Southwest Conference at TCU |
Carlton Cooper, Lonestar Conference
First African-American Athletics Director in the Lone Star Conference |
Rudy Davalos, University of New Mexico
First Hispanic AD in Southwest Conference, WAC and MWC; First Hispanic to serve on the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Committees; Named one of the top 101 Most Influential Minorities by Sports Illustrated |
Dr. Evie Dennis, USOC
First African-American female to be the second VP of AAU; First African American female to be Chef de Mission for the USOC for two Pan American Games and the 1988 Olympic Team |
Herman Frazier, USOC
First African-American to win a Gold Medal and return as Chef De Mission of the U.S. delegation at the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece |
Dennie Hoggard and Wallace Triplett, Penn State
First African-Americans to play in the Cotton Bowl as juniors in 1948 for Penn State |
Beverly Kearney, University of Texas
First African-American, female or male coach, to ever win a Division I Track and Field National Title |
Jerry LeVias, Southern Methodist University
First African-American football scholarship athletes to play in the Southwest Conference |
John Thompson, Georgetown
First African American President of the NABC (1985-86); First African-American Division I Basketball Coach of the Year (USBWA-1982) (NABS-1985) (UPI-1986-87); First African American Basketball Coach in the Big East Conference (1979-80); First African American Big East Coach of the Year (1980) |
Linwood Sexton, Missouri Valley Conference
First African-American to be named to the Missouri Valley All-Conference team three times (1945-47); First African-American to graduate with a bachelor's degree in education from the Missouri Valley Conference (1948) |
Rick Villarreal, North Texas
First Latino Athletics Director in the Sun Belt Conference |
Alfred White, Southern Conference
First African-American to be Commissioner of the Southern Conference and of an NCAA Division I Conference that was not an HBCU (1998) |
2010 Induction
June 23, 2010 at the Anaheim Marriott
Reception Emcee: Gene Washington, 2009 McLendon Hall of Fame inductee, four-time NFL Pro-Bowler and retired director of football operations |
| Hall of Fame Recipients |
| NCAA | Percy Bates | Current faculty athletics representative at Michigan and former chair of many NCAA committees |
| NBA | Bernie Bickerstaff | Chicago Bulls assistant coach and former executive vice president of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats |
| NAIA | Claude English | Director of Athletics at Park University |
| NACDA | Howard Gentry Sr. | Association's first minority officer in the 1970's while serving as director of athletics at Tennessee State |
| NFL | Mike Haynes | Special advisor to the Commissioner of the NFL and hall of fame defensive back from Arizona State |
| USOC | Rafer Johnson | 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon and current chairman for the board of directors of the Southern California Special Olympics |
| MLB | Don Newcombe | Special Advisor to the Chairman for the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
Bud Selig Mentoring Award
Pat O'Conner, President, Minor League Baseball |
| Pioneer Award Recipients: In 2010, the McLendon Foundation honored minority "firsts" with the inaugural Pioneer Award. |
| Barry Alvarez | First Latino to win the Rose Bowl |
| Ernie Davis | First African-American to win the Heisman Trophy |
| Mike Garrett, Charles Harris and Tom Goss | First three African-Americans athletics directors to take a team to the Rose Bowl when it was the traditional Pac-10 vs. Big Ten match-up |
| Dan Guerrero | First Hispanic to chair the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee |
| Tommy Hawkins | First African-American network analyst with NBC |
| Kim Ng | First Asian-American assistant general manager in MLB |
| Fritz Pollard | First African-American to play in the Rose Bowl |
| Burl Toler | First African-American NFL official |
| Tyrone Willingham | First African-American head coach to take a team to the Rose Bowl |
2009 Induction
June 19, 2009 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort
Reception Emcee: Charles Davis, analyst for FOX, NFL Network and the Big Ten Network |
| Hall of Fame Recipients: |
| NCAA | Dr. Bernard Franklin | NCAA Executive Vice President on NCAA Membership and Student-Athlete Affairs and Past President of three HBCU's |
| NBA | Alvin Attles | Vice President/Assistant General Manager, Golden State Warriors |
| NAIA | | |
| NACDA | Gale Sayers | The first African-American athletics director in Division I (Southern Illinois) |
| NFL | Gene Washington | Director of Football Operations |
| NHL | Willie O'Ree | Director of Youth Development for the NHL/USA Hockey Diversity Task Force and the first black player in the National Hockey League |
| USOC | Anita DeFrantz | Former president of the International Olympic Committee |
| MLB | Bob Watson | MLB Vice President of On-Field Operations and the first African-American MLB general manager (Houston Astros) |
Bud Selig Mentoring Award
Vince Dooley, Former AD/Coach at Georgia, NACDA Past President |
Inaugural Recipients (2007) - The Legends Class
December 18, 2007 at the Cleveland State Wolstein Center |
| NCAA | Dr. James Frank | First African-American President |
| NBA | Wayne Embry | First African-American General Manager |
| NAIA | Dr. LeRoy Walker | First African-American President of the NAIA and USOC |
| NACDA | Gene Smith | First African-American President |
| NFL | Ozzie Newsome | First African-American General Manager |
| USOC | Dr. LeRoy Walker | First African-American President of the NAIA and USOC |
| MLB | Bill White | First African-American MLB National League President |
Bud Selig Mentoring Award
Dan Rooney, Chairman, Pittsburgh Steelers |
