Stillman College

Theophilus "Theo" Danzy revived the Stillman College football program as the first NCAA head coach in 1999 and served as the program's longest-tenured head coach. He led the program for seven seasons, compiling a 39-28 record, including an 8-2 run in 2002 as an independent NCAA Division III program. The 2002 season included a 35-28 win over NCAA Division I-AA SWAC member Texas Southern. Stillman football had been on hiatus since the 1950 season. After a 3-5 first season, Danzy's Tigers had a streak of six non-losing seasons, including a 6-4 mark in the program's first year in NCAA Division II competing in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). A graduate of Tuscaloosa Industrial High School (later called Druid High School), Danzy attended Tennessee State University, Northeastern University and Southern University. He began his coaching career in 1958 at Rutherford County High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and spent 38 years in the college coaching profession, compiling an 83-89-3 record as head coach at Prairie View A&M, Alabama A&M, Alcorn State, Miles College and Stillman. Danzy, who died in 2012 at the age of 82, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame  posthumously.