The Richmond Connection: 1) Mike London: In his first year at his alma mater the University of Richmond, London, the university’s first Black football head coach, guided the Spiders to the 2008 NCAA Division I (Football Championship Subdivision ) National title. Prior to going to Richmond, London served as defensive coordinator at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. 2) LaRee Pearl Sugg: An assistant athletic director at the University of Richmond and a Petersburg, Va., native, Sugg was the last Black woman to play on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour. Her grandfather, Dr. James C. Nelson, a professor and golf coach at Virginia State introduced her to golf. 3) Mike Tomlin: At 36, as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tomlin, Virginia native and College of William and Mary alumnus, became the youngest person ever to lead an National Football League team to a Super Bowl victory. 4) DeTrease Harrison: Harrison is currently an assistant athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. 5) Tamika Duck: Duck is the sports information director at her alma mater, Virginia Union University, in Richmond. 6) Jeff Capel and Anthony Grant: These former men’s basketball head coaches at Virginia Commonwealth University used that position to springboard into head coaching jobs respectively at the University of Oklahoma and University of Alabama. 7) Craig Littlepage: Littlepage is the first Black athletics director in Atlantic Coast Conference at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. 8) Dr. Bernard Franklin: Formerly president of Virginia Union University, Franklin is the most senior Black administrator at the National Collegiate Athletic Association.