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unusual facts about Tennessee State University



Eleanor Montgomery

She was a two-time Olympian, and a Tigerbelle, the name of the Tennessee State University women's track and field program, under Head Coach Ed Temple.

Harry Long

He was the fifth head college football coach for the Tennessee State University Tigers located in Nashville, Tennessee and he held that position for the 1928 season.

Historically black colleges and universities

The following list illustrates the percentage of white student populations currently attending historically black colleges and universities according to statistical profiles compiled by the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges 2011 edition: Langston University 12%; Shaw University 12%; Tennessee State University 12%; University of Maryland Eastern Shore 12%; North Carolina Central University 10%.

Mae Faggs

She graduated from Bayside High School, and then went to Tennessee State University to run under Hall of Fame coach Ed Temple, one of the first U.S. women to receive an athletic scholarship.


see also

Earlene Brown

From 1959 on, Earlene closely associated with the Tennessee State University 'Tigerbelles' whose coach Ed Temple was also the Head Coach of the U.S. Olympic Women's Track and Field Team.

Howard Gentry

Howard C. Gentry, head college football coach for the Tennessee State University Tigers, 1955–1960