2012 Induction
June 27, 2012 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel (Dallas, Texas)
Reception Emcee: TBD |
| Hall of Fame Recipients |
| NCAA |
Bob Williams |
Vice President of Communications |
| NBA |
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| NAIA |
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| NACDA |
Lee McElroy |
Director of Athletics Albany, NACDA Past President |
| NFL |
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| USOC |
Wes Barnett |
Sport Performance Team Leader |
| MLB |
Ruben Amaro Jr. |
Senior VP/General Manager Philadelphia Phillies |
| 2012 Pioneer Award - honoring minority "firsts" |
| Pioneer Award Recipients |
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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. |
| In 2010, the McLendon Foundation honored minority "firsts" with the inaugural Pioneer Award. |
| Pioneer Award Recipients: |
| 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 |
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| 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) |
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 |
