FILE - Tennessee State athletic director Mikki Allen, left, and President Glenda Glover speak during a news conference June 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. The school announced plans to become the first historically Black college and university to introduce ice hockey. Tennessee State hired Duanté Abercrombie as the team's coach, school officials announced Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
FILE - Duanté Abercrombie speaks to players as an instructor at the Washington Capitals' inaugural Rising Stars Academy in Arlington, Va., Aug. 20, 2023. Tennessee State has taken its biggest step yet toward becoming the first historically Black college and university to introduce ice hockey by hiring Abercrombie as coach. (AP Photo/Stephen Whyno, File)