- Sylvester Croom
Sylvester Croom (born September 25, 1954) is the football head coach at Mississippi State University. He is the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. His father, Sylvester Croom, Sr., was himself an All-American football player at Alabama A&M, later the team chaplain at the University of Alabama, and has been recognized posthumously by that school as one of the state's 40 pioneers of civil rights. - John C. Stennis
John Cornelius Stennis was a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat. - Rick Stansbury
Rick Stansbury (born December 23, 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a native of Battletown, Kentucky and is the current head men's basketball coach at Mississippi State University (MSU). On March 13, 1998, Stansbury became the Bulldogs' 18th head basketball coach, replacing the retiring Richard Williams, who is Mississippi State's all-time winningest basketball coach. With his first win in the 2006-07 season, Stansbury moved into second place on that list. - Amy Tuck
Amy Tuck (b. July 8, 1963) is currently the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, a Republican. She is only the second woman elected to statewide office in Mississippi and the first to be re-elected. Tuck is a native of Maben, Mississippi, received her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and her Master's Degree in Public Policy & Administration from Mississippi State University, and her Juris Doctor degree from Mississippi College School of Law. - Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the 108th Congress to represent Tennessee's 7th District. In her first term Blackburn was declared a "top conservative" by National Journal while the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, has called her a "rising star." In 2004, a Washingtonian Magazine survey found Blackburn to be a "top newcomer" in the 108th Congress. - Robert H. Foglesong
General Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong (USAF, Ret.) formerly of Williamson, West Virginia is the President of Mississippi State University. He served in the United States Air Force from April 1972 until retirement as general in February 2006. - Stephen D. Lee
Stephen Dill Lee (September 22, 1833 - May 28, 1908) was the youngest lieutenant general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and later became a Mississippi planter, legislator, and president of Mississippi A&M College. Late in life, he was the commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans. - Sharon Fanning
Sharon Fanning is the current head women's basketball coach at Mssissippi State. In 10 years as the head coach of the Lady Bulldogs, she compiled a 170-125(.576) record. Under her tenure, she has compiled 6 winning seasons, and 7 postseason appearances. She has led MSU to its first ever appearance in the AP Final Poll, and to its first two 20 win seasons. Her 2003 team went 24-8, and finished in the Top 10. During the 2004 season, … - Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a Major League Baseball player with a career spanning 20 years, 1986 to 2005. Though technically not retired, Palmeiro has not played since 2005. Palmeiro was an All-American at Mississippi State University before being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1985. His major league debut came on September 8, 1986 with the Cubs. He played three seasons with the Cubs (1986-1988), … - Michael Henig
Michael David Henig, Jr. (born December 7, 1985, in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American football quarterback. He is currently in his junior year at Mississippi State University. Henig served as backup to Omarr Conner earlier in his career before assuming the starting role late in 2005. His 2006 season was marked by injuries, but he has been named the MSU starting quarterback for 2007. - Jonathan Papelbon
Jonathan Robert Papelbon (born November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is the closer for the Boston Red Sox. He bats and throws right-handed. Papelbon was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2002 out of Mississippi State. Papelbon throws a fastball clocked as high as 99 mph, typically hitting the mid-90s, with great command. He has a good slider, changeup, curveball, as well as a splitter which he added to his arsenal after some tutoring from teammate Curt Schilling. - Richard Williams
Richard Williams was the college basketball coach at Mississippi State from 1986 to 1998. With 191 victories, he is the winningest coach in school history. His 1995 squad made the Sweet Sixteen, and his 1996 squad made the school's only Final Four appearance. He has received two SEC Coach of the Year awards. - Jerious Norwood
Jerious Montreal Norwood (Born July 29, 1983 in Jackson, Mississippi) is a current American football running back for the Atlanta Falcons. Norwood was drafted with the 15th pick in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played high school football at Brandon High School in Brandon, Mississippi where he was a high school All-American. He was also Mississippi's Mr. Football, an honor given to the state's most outstanding high school football player. - Jeff Brantley
Jeffrey Hoke (Jeff) Brantley, nicknamed "Cowboy" (born September 5 1963 in Florence, Alabama), is a former relief pitcher with a 14 year career from 1988 to 2001. Brantley played college baseball at Mississippi State University. He is the co-holder of the SEC record for career wins by a pitcher with 45, along with University of South Carolina and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Kip Bouknight. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. - Donna Ladd
Mississippian Donna Ladd is the editor of the Jackson Free Press and a native of Neshoba County. She is a graduate of Mississippi State University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She used to write for the Village Voice and helped start the Colorado Springs Independent. Read her bio here. - Jerry Clower
Howard Gerald "Jerry" Clower (b. September 28 1926, Liberty, Mississippi - d. August 24 1998) was a popular country comedian best known for his stories of the rural South. Clower began a stint in the Navy immediately after graduating high school, then studied agriculture at Mississippi State University, where he played college football and was a member of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. After finishing school, Clower worked as a county agent and later as a seed salesman. - Lawrence Roberts
Lawrence Edward Roberts III (born October 20, 1982 in Houston, Texas) is an American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA. He was a second round draft pick (55th overall) of the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2005 NBA Draft and was then traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. Roberts attended Baylor University for two seasons, where he was Big 12 freshman of the year, … - Erick Dampier
Erick Travez Dampier (born July 14, 1975, in New Hebron, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 11 in / 265 lb. center who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. Erick played competitively at Lawrence County High School in Monticello, Mississippi, where he led the rural county to two state championships. Dampier played college basketball at Mississippi State University. While there he became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. - Jay Powell
James Willard Powell, also known as Jay Powell (b. January 9, 1972 in Meridian, Mississippi), is a former American baseball pitcher, who last played for the Atlanta Braves. He graduated from Mississippi State University. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in 1990, but did not sign. Following his junior year at Mississippi State, he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round (19th pick overall) in 1993 and signed. - Geoff Fox
Geoff Fox is a television meteorologist with NewsChannel 8, WTNH, the New Haven, Connecticut ABC-TV affiliate. Fox was born in Queens, New York in 1950. He attended New York City public schools. Fox later attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. After several broadcasting stints in radio (in Fall River, Massachusetts, Palm Beach, Florida, Charlotte, NC, Phoenix, AZ and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Fox landed a weather gig on a local television station in Buffalo, … - Bailey Howell
Bailey E. Howell (born January 20 1937 in Middleton, Tennessee) is a former professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward from Mississippi State University, he played 12 seasons (1959-1971) in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia 76ers. A six-time All-Star with 17,770 career points, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997. He won two NBA championships with the Boston Celtics. - Cynthia Cooper
Cynthia Cooper is an internal auditor and consultant who is best known for being the whistleblower who exposed massive accounting fraud at WorldCom in 2002. A native of Clinton, Mississippi, Cooper worked as the Vice President of Internal Audit at WorldCom. After conducting a thorough investigation in secret, she informed the audit committee of WorldCom's board that the company had covered up $3.8 billion in losses through phony bookkeeping. - Paul Maholm
Paul Gurner Maholm [Mah-HALL-uhm] (born June 25, 1982 in Greenwood, Mississippi) is a lefthanded pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a three-year letterman while pitching at Mississippi State, before being selected by the Pirates in the first round (8th overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft. Maholm is a graduate of Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee. He made his major league debut, as a starter, on August 30, … - Ben Johnson
Benjamin Joseph Johnson (born June 18, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a baseball outfielder for the New York Mets. Johnson was named the Memphis area High School Player of the Year in baseball at Germantown High School in 1999. He was also recruited to play football at Mississippi State University, but opted for baseball instead. He was a 4th round draft pick in 1999 by the St. Louis Cardinals, and was traded the following year to the San Diego Padres, … - Eric Moulds
Eric Shannon Moulds (born July 17, 1973 in Lucedale, Mississippi) is an American football wide receiver who currently is a free agent. He went to Mississippi State University where he caught 118 passes for 2,022 yards (averaging 17.1 per catch). Moulds was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the first round (24th pick overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft. Moulds was considered to be a first round bust until the 1998 season when the Bills acquired quarterback Doug Flutie. - Joe Lee Dunn
Joe Lee Dunn attended the University of Chattanooga (now University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) and was a Sigma Chi. He is the former defensive coordinator of the Memphis Tigers football program. He transformed the Tigers defense from a unit that ranked near the bottom statistically in defense, to a top 25 defensive unit. Prior to coaching at Memphis, he was the defensive coordinator at Mississippi State from 1996 to 2002. - Timmy Bowers
Timothy Jermaine Bowers (born January 9, 1982 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American basketball player who currently plays with Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem. At 6'2", he as capable of playing both guard positions. Timmy Bowers studied at Mississippi State University and after graduation he signed up for the 2003 NBA Draft and was undrafted. After the NBA Draft he tried his luck playing for the Asheville Altitude from the NBDL and won the 2004-2005 NBDL Championship. - David R. Bowen
David Reece Bowen is a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born in Houston, Mississippi, Bowen graduated from Cleveland (Mississippi) High School, 1950. He attended University of Missouri from 1950 to 1952. A.B., Harvard University, 1954. M.A., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1956. He served in the United States Army, private first class from 1957 to 1958. He served as assistant professor of political science and history, Mississippi College from 1958 to 1959, … - Derrick Zimmerman
Derrick Dewayne Zimmerman (born December 2 1981 in Monroe, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player who most recentley played with. He played collegiately at Mississippi State University. He was selected 40th overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, and played two games with the NBA's New Jersey Nets during the 2005-06 season. He played in the NBA D-League for the Columbus Riverdragons (2004-05) and Austin Toros (2005-06). - Babe McCarthy
James Harrison "Babe" McCarthy, sometimes called "Ol' Magnolia Mouth" or just "Magnolia Mouth" was a professional and collegiate basketball coach. McCarthy was originally from Baldwyn, Mississippi. McCarthy may best be remembered for Mississippi State's appearance in the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament when his all-white team snuck out of town in order to face Loyola University Chicago, which had four black starters. - Jackie Parker
John Dickerson "Jackie" Parker (August 3 1932 - November 7 2006) was an American football player who became an All-American in college football and an outstanding professional football player in the Canadian Football League at the running back, quarterback, and defensive back positions. He is primarily known for his play with the Edmonton Eskimos. Later in his career, he played for the Toronto Argonauts and the British Columbia Lions, … - Eric Dubose
Eric Ladell Dubose (born May 15, 1976 in Bradenton, Florida) is a major league pitcher most recently for the Colorado Rockies. Dubose has a career record of 9-15 with a 5.10 ERA (as of the end of 2005). He bats and throws left-handed. Dubose attended Mississippi State University. After tossing just 6 innings in 4 games in 2002, his first official year, Dubose looked to be a minor leaguer for good. - Robert Altenkirch
Dr. Robert Altenkirch is the President of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was inaugurated on May 2 2003. Robert A. Altenkirch, Ph.D., formerly vice president for research at Mississippi State University (MSU), joined New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) as the university's seventh president in July 2002. During his tenure as MSU vice president for research, science and engineering, … - Gregory Keyes
Gregory Keyes is a writer of science fiction and fantasy who has written both original and media-related novels under both the names "J. Gregory Keyes" and "Greg Keyes". He is famous for his quartet "The Age of Unreason", a steampunk/alchemical story starring Benjamin Franklin and Isaac Newton. He wrote the Babylon 5 "Psi Corps" trilogy, a history of the Psi Corps and a biography of Psi Corps member Alfred Bester. - Tommy Kelly
Tommy Kelly (born December 27, 1980 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American football player who currently plays defensive end for the Oakland Raiders. He played in 22 games for Mississippi State University, earning 16 starts and making 82 tackles, including 15 for loss and two of which were sacks. At MSU, he had a reputation for being lazy and taking plays off. He was signed as a free agent in 2004 by the Oakland Raiders. - Dean W. Colvard
Dean Wallace Colvard is a former president of the Mississippi State University, notable for his role in a 1963 controversy surrounding the integration of that school's athletic teams. Born in North Carolina, Colvard received his B.A. Degree from Berea College, and followed that up by getting his M.A. Degree from the University of Missouri. He then went to Purdue University and received his Ph. D. in science and mathematics. Colvard attended college for a total of 19 years, … - Buck Showalter
William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter (born May 23, 1956 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida) is a former professional baseball player and manager. His most recent managerial position was with the Texas Rangers from 2002-2006. Showalter, whose father was a high-school coach and principal, moved with his family to the tiny sawmill town of Century, FL in the late 50s. - Machine Gun Kelly
George R. Kelley aka George "Machine Gun" Kelley Barnes (July 18, 1895 - July 18, 1954) was a notorious American gangster during the prohibition era. His crimes included bootlegging, armed robbery and kidnapping. Born to a wealthy family living in Memphis, Tennessee, he flunked out of Mississippi State University, while pursuing a degree in agriculture, to pursue Geneva Ramsey, and then a life of crime. - Jeff Malone
Jeffrey Nigel Malone (born June 28, 1961 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Mississippi State University. He is mostly known for his time with the Washington Bullets (1983-90), where he was an NBA All-Star twice. He also played for the Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and Miami Heat. He is currently the head coach of the NBA Development League's Florida Flame. - Jon Knott
Jonathan David Knott (born August 4, 1978 in Manassas, Virginia) is an outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. After graduating in 2001 with a Master of Business Administration degree from Mississippi State University, Knott was signed by Mal Fichman as an amateur free agent with the San Diego Padres. He made his Major League debut on May 30, 2004. He became a free agent on December 12, 2006, after he was not offered a contract by the Padres.
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