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Joyner carries on a rich family legacy

New coach wants to restore relevance to Hampton, HBCUs

Originally Published: May 18, 2009
By Dana O'Neil | ESPN.com
They were 11, a pair of basketball-crazed kids living next door to Clarence "Big House" Gaines when they made the pinky-swear promise that would change not only their own lives, but carry into the next generation as well.

Today, Ed Joyner Sr. is the head coach at Saint Paul's College in Virginia and Steve Joyner is the head coach at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte.

And as of April 7, Ed Joyner Jr. is the head coach at Hampton University.


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