Cleveland State Community College (TN) has promoted Rafael Howard to Head Men’s Basketball Coach.

Coach Howard has been with the program the past eight years as an assistant. Exceptional recruiter, skilled motivator and strong leader are just a few of the words most often used by his peers to describe Howard. With more than two decades of experience in coaching, teaching and mentoring athletes, he has established a stellar reputation as an exceptional leader in basketball programs across the country. Through years of dedication to the sport and athletes, Howard has a proven track record in evaluating, recruiting and leading young talent from the high school level through the professional ranks.

As the assistant men’s basketball coach at Cleveland State, Howard lead the program through accountability, mentoring, and motivation to achieve winning results. During the 2018-2019 season, he helped lead the school to a conference championship and its first trip to the NJCAA national tournament in 30 years. He also recruited 2019 conference tournament MVP Delanio Walker, who signed to play at NCAA Division II Tiffin University.

He has had success moving players on to several four-year universities including Morgan State University, East Tennessee State University, University of North Alabama, Cameron University, West Texas A&M University, University of Southern Indiana, University of Pikeville, and University of the Cumberlands.

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