Albany State University - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

This is a list of notable alumni which includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Albany State University. It also reflects those alumni who attended and/or graduated from the institution under its prior historical names.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Name Class year Notability References
James Blaylock member of the Georgia Department of Veterans Service
Alice Coachman 1949 first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal and the only American woman to win a gold medal in the 1948
Walter Curry former professional football player
Gregory Daniels 1974 First African American VP of Nissan North America
Kenneth Gant former professional football player
Jonnie Mae Gibson Fifth African American Woman in FBI
Big James Henderson 1984–1986 former powerlifter who competed in the International Powerlifting Federation and won five world bench press titles. Offensive Lineman for the 1985 SIAC Conference Championship football team.
Art Green former CFL and NFL player
James Holmes 1968 First African American Director of the US Census Bureau
Caldwell Jones former professional basketball player
Charles Jones former professional basketball player
Major Jones former professional basketball player
Wil Jones former professional basketball player
Dan Land former professional football player
Jo Marie Payton actress
Bernice Johnson Reagon singer, composer, scholar, and social activist; Professor Emeritus of History at American University in Washington, DC; Curator Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC; 2002–04 Cosby Chair Professor of Fine Arts at Spelman College in Atlanta Georgia
Shirley Sherrod 1970 Civil rights advocate, former Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture
Albert Sloan Twelfth President of Miles College
Phelan Thomas first African American cosmetic dentist certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry by the American Society for Dental Aesthetics
Rick Ross Rapper
Mike White former professional football player and current head football coach at Albany State University


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