Sylvester Croom

Sylvester Croom Jr. is an American former football player and coach. He was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2004 to 2008, and 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 by that school as one of the state's 40 pioneers of civil rights. After his time at Mississippi State, Croom Jr. served as running backs coach for three teams in the National Football League (NFL).

25 September 1954

Born on the same birth date (25 September 1954): Joep Lange • Juande Ramos

Born on the same birth day (25 September): Bill Bowler • Danny Hillis • Jenny Chapman • Jerry Penrod • John Taylor (jazz) • Keely Shaye Smith • Manouchehr Atashi • Massimo Luongo • Mehmet Aslantuğ • Oscar Bonavena • Phyllis Pearsall • Robbie Mears • Sergei Bondarchuk • Stephen Borough • Steve Scott (journalist)

Born in the same month (September 1954): Billi Gordon • Clark Johnson • Craig Chaquico • Dave Lumley • David Wojnarowicz • Demetris Kizas • Eleni Vitali • Harry E. Johnson • Jackie Ashley • John Drew (basketball) • Juande Ramos • Kerrie Holley • Kevin Kennedy (baseball) • Larry Wall • Lorely Burt • Roger Woolley • Thomas S. Ray • Walter Davis (basketball)