# List of Bethune–Cookman University alumni

This is a list of Bethune-Cookman University alumni. Bethune-Cookman University is a historically black university located in Daytona Beach, Florida.

## Business

| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
| Marjorie Joyner | 1973 | Inventor of the permanent wave machine | |

## Community service and civil rights

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Dr. Matthew J. Gillespie | 2012 | CEO of the Mary McLeod Bethune Educational Legacy Foundation, Inc. |
| Henry Lyons | 1964 | Former President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
| Harry T. Moore | | Civil rights leader; state secretary in Florida for the NAACP in the 1940s and 1950s; the first NAACP official murdered in the civil rights struggle |
| Lucille O'Neal | 2003 | Mother of former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal; longtime supporter of the Bethune-Cookman University School of Nursing |
| A. Philip Randolph | 1907 | Civil rights leader; attended the Cookman Institute, before it merged with Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School and became Bethune-Cookman |

## Education

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Oswald P. Bronson, Sr. | | Former president of Bethune-Cookman, 1975-2004 and Edward Waters College, 2005-2007 |
| Gregory Drane | 2002 | Current Director of Athletic Bands at Pennsylvania State University |
| Yvonne Scarlett-Golden | | Educator and activist; the first African American mayor of Daytona Beach, Florida, elected in 2003 |

## Entertainment

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Allen & Allen | | Gospel musicians and pastors |
| Rodney Chester | | Actor from the Logo Network TV show Noah's Arc |
| Jimmy "Bo" Horne | 1971 | Disco recording artist |

## Modeling

| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
| Nakera Simms-Symonette | | Model; Miss Bahamas 2000; contestant in 2000 Miss Universe Pageant | |

## Politics

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| James Bush III | 1979 | Current member of the Florida House of Representatives District 109 |
| James Dean | 1876 | First African-American judge in Florida; attended the Cookman Institute before the merger in which it became Bethune–Cookman |
| James V. Pierce | 1980 | Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Pinellas County, Florida, 2006—present |
| William H. Turner | 1956 | First African-American chairperson of the Miami-Dade County School Board; member of the Florida Senate, 1992-1998 |

## Athletics

| Name | Class year | Notability |
| Terry Anderson | | Former NFL player |
| Stevie Baggs | | Former NFL and Canadian Football League player |
| Rudy Barber | | Former American Football League player |
| Sebastien Boucher | | Former Minor League baseball prospect |
| Kevin Bradshaw | | NCAA basketball record-holder for points in a single game, player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League |
| John Chaney | 1955 | Former men's head basketball coach at Temple University |
| Rickey Claitt | | Former NFL player |
| Boobie Clark | | Former NFL player, running back for the Cincinnati Bengals and Houston Oilers; 1973 AFC Rookie of the Year |
| Jerrell Cogmon | | Arena Football League player |
| Nick Collins | 2005 | Former NFL player |
| Damion Cook | | Former NFL player |
| Ryan Davis | | Current NFL player |
| Kevin Ferguson, aka Kimbo Slice | attended | Street fighter and mixed martial arts fighter |
| Andrew Hinson | 1955 | Former head football coach at Bethune-Cookman |
| Stan Jefferson | attended, but transferred | Former Major League Baseball player |
| Eric Lewis | | Former NBA referee |
| Larry Little | 1967 | Former NFL offensive guard, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played on Miami Dolphins Super Bowl champion teams; former head football coach at Bethune-Cookman |
| Rashean Mathis | 2003 | Former NFL cornerback |
| Cy McClairen | 1953 | First Bethune-Cookman alumnus in National Football League who played tight end for five seasons; served as head football coach, head basketball coach, and athletics director at Bethune-Cookman |
| Maulty Moore | | Former NFL player |
| Aulcie Perry | | Former professional basketball player |
| Clifford Reed | | Former head men's basketball coach at Bethune-Cookman |
| Booker Reese | | Former NFL player |
| Charles Riggins | | Former NFL player |
| Jerry Simmons | | Former NFL player |
| T. T. Toliver | | Current Arena Football League player |
| Eric Weems | 2007 | Former NFL wide receiver |
| Lee Williams | | Former American Football League player |
| Mark Woodyard | | Former Major League Baseball player |
| Antron Wright | | Former NFL player and XFL player |
| Alvin Wyatt | 1970 | Former NFL player and former head football coach at Bethune-Cookman |