Daytona Beach Area NPHC

04/06/2022

03/31/2022

Introducing our most recent Sorors who reactivated their membership with Tau Chi Omega!!! Soror Norma Bell and Soror Rokaisha Pelham! TCO is on the grow! our pearls

03/24/2022

Welcome Spring 2022
Congratulations to the Spring 2022 initiates of The Daytona Beach Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Inc. Help us welcoming these men into the Bond ♦️👌🏾 #1911
Duwayne P
Bryan E
Devounte H
Lladro T
Ceasar W
Harrison C
Donald L

03/20/2022

Thanks to everyone that came out and supported the Daytona Beach Area NPHC Black Spend Initiative at Taste of Soul Restaurant! Stop by today and let them know we sent you!

03/19/2022

Thanks for everyone that has come out and supported the Daytona Beach Area NPHC Black Spend Initiative at Taste of Soul Restaurant! Let them know we sent you!

03/17/2022

Come out and support the Daytona Beach Area NPHC Black Spend Initiative at Taste of Soul Restaurant! Let them know we sent you!

03/16/2022

The men and women of the Daytona Beach Area NPHC attending The 2022 Greek Sunday Service last month!

02/25/2022

We'll see you this Sunday!

02/20/2022

On this day of Black History Month we would like to recognize another one of our Illustrious founders Professor Frank Coleman,

He entered Howard University in 1909 and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Howard in 1913. His undergraduate record at Howard was so outstanding he was appointed a professor, and later, head of the Physics Department of Howard.

Bro. Coleman went on to pursue further study and received a Master of Science degree from the University of Chicago and took advance courses at the University of Pennsylvania, completing all the requirements for his Doctorate except completion of his thesis. When America entered the World War, he joined the army, became a first lieutenant, and served honorably overseas as one of the few black Army officers in World War I. Aside from carrying on his regular work, Brother Coleman was a member of the Boys Committee of YMCA, a Mason, an American Legionnaire and a Congregationalist.

Founder Coleman dated, and later married, Mary Edna Brown, one of the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta, creating the beginning of the bond between the Ques and the Deltas. Sealing the early tradition of the Brotherly-Sisterly love, Grace Coleman, sister of Omega Founder Frank Coleman was elected Delta president in 1914. In 1929, Anna Johnson Julian, wife of Percy L. Julian (Γ’19) and internationally famous chemist, became the fourth National president of Delta Sigma Theta.

Because of these early strong and significant relationships at Howard, the Deltas chose the purple and gold African violet as their official flower, to further signify the special bond that they had with the Omegas. Traditionally then at the Founders’ Howard University Alpha Chapters, the Ques and the Deltas were brothers and sisters in Greek life. This spread throughout the nation as Delta & Que Chapters were founded on various college campuses. Over the years, Delta & Que Chapters as well as individual Deltas and Ques have retained this brother-sister affinity.

02/19/2022

It's not too late to come out and SHOW SOME LOVE! Please stop by and enjoy a great meal and vibes! 🇯🇲

02/16/2022

On this day of Black History Month we would like to recognize one of our own Bro. Jack “Cy” McClairen

Jack Forsyth McClairen left his native Panama City for Daytona Beach and Bethune-Cookman in 1949. His nickname — Cy — was already part of the package, a shortened version of his middle name.

He soon became a three-sport standout — an end in football, a forward in basketball, and discus hurler in track and field. As a 6-foot-4 athlete, McClairen dominated the inside game and led Bethune-Cookman’s basketball team to a 1952 conference championship, but his biggest moment as a Wildcat came several months earlier during his senior football season.

It was Homecoming 1952 and the Wildcats, who had never beaten cross-state rival Florida A&M, beat the Rattlers, 8-7, with McClairen’s late-game 38-yard touchdown reception serving as the winning score.

He left Bethune-Cookman in 1953 and spent two years in the U.S. Army before beginning a six-year career with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers. As a receiver, his best season was 1957, when he caught 46 passes (third-highest in the league) and made the Pro Bowl.
Knee injuries ended McClairen’s playing career.

In 1961, he returned to Daytona Beach and never left. He coached the men’s basketball team from 1961-93, coached the football team twice (from 1961-72 and 1994-96), and was also the longtime athletic director.

During his first 12-year run as football coach, the most accomplished player to come through the program was Larry Little, who would go on to build a Hall of Fame career with the Miami Dolphins during the 1970s. 

After his coaching career finally wound down, McClairen remained as an associate athletic director, and a living museum piece on the Daytona Beach campus, before officially retiring in 2017. Along the way, he also served as the assistant coach for B-CU's women's golf team.