WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tony Mack, a former
three-sport student athlete at Howard University, has been elected
the mayor of Trenton, NJ.
Mack, who graduated from Howard in 1989, was a member of the
football, wrestling and baseball teams here at the Hilltop from
1984-88. The HU Hall of Fame inductee played baseball under
former head coach Chuck Hinton. He wrestled under former
wrestling coach and current Howard alumni trustee, Dr. Paul
Cotton. Mack played football under former head coach and
College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Willie Jeffries. Mack
was also a teammate of current director of athletics, Charles
Gibbs. He was a member of the 1987 football team that won the MEAC
title and finished 9-1.
Mack resides in Trenton with his wife Kara, son Tony II, and
daughters, Carrington, Madison and Kennedy. One of only
two three sport athletes at Howard in the past 25 years, Mack will
officially begin duties as mayor on July 1.
On behalf of Howard University Athletics, please join us in
congratulating Tony Mack on his outstanding accomplishment.