They won the Ohio Valley Conference two years in a row under the direction of the popular WKU head coach John Oldham , who succeeded Diddle their sophomore year .
They became the first African - American athletes to play for Western Kentucky .
They won the Ohio Valley Conference two years in a row under the direction of the popular Western Kentucky head coach John Oldham , who succeeded Diddle Western Kentucky 's sophomore year .
They became the first African - American athletes to play for Western Kentucky .