Calvin Coolidge Irvin (November 28, 1924 – November 25, 2017) was an American Negro league baseball shortstop and college basketball coach.

A native of Haleburg, Alabama, Irvin was the brother of Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin. Younger brother Cal attended Orange High School and Morgan State University, where he played basketball and football. He played for the Newark Eagles during their 1946 Negro World Series championship season, and played with the New York Black Yankees in 1947.

Cal Irvin

Irvin went on to become the athletic director and head basketball coach at North Carolina A&T State University, coaching there for 18 years, and winning four Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles. A member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, Irvin died in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2017 at age 92.

Cal Irvin

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Cal Irvin at Negro League Baseball Players Association

1924 births

2017 deaths

Newark Eagles players

New York Black Yankees players

North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball coaches

Baseball shortstops

Orange High School (New Jersey) alumni

People from Henry County, Alabama

Sportspeople from Orange, New Jersey

Baseball players from Essex County, New Jersey

Baseball players from Alabama

Morgan State Bears basketball players

Morgan State Bears football players

20th-century African-American sportspeople

21st-century African-American people

Cal Irvin