EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. A DES MOINES COACHING LEGEND SPENT DECADES MENTORING ATHLETES AND COACHING THEM TO STATE TITLES. DON GRAVES SET OUT TO DO SOMETHING NO PERSON LIKE HIM HAD EVER DONE BEFORE IN IOWA.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Don Graves’ quaint northside ... he was hired as the first African American to coach a sport in the state, making $4,000 a year. Graves coached basketball at Randall ...