Casem's Alcorn State Braves teams won four black college national championships and seven Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) titles.

[5] In 1964, Casem was hired as the head football coach at Alcorn State University, a historically black college located in Lorman, Mississippi.

1 in the final NCAA Division I-AA poll, the first time a black college had ever finished the regular football season in that position.

[6] In 1979, Alcorn State's men's basketball team became the first historically black university to capture a win in the National Invitational Tournament.

[8] He also led the effort to build the Davey L. Whitney Arena,[6] and was instrumental in the design and planning of the school's football stadium.

[8] In 1986, Casem resigned from Alcorn State to become the athletic director at Southern University, a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

[8] On receiving the award, Casem said, "That you have seen fit to recognize me with this most hallowed award is, in essence, not just a tribute to me, but a tribute to all of the historically black colleges and universities, the many talented student-athletes, the outstanding coaches, motivated staff members, distinguished administrators and supportive fans who stood in our corner.