This narrative study explored the relationship of coaches and Black male student-athletes seeking to understand the stories of Black male student-athletes, their relationship with their coaches, and the role of the coaches in their academic, athletic, and social identity development. Using narrative techniques, the author worked with three different university campuses to identify potential study participants. Seven students participated in this study and through semistructured interviews, observations, and photo elicitation, data was collected exploring the research topic. Using qualitative data analysis software, four main themes emerged: Experience and Exploitation; Building Bonds Beyond Bondage: The Team as a Family; Rewriting the Narrative: Thriving Despite Existing in a Culture of Anti-Blackness; and Finding Their Voice. Each theme contained sub-themes to further provide detail of the student-athletes' experiences. From these themes, seven recommendations were provided including the family always being a positive support, pride in academic and athletic achievement, Holistic Athlete Identity Development (H.A.I.D.), crafting identity in an anti-Black environment, athletes as activists, being seen as more than an athlete and the coach as listener and the athlete as storyteller. Each of these findings either further explains or adds a new perspective to what is often shared in the literature. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]