Peggie Parrott began working as a secretary in the Tennessee Tech football office in 1983, and has become a fixture in the program -- and friend to dozens of coaches and hundreds of players -- through more than 25 years in that role. After two years in a part-time role, she was elevated to full-time in 1985, and has served for head coaches Gary Darnell, Jim Ragland, Mike Hennigan, Doug Malone and Watson Brown.

She reitremed from the full-time position in July, but has remained with the team in a part-time capacity while helping to train the program's new secretary, Debbie Parker.

In addition to the work that has kept her busy in football, she also helps out wherever needed within the Athletics Department, including the Bobby Nichols Scramble, home football and home basketball games.

In addition to her wide variety of office responsibilities, she helps to coordinate the annual Jim Ragland Golden Eagle Bass Classic, a role she has filled all 23 years of the event. She works at coordinating the annual Golden Eagle Football Alumni Classic, an event to help build the Robert Hill Johnson Endowment for funding football scholarships.

A native of Crossville, Tenn., and the daughter of original homesteaders in the Homestead area, she is a 1963 graduate of Cumberland County High School and attended Tech for one year.

In her spare time during the summer, Peggie has worked for more than 40 years with Camp Nakanawa, a private girl’s camp in Crossville that attracts campers from the U.S., Mexico, South America and Italy. She coordinated the arrival and departure of the campers at the Nashville International Airport. A member of Stevens Street Baptist Church, she teaches a women’s Sunday school class and is very involved in mission work through the church.

Peggie has two grown daughters, Rhonda and Aimee, and two grandsons, Cameron (12) and Aiden (8).