Staff Directory

Athletic Director's Office

Name Title Phone Email
Mark Wilson Director of Athletics 931-372-6306 MWilson@tntech.edu
Kim Nash Administrative Associate for Athletics Director 931-372-6306 KNash@tntech.edu

Academic Support

Name Title Phone Email
Lance Jasitt Assistant Athletic Director for Academics and Student Welfare 931-372-3943 LPJasitt@tntech.edu
Marilyn Borch-Jensen Academic Secretary 931-372-3943 MBJensen@tntech.edu
Virginia Lewis Athletic Academic Assistant

Athletic Development

Name Title Phone Email
Kevin Bostian Associate A.D. for Development 931-372-3929 kbostian@tntech.edu

Business and Personnel

Name Title Phone Email
Tammie McMillan Assistant Athletic Director/SWA 931-372-3944 TMcmillan@tntech.edu
Patrena Hicks Athletic Office Supervisor 931-372-3942 PHicks@tntech.edu

Compliance

Name Title Phone Email
Frank Harrell Associate Director of Athletics for Sports/Compliance and Director of Compliance 931-372-3939 FHarrell@tntech.edu
Mandy Thatcher Coordinator of Compliance/Special Events 931-372-3949 AMiller@tntech.edu
Amber Cockrill Graduate Assistant 931-372-3939
Andrew Neff Sports Technology Intern (931) 372-6469

Facilities and Events

Name Title Phone Email
Ben Shannon Director of Facilities and Events 931-372-3945 BShannon@tntech.edu
Matt Dexter Intern, Facilites and Events 931-372-3945 MMDexter@tntech.edu
Tyler Birdwell Intern, Facilities and Events 931-372-3945

Faculty Athletics Representative

Name Title Phone Email
Jeff Roberts Faculty Athletics Representative 931-372-3365 JJRoberts@tntech.edu

Marketing and Corporate Sales

Name Title Phone Email
Leveda Birdwell Director of Corporate Sales and Marketing 931-372-6469 LBirdwell@tntech.edu
Selena Roberts Graduate Assistant/Marketing 931-372-3928 SNRoberts21@students.tntech.edu

Media Relations

Name Title Phone Email
Rob Schabert Assistant Athletic Director 931-372-3088 RSchabert@tntech.edu
Nick Burns Sports Information Intern 931 372-6139 nburns@tntech.edu
Tommy Dillard Sports Information Intern 931-372-3293 tdillard@tntech.edu
Brandon Goodwin New Media Coordinator Intern 931-372-3883 bgoodwin@tntech.edu

Sports Medicine

Name Title Phone Email
Joe Erdeljac Head Athletic Trainer 931-372-3934 JErdeljac@tntech.edu
Jake Fox Assistant Athletic Trainer 931 372-3968 jrfox@tntech.edu
Adam Graham Assistant Athletic Trainer 931-372-3968 agraham@tntech.edu
Jessica Vaughan Assistant Athletic Trainer (931) 372-3968
Ali Bush Graduate Assistant/Athletic Training 931-372-3934
Chuck Cushman Graduate Assistant/Athletic Training 931-372-3934

TTU/CRMC Golden Eagle Sports Medicine Physical Therapy Center

Name Title Phone Email
Eric Tarsi Physical Therapist 931-783-2463

Ticket Office

Name Title Phone Email
Sandy Zimmerman Ticket Office Manager 931-372-3941 SZimmerman@tntech.edu
Kim Meredith Ticket Office Assistant 931 372-3940 kkmeredith@tntech.edu

Athletic Performance

Name Title Phone Email
Chip Pugh Director 931-372-6278 CPugh@tntech.edu
Rich Froning Assistant Strength Coach
Elijah Muhammad Graduate Assistant

Baseball

Name Title Phone Email
Matt Bragga Head Coach 931-372-3925 MBragga@tntech.edu
Larry Bragga Director of Operations 931-372-6546 LBragga@tntech.edu
Donnie Suttles Pitching Coach 931-372-6546 (O) dsuttles@tntech.edu
Matt Mihoci Assistant Coach 931-267-9351 mmihoci@tntech.edu
Brandon Turner Assistant Coach 931-372-6546 bmturner@tntech.edu

Men's Basketball

Name Title Phone Email
Steve Payne Head Coach 931-372-3952 SPayne@tntech.edu
Happy Osborne Associate Head Coach (931) 372-3951 hosborne@tntech.edu
Russ Willemsen Assistant Coach 931-372-6115 RWillemsen@tntech.edu
David Boyden Assistant Coach 931-372-3952 dboyden@tntech.edu
Debbie Turnbow Men's Basketball Secretary 931-372-3956 DTurnbow@tntech.edu
Charles Newton Director of Basketball Operations (931) 372-3953 cmnewton@tntech.edu
Student Assistants

Women's Basketball

Name Title Phone Email
Sytia Messer Head Coach 931-372-3921 smesser@tntech.edu
Coretta Brown Assistant Coach 931-372-3926 corettab@tntech.edu
Shellie Greenman Assistant Coach 931-372-6294 sgreenman@tntech.edu
Daphne Mitchell Assistant Coach 931-372-3927 DMitchell@tntech.edu
Jessica Mathis Women's Basketball Secretary 931-372-3921 jlmathis@tntech.edu

Cheer and Dance

Name Title Phone Email
Robin Burroughs Coordinator and Coach 931-372-3918 RBurroughs@tntech.edu

Men's Cross Country

Name Title Phone Email
Tony Cox Head Coach 931-372-3749 TCox@tntech.edu

Women's Cross Country

Name Title Phone Email
Tony Cox Head Coach 931-372-3749 TCox@tntech.edu

Football

Name Title Phone Email
Watson Brown Head Coach 931-372-3930 WBrown@tntech.edu
Billy Taylor Associate Head Coach 931-372-3936 wtaylor@tntech.edu
Steven Brown Assistant Coach 931-372-3932 SABrown@tntech.edu
Thomas Cox Assistant Coach 931-372-3199 TWCox@tntech.edu
Will Holthouser Assistant Head Coach 931-372-3914 WHolthouser@tntech.edu
Sidney Powell Assistant Coach 931-372-3933 SPowell@tntech.edu
Ron Sigler Assistant Coach 931-372-3932
Sam Williamson Assistant Coach 931-372-3935 SWilliamson@tntech.edu
Brandon Barnes Graduate Assistant Coach
Chris Grimes Graduate Assistant Coach
Lee Sweeney Graduate Assistant Coach
Tyler Wolf Administrative Assistant 931-372-3933
Debbie Parker Executive Aide 931-372-3930 dlparker@tntech.edu
Peggie Parrott Football Secretary 931-372-3930 PParrott@tntech.edu
John Albertson Manager
Bryce Arnold Manager
Mike Egly Manager
Alex Hutto Manager

Men's Golf

Name Title Phone Email
Polk Brown Head Coach pbrown@tntech.edu
Peni (Davis) Austin Assistant Golf Coach

Women's Golf

Name Title Phone Email
Polk Brown Head Coach pbrown@tntech.edu
Peni (Davis) Austin Assistant Golf Coach

Women's Soccer

Name Title Phone Email
Daniel Brizard Head Coach 931-372-6200 DBrizard@tntech.edu
Rachel Yepez Assistant Coach
Corey Boyd Assistant Coach

Softball

Name Title Phone Email
Tory Acheson Head Coach 931-372-6552 TAcheson@tntech.edu
Terry Acheson Assistant Coach 931-372-6552 tlacheson@tntech.edu
Samantha Bates Assistant Coach 931-372-6552 SLovelady@tntech.edu
Chris Williams Volunteer Assistant Coach

Men's Tennis

Name Title Phone Email
Kenny Doyle Head Coach kdoyle@tntech.edu
Josh Girling Graduate Assistant Coach

Women's Volleyball

Name Title Phone Email
John Blair Head Coach 931-372-3924 jblair@tntech.edu
Claire Lindner Assistant Coach 931-372-3992 clindner@tntech.edu
Don Hardcastle Graduate Assistant Coach 931-372-3993 dlhardcast21@students.tntech.edu

Women's Track & Field

Name Title Phone Email
Tony Cox Head Coach 931-372-3749 TCox@tntech.edu