Staff Directory

University President's Office

Name Title Phone Email
Dr. Philip Oldham University President 931-372-3241

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
Justin Hilliard Academic Advisor 931-372-3155 jhilliard@tntech.edu
Ashlee Kiser Academics Advisor 931-372-3153 akiser@tntech.edu
Virginia Lewis Academic Coordinator 931-372-6248 vlewis@tntech.edu

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 Administrative Associate 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
Nancy Greene NCAA Certification Analyst (931) 372-6260 NGreene@tntech.edu
Andrew Neff Sports Technology Intern (931) 372-3915 ANeff@tntech.edu

Facilities and Events

Name Title Phone Email
Ben Shannon Director of Facilities and Events 931-372-3945 BShannon@tntech.edu
Matt Dexter Intern / Facilites 931-372-6293 MMDexter@tntech.edu
Tyler Birdwell Intern / Facilites 931-372-6293 TBirdwell@tntech.edu

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 931-372-3937 LBirdwell@tntech.edu
Bobby Long Marketing and Promotions Intern 931-372-3669 RLong@tntech.edu

Media Relations

Name Title Phone Email
Rob Schabert Assistant Athletic Director (FB, Track, CC) 931-372-3088 RSchabert@tntech.edu
Brandon Goodwin Intern / Sports Information Video Production 931-372-3293 bgoodwin@tntech.edu
Erin Bean Sports Information Intern (VB, WBB, SB) 931-372-6139 etbean@tntech.edu
Mike Lehman Sports Information Intern (SOC, MBB, BASE) 931-372-3883 mlehman@tntech.edu
Matt Wagner Intern / Sports Information Video Productions 931-372-3293 mwagner@tntech.edu

Sports Medicine

Name Title Phone Email
Joe Erdeljac Head Athletic Trainer 931-372-3934 JErdeljac@tntech.edu
David Boyd Assistant Athletic Trainer 931-372-3968 dboyd@tntech.edu
Adam Graham Assistant Athletic Trainer 931-372-3968 adgraham@tntech.edu
Randi Kaplan Assistant Athletic Trainer 931-372-3940 rkaplan@tntech.edu
Jessica Vaughan Assistant Athletic Trainer 931 372-3968 jvaughan@tntech.edu
Chuck Cushman Graduate Assistant/Athletic Training 931-372-3934
Mike Brown Graduate Assistant/Athletic Training

Ticket Office

Name Title Phone Email
Sandy Zimmerman Financial Associate/Ticket Office Mgr. 931-372-3941 SZimmerman@tntech.edu
Kim Meredith Administrative Associate 931 372-3940 kkmeredith@tntech.edu

Athletic Performance

Name Title Phone Email
Chip Pugh Director 931-372-6278 CPugh@tntech.edu
Dan Bailey Graduate Assistant 931-372-6234 dbailey42@students.tntech.edu
Matt Hewett Graduate Assistant - Athletic Performance 931-372-6234 mshewett42@students.tntech.edu
Jennifer Hoffman Athletic Performance Intern 931-372-6234 jhoffman@tntech.edu
Scott Schweitzer Graduate Assistant - Athletic Performance 931-372-6234 saschweit21@students.tntech.edu

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
Brandon Turner Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator 931-372-6546 bmturner@tntech.edu
Cody Church Assistant Coach 931-372-6546 cchurch@tntech.edu
Kyle Medley Volunteer Coach 931-372-3853 kmedley@tntech.edu

Men's Basketball

Name Title Phone Email
Steve Payne Head Coach 931-372-3950 spayne@tntech.edu
Rick Cabrera Assistant Coach 931-372-3952 hrcabrera@tntech.edu
Brian Kloman Assistant Coach 931-372-3951 bkloman@tntech.edu
Russ Willemsen Assistant Coach 931-372-6115 rwillemsen@tntech.edu
Frank Davis Director of Basketball Operations 931-372-3953 fdavis@tntech.edu
Debbie Turnbow Men's Basketball Secretary 931-372-3956 dturnbow@tntech.edu
Student Assistants

Women's Basketball

Name Title Phone Email
Jim Davis Head Coach 931-372-6292 jldavis@tntech.edu
Erin Batth Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator 931-372-3921 ebatth@tntech.edu
Allison Clark Assistant Coach 931-372-3921 amclark@tntech.edu
Bart Walker Assistant Coach 931-372-3921 bmwalker@tntech.edu
Brooke McKinnon-Evans Director of Women's Basketball Operations 931-372-3927 bevans@tntech.edu
Jessica Morgan 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

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
Sam Williamson Assistant Head Coach 931-372-3935 SWilliamson@tntech.edu
Dewayne Alexander Assistant Coach 931-372-3199 dalexander@tntech.edu
Steven Brown Assistant Coach - Offensive Coordinator 931-372-3932 SABrown@tntech.edu
Chris Grimes Assistant Coach CGrimes@tntech.edu
Donn Landholm Assistant Coach 931-372-3933 dlandholm@tntech.edu
Sidney Powell Assistant Coach 931-372-3933 SPowell@tntech.edu
Lee Sweeney Assistant Coach
Brandon Barnes Graduate Assistant Coach
Orlandus Kirby Graduate Assistant
Debbie Parker Executive Aide 931-372-3930 dlparker@tntech.edu
Kate Nicewicz Graduate Assistant for Academics 931-372-3912

Women's Cross Country

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

Men's Golf

Name Title Phone Email
Polk Brown Head Coach 931-372-3994 pbrown@tntech.edu
Carla Hazelwood Assistant Coach 931-372-3994 chazelwood@tntech.edu

Women's Golf

Name Title Phone Email
Polk Brown Head Coach 931-372-3994 pbrown@tntech.edu
Carla Hazelwood Assistant Coach 931-372-3994 chazelwood@tntech.edu

Women's Soccer

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

Softball

Name Title Phone Email
Bonnie Bynum Head Coach 931-372-6552 bbynum@tntech.edu
Terry Acheson Assistant Coach 931-372-6552 tlacheson@tntech.edu

Men's Tennis

Name Title Phone Email
Kenny Doyle Head Coach kdoyle@tntech.edu

Women's Volleyball

Name Title Phone Email
Dave Zelenock Head Coach 931-372-3924 dzelenock@tntech.edu
Claire Lindner Assistant Coach 931-372-3992 clindner@tntech.edu

Women's Track & Field

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