Staff Directory

University President's Office

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


Athletics Administration

Name Title Phone Email
Mark Wilson Director of Athletics 931-372-6306 mwilson@tntech.edu
Steve Springthorpe Executive Assistant to the Director of Athletics 931-372-3944 sspringthorpe@tntech.edu
Frank Harrell Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics 931-372-3939 fharrell@tntech.edu
Bobby Taylor Associate Athletic Director for Development 931-372-6228 rhtaylor@tntech.edu
Dr. Leveda Birdwell Assistant Athletic Director for Academics and Student-Athlete Welfare 931-372-6236 lbirdwell@tntech.edu
Matt Dexter Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations 931-372-3945 mmdexter@tntech.edu
Kim Nash Assistant Athletic Director for Business and Personnel 931-372-6306 knash@tntech.edu
Mandy Thatcher Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance / SWA 931-372-3949 amiller@tntech.edu
Mike Lehman Director of Sports Information 931-372-3088 mlehman@tntech.edu
Kristie Phillips Director of Annual Giving / Stewardship 931-372-6857 kphillips@tntech.edu
Jordan Ratti Director of Video Production and Marketing 931-372-3293 jratti@tntech.edu
Dr. Jeff Roberts Faculty Athletics Representative 931-372-6469 jjroberts@tntech.edu


Academic Support

Name Title Phone Email
Dr. Leveda Birdwell Assistant Athletic Director for Academics and Student-Athlete Welfare 931-372-6236 lbirdwell@tntech.edu
Dr. Samantha Bates Academic Advisor 931-372-3153 slovelady@tntech.edu
Virginia Lewis Academic Advisor 931-372-6248 vlewis@tntech.edu
Kara Phillips Academic Advisor 931-372-3912 karaphillips@tntech.edu


Athletic Development

Name Title Phone Email
Bobby Taylor Associate Athletic Director for Development 931-372-6228 rhtaylor@tntech.edu
Kristie Phillips Director of Annual Giving / Stewardship 931-372-6857 kphillips@tntech.edu


Business and Personnel

Name Title Phone Email
Michaela Brown Business Manager 931-372-3942 michaelabrown@tntech.edu
Kim Meredith Travel Coordinator 931-372-3937 kkmeredith@tntech.edu


Compliance

Name Title Phone Email
Mandy Thatcher Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance / SWA 931-372-3949 amiller@tntech.edu
Cheryl Corder NCAA Certification Analyst 931-372-6260 ccorder@tntech.edu


Equipment

Name Title Phone Email
Alex Lockemeyer Athletics Equipment Coordinator 931-372-3960 alockemeyer@tntech.edu


Facilities and Events

Name Title Phone Email
Matt Dexter Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations 931-372-3945 mmdexter@tntech.edu
Travis Swauger Senior Facilities and Events Coordinator 931-372-3928 tswauger@tntech.edu
Sully Adams Facilities and Events Coordinator sadams@tntech.edu
Matthew Gautreaux Facilities and Events Coordinator mgautreaux@tntech.edu
Fant Smith Facilities and Events Coordinator wfsmith@tntech.edu


Faculty Athletics Representative

Name Title Phone Email
Dr. Jeff Roberts Faculty Athletics Representative 931-372-6469 jjroberts@tntech.edu


Golden Eagle Golf Club

Name Title Phone Email
Matt Manzaro General Manager / Club Pro 931-372-4653 mjmanzaro@tntech.edu
Wes Flatt Grounds Superintendent


Marketing, Promotions, & Corporate Partnerships

Name Title Phone Email
Matt Dexter Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations 931-372-3945 mmdexter@tntech.edu
Jordan Ratti Director of Video Production and Marketing 931-372-3293 jratti@tntech.edu
Raven Guilford Marketing and Promotions Coordinator 931-372-3709 rguilford@tntech.edu
TBA Marketing and Promotions Coordinator


Sports Information

Name Title Phone Email
Mike Lehman Director of Sports Information (BSB, MBB, BVB, VB, MG, WG, MXC, WXC, T&F, FB2) 931-372-3088 mlehman@tntech.edu
Thomas Corhern Sports Information Coordinator (FB, WBB, SB, SPIRIT) 931-372-6139 tcorhern@tntech.edu
Dylan Vazzano Sports Information Coordinator / Broadcasting (SOC, TEN) 931-372-6139 dvazzano@tntech.edu


Sports Medicine

Name Title Phone Email
TBA Head Athletic Trainer
Kailen Berry Assistant Athletic Trainer (BSB, FB) 931-372-3934 kberry@tntech.edu
MacKenzie Bloxham Assistant Athletic Trainer (BVB, SPIRIT, VB) 931-372-3934 mbloxham@tntech.edu
Becca Branstetter Assistant Athletic Trainer (FB, SB) 931-372-3934 rbranstetter@tntech.edu
Chuck Cushman Assistant Athletic Trainer (MBB, MG, WG) 931-372-3934 mcushman@tntech.edu
Thomas Erdey Assistant Athletic Trainer (FB, MXC, WXC, T&F) 931-372-3934 terdey@tntech.edu
Hannah Gomez Assistant Athletic Trainer (WBB) 931-372-3934 hgomez@tntech.edu
Maggie McGowan-Stinski Assistant Athletic Trainer (SOC, TEN) 931-372-3934 mmcgowanstinski@tntech.edu
Cameron Hudson Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
Kendall Medders Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
Dr. David Maldonado Physical Therapist 931-783-2463


Sports Nutrition

Name Title Phone Email
Brooklin Richardson Graduate Assistant


Ticket Office

Name Title Phone Email
Jessica Morgan Financial Associate / Ticket Office Manager 931-372-3940 jlmorgan@tntech.edu
Joyce Arnold-Hesson Administrative Associate 931-372-3941 jarnoldhesson@tntech.edu


Video Production

Name Title Phone Email
Matt Dexter Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations 931-372-3945 mmdexter@tntech.edu
Jordan Ratti Director of Video Production and Marketing 931-372-3293 jratti@tntech.edu
Josiah Jackson Video Production Coordinator 931-372-3883 jwjackson@tntech.edu
Adam Raymond Video Technology Coordinator 931-372-3915 araymond@tntech.edu


Athletic Performance

Name Title Phone Email
Matt Hewett Director of Athletic Performance 931-372-6278 mhewett@tntech.edu
Brandon Bishop Assistant Coach 931-372-6234 bbishop@tntech.edu
Will Long Graduate Assistant Coach
Olivia Szylar Graduate Assistant Coach


Baseball

Name Title Phone Email
Matt Bragga Head Coach 931-372-3853 mbragga@tntech.edu
Ben Brooks Assistant Coach 931-372-3853 benbrooks@tntech.edu
Dom Hughes Assistant Coach 931-372-3853 c-dahughes@tntech.edu
Larry Bragga Director of Player Development 931-372-3853 lbragga@tntech.edu


Beach Volleyball

Name Title Phone Email
Bella Borgiotti Head Coach 931-372-3993 iborgiotti@tntech.edu
Kaitlyn Gehler Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator 931-372-3992 kgehler@tntech.edu
Jeannette Phillips Director of Volleyball 931-372-3993 jwaldo@tntech.edu


Men's Basketball

Name Title Phone Email
John Pelphrey Head Coach 931-372-3950 jpelphrey@tntech.edu
Blake Gray Associate Head Coach 931-372-3951 bagray@tntech.edu
Alex Fain Assistant Coach 931-372-3952 afain@tntech.edu
Andrew Steele Assistant Coach 931-372-6115 asteele@tntech.edu
Stefan King Assistant Coach 931-372-3953 stefanking@tntech.edu
Milos Babic Assistant Coach


Women's Basketball

Name Title Phone Email
Kim Rosamond Head Coach 931-372-6292 krosamond@tntech.edu
Melanie Walls Associate Head Coach / Director of Player Development 931-372-6294 mwalls@tntech.edu
Allison Clark Assistant Head Coach / Recruiting Coordinator 931-372-3922 amclark@tntech.edu
Jasmine Cincore Assistant Coach / Co-Recruiting Coordinator 931-372-3926 jcincore@tntech.edu
Kate Sherwood Assistant Coach 931-372-3927 ksherwood@tntech.edu
Lilly Bridges Graduate Manager


Men's Cross Country

Name Title Phone Email
Peter Dalton Head Coach 931-372-3749 pdalton@tntech.edu
Tina Cesnik Assistant Coach 931-372-3770 tcesnik@tntech.edu
Kris Potts-Howard Assistant Coach 931-372-3779 kpottshoward@tntech.edu


Women's Cross Country

Name Title Phone Email
Peter Dalton Head Coach 931-372-3749 pdalton@tntech.edu
Tina Cesnik Assistant Coach 931-372-3770 tcesnik@tntech.edu
Kris Potts-Howard Assistant Coach 931-372-3779 kpottshoward@tntech.edu


Football

Name Title Phone Email
Bobby Wilder Head Coach 931-372-3930
Brian Scott Associate Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks 931-372-3932 bscott@tntech.edu
John Allen Assistant Head Coach / Wide Receivers 931-372-3930 johnallen@tntech.edu
Sam Williamson Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Line 931-372-3935 swilliamson@tntech.edu
Chase Mummau Defensive Coordinator / Safeties 931-372-3198 cmummau@tntech.edu
Dylan August Assistant Coach / Running Backs
Ben Blessing Assistant Coach / Tight Ends 931-372-3930 bblessing@tntech.edu
Tyler Harman Assistant Coach / Run Game Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach 931-372-3930 tharman@tntech.edu
David Mackie Assistant Coach / Linebackers
Justin McMullen Assistant Coach / General Manager / Director of Player Personnel 931-372-3936 jmcmullen@tntech.edu
Darron Paschal Assistant Coach / Cornerbacks
Frank Wilson Assistant Coach / Nickels / Special Teams Coordinator 931-372-3546 fwilson@tntech.edu
Chris Laskowski Strength & Conditioning Coach 931-372-6278 claskowski@tntech.edu
J. Stephen Pribble Special Assistant to the Head Coach / Offensive Analyst / Assistant Wide Receivers Coach
Max Chafiian Assistant Defensive Line
Rylee Cheek Assistant Offensive Line
Dianne Radic Director of Player Engagement
Joel Titus Assistant Director of Player Personnel
Ryan Astrologo Offensive Analyst
Greg Ouellette Director of Football Graphic Design
Grace Murray Director of Recruiting Ops / Assistant DFO
Justin Lyons Assistant Director of Scouting
Steve Bailoni Recruiting Assistant
Brandon Barnard Recruiting Assistant
Carson Bounds Recruiting Assistant
Colton Edwards Recruiting Assistant
Jake Kernen Recruiting Assistant
Jeffrey Robinson Recruiting Assistant
Hunter Stanton Recruiting Assistant


Men's Golf

Name Title Phone Email
Polk Brown Head Coach 931-372-3994 pbrown@tntech.edu
Amanda Smith Assistant Coach 931-372-3910 arsmith@tntech.edu


Women's Golf

Name Title Phone Email
Amanda Smith Head Coach 931-372-3910 arsmith@tntech.edu
Polk Brown Assistant Coach 931-372-3994 pbrown@tntech.edu


Soccer

Name Title Phone Email
Corey Boyd Head Coach 931-372-6200 cboyd@tntech.edu
Corey Smith Assistant Coach 931-372-6200 coreysmith@tntech.edu
Jack Rushworth Assistant Coach 931-372-6218 jrushworth@tntech.edu
Chloe Smith Assistant Coach


Softball

Name Title Phone Email
Danielle Penner Head Coach 931-372-6552 dpenner@tntech.edu
Marc Kendrick Assistant Coach 931-372-6552 mkendrick@tntech.edu
Sammi Miller Assistant Coach 931-372-6552 samiller@tntech.edu
Jeff Thomas Assistant Coach


Spirit Squads

Name Title Phone Email
Sydney Hickerson Head Coach 931-372-3861 shickerson@tntech.edu


Men's Tennis

Name Title Phone Email
Kenny Doyle Head Coach 931-854-0569 kdoyle@tntech.edu
Chris Doyle Assistant Coach
Dylan Nelson Assistant Coach


Track & Field

Name Title Phone Email
Peter Dalton Head Coach 931-372-3749 pdalton@tntech.edu
Tina Cesnik Assistant Coach 931-372-3770 tcesnik@tntech.edu
Kris Potts-Howard Assistant Coach 931-372-3779 kpottshoward@tntech.edu


Women's Volleyball

Name Title Phone Email
Jeannette Phillips Head Coach 931-372-3993 jrphillips@tntech.edu
Bella Borgiotti Assistant Coach 931-372-3993 iborgiotti@tntech.edu
Kaitlyn Gehler Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator 931-372-3992 kgehler@tntech.edu