Football

Matt Forrest, 27, who worked at Ohio Valley Conference member Murray State during the 2010-2012 seasons, and spent the past year as the runningback coach at Moorehead State, has joined the coaching staff at Tennessee Tech where he is overseeing
 the development of Golden Eagle tight ends and halfbacks.
   
Forrest coordinated travel, assisted with on-campus recruiting, and handled other administrative duties in his role as Murray State’s director of operations. The Racers ranked among the Football Championship Subdivision’s top five offenses in each of his three years.
   
Prior to his three-year operations stint at Murray State, Forrest spent the 2009-10 school year as a student assistant coach for the men’s basketball program at Huntingdon College (Ala.)
   
Forrest was a quarterback at Huntingdon from 2006-09. He led the Hawks to their first NCAA Division III playoff berth in 2009 and was part of the most successful senior class in school history. During his senior year, he was also named team captain.
   
Forest played three years of high school football in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was a quarterback and long snapper at Riverdale High School in 2003 before assuming the same positions at Oakland High School in 2004 and 2005. He was named team captain his senior year and earned multiple awards.
   
During college, Forrest spent three summers working in an operations role with the Double-A Montgomery (Ala.) Biscuits, a Tampa Bay Rays minor league team. He served as clubhouse manager, clubhouse assistant, and grounds crew member for the 2008, 2009, and 2010 professional baseball seasons.
   
Forrest earned a bachelor’s degree in coaching education from Huntingdon in 2010. He is married to the former Ashley Campbell.