Tennessee High School
Baseball

2012-2013

 

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DAVE RUTHERFORD - HEAD COACH


EDUCATION
1964-1968 TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL
1968-1973 BS UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ON BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP
1978-1980 MA UNION COLLEGE

EXPERIENCE

2012 TENNESSEE HIGH BASEBALL COACH
2005-2011 KING COLLEGE
ASST. BASEBALL COACH
ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
2003-2005 TEAM SPORTS OUTFITTERS
1976-1985, 1988-2003 SULLIVAN EAST HIGH SCHOOL
HEAD BASEBALL COACH,
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
1986-1988 SULLIVAN NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
HEAD BASEBALL COACH

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND HONORS

ASSOCIATE SCOUT MILWAUKEE BREWERS
ASSOCIATE SCOUT OAKLAND ATHLETICS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BASEBALL COACHES
ABCA TENNESSEE STATE REPRESENTATIVE
TENNESSEE BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT 1986, VICE-PRESIDENT 1995, DIRECTOR 2013
UPPER EAST TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL ALL STAR TEAM COACH
TENNESSEE SPORTSFEST COACH
TENNESSEE STATE ALL STAR COACH
INSTRUCTOR UNIVERSITY TENNESSEE SELECT BASEBALL CAMP
CLINIC SPEAKER TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA STATE BASEBALL
FINALIST STATE OF TENNESSEE AMATEUR COACH OF THE YEAR
CONFERENCE AND BIG SIX COACH OF THE YEAR
TENNESSEE BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HA LL OF FAME
SEVEN PLAYERS WHO PLAYED PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
FIFTY-FIVE COLLEGE PLAYERS

PRESTION ROBERTS - ASSISTANT VARSITY COACH

Education and Baseball Experience
Dobyns-Bennett High School; Kingsport, Tennessee; 1997-2000
Academic Diploma
Positions- First Base and Pitcher
Accomplishments
First Team All-State
All-Upper East TN Team (2 years)
All-Region Team (2 Years)
All-Conference Team (3 years)
All-Tournament Team (3 years)
Brevard College; Brevard, North Carolina; 2000-2005
B.A., History
Positions- Outfield and Pitcher

Accomplishments
NAIA All-American, Academic All-Conference, All-Conference,
Voted Team MVP Senior Year
Milligan College; Johnson City, Tennessee; 2005-2006
M. Ed., Education
Lincoln Memorial University; Kingsport, Tennessee; 2009-2010
Ed. S., Administration

Coaching Experience
Brevard College; Brevard, North Carolina; 2005 –Junior Varsity Baseball Assistant Coach
Daniel Boone High School; Gray, Tennessee; 2006 – Junior Varsity Baseball Head Coach & Varsity Baseball Assistant Coach
Bluff City Middle School; Bluff City, Tennessee; 2007 – 8th Grade Baseball Head Coach
Tennessee High School; Bristol, Tennessee; 2008-Present; Varsity Baseball Assistant Coach

Family
Married to Cherith Roberts

BRAD MORELOCK - ASSISTANT JV COACH & FRESHMAN COACH

Coach Brad Morelock lives in Bristol TN with his wife Ashley. He currently attends King College
majoring in History/Education. He will be graduating in May of 2013. Coach Morelock previously
coached at Sullivan North High School instructing pitchers and was the head coach over the
summer league program. He graduated from Sullivan North in 2001 where he played four years of
baseball.


STEVE MCMILLIAN - FRESHMAN COACH

Coach Steve McMillian is new to the Vikings Baseball Staff this year. He is very excited about the opportunity to work with the baseball program. He is from Mt. Airy NC, and played his high school ball at Carroll County HS in Hillsville VA. He attended and played baseball at Virginia Intermont College. He also spent a summer playing in Europe for a semi-pro team. Prior to coming to Tennessee HS, Coach McMillian has coached travel baseball and at Holston Valley MS. When he’s not coaching you can catch him traveling and working for BSN-Sports in Bristol. Coach McMillian is looking forward to a great year of baseball and being able to work with the kids of Tennessee High School.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coaches: Dave Rutherford - Head Coach; Preston Roberts – Assistant Varsity Coach
Mike Austin – Head Junior Varsity/Freshman Coach 
All photos property of Bristol Tennessee City Schools. Copyright/Updated March 12, 2013