Former Vols’ assistant Joe Osovet named Heritage head coach

Former Tennessee assistant Joe Osovet named Heritage head coach.

Former Tennessee assistant Joe Osovet has been named head coach at Heritage High School in Maryville, Tennessee.

Heritage High School told Vols Wire Osovet will be introduced in the theatre at 2:30 p.m. EST on Thursday.

With the Vols, Osovet served as director of player development (2018) and director of football programming (2019). He was tight ends coach for Tennessee in 2020.

In 2001, Joe Osovet started running an offensive scheme called a manipulation within his Bolt offense at Nassau Community College in New York.

Twenty-plus years later, manipulation plays are executed throughout the sport and are known as RPOs.

Osovet became head coach at Nassau Community College from 2013-15. He was hired as head coach at ASA College from 2016-17 before joining the Southeastern Conference at Tennessee.

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