Joe Osovet hires former Vols’ undergraduate assistant as co-defensive coordinator

Joe Osovet hires a former Vols’ undergraduate assistant as co-defensive coordinator at Heritage.

Former Tennessee assistant Joe Osovet was hired as head coach at Heritage High School in Maryville, Tennessee on Feb. 9.

Osovet announced Monday he has hired Jake Dawson to his coaching staff.

Dawson will serve as Heritage’s co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach.

Dawson served as a defensive undergraduate assistant at Tennessee from 2019-20. He was a safeties coach in 2021 at Powell High School in Powell, Tennessee.

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.

Osovet served as 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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