Jon Higgins named head coach at Science Hill

Former Vol Jon Higgins named head coach at Science Hill.

Former Vol Jon Higgins has been named as the boys basketball head coach at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Higgins inherits a Hilltoppers’ program that went 31-6 last season and reached the sectional round of the TSAA Class 4A state playoffs.

Higgins served as head coach at Farragut High School in Farragut, Tennessee for the previous five years and won 83 games.

He was the 2021-22 District 4-4A Coach of the Year after leading the Admirals to a regular season district co-championship.

The former Vol also served as Farragut’s golf head coach.

Higgins played point guard for the Vols from 1999-2003.

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Tennessee-East Tennessee State projected starting pitchers

A look at Tennessee-East Tennessee State projected starting pitchers for Tuesday’s game at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

No. 11 Tennessee (7-0) will host East Tennessee State (5-1) Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m. EST. Tennessee leads the all time series, 68-20.

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Projected starting pitchers have been announced ahead of the in-state matchup.

Tennessee-East Tennessee State projected starting pitchers

  • East Tennessee State – RHP Landon Smiddy (0-1, 0.00 ERA, 4.2 IP, 3 K, 1 BB)
  • Tennessee – LHP Zander Sechrist (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 7 K, 1 BB)

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Former Vol named Coach of the Year

A former Vol has been named Coach of the Year.

Former Vol Jon Higgins has been named District 4-AAAA Coach of the Year. Higgins serves as Farragut High School’s head coach in Farragut, Tennessee.

He guided Farragut to a District 4-AAAA regular-season championship in 2021-22.

Higgins played for the Vols from 1999-2003.

He began his high school coaching career as an assistant at Fulton High School in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The former Vol had his first head coaching job at Knoxville Central High School. He took over as Farragut’s boys basketball head coach following the 2016-17 season and became the boys and girls golf head coach in 2019.

He guided Farragut to the 2020 Large Schools Division state golf championship.

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