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Joe Osovet wins first game at Heritage in 2023

Former Tennessee assistant Joe Osovet wins first game at Heritage in 2023.

Heritage High School (1-1) defeated South-Doyle High School, 30-20, Friday at Billy K. Nicely Memorial Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Joe Osovet enters his second season as Heritage’s head coach.

Osovet served as tight ends coach for the Vols in 2020. He also served as Tennessee’s Director of Player Development (2018) and Director of Football Programming (2019).

Osovet guided Heritage to a 4-6 record in 2022, the school’s best season since 2017 (3-7).

He inherited Heritage’s program with a 0-10 record in 2021.

Heritage will next play Aug. 31 William Blount High School in Maryville, Tennessee. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT.

In 2001, Osovet created a scheme called a manipulation within his Bolt offense at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York.

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

Joe Osovet looks to guide Heritage to playoff berth

Former Tennessee assistant coach Joe Osovet looks to guide Heritage to a playoff berth.

Former Tennessee assistant coach Joe Osovet is in his first season as head coach at Heritage High School (Maryville, Tennessee).

Osovet has guided the Mountaineers to a 4-5 (2-2 Region 2-5A) record in 2022 and is in position for a TSSAA Class 5A playoff berth.

Heritage hosts Halls High School (Knoxville, Tennessee) Friday. A win against Halls (1-8, 1-3) would clinch a playoff berth for Heritage.

Heritage (5-6) last made the playoffs in 2016. The Mountaineers also made the playoffs in 2015, going 3-8.

Osovet replaced Tim Hammontee at Heritage. Heritage recorded an 0-10 season in 2021 after finishing 2-8 (2020) and 0-10 (2019).

Osovet served as the Vols’ tight ends coach under head coach Jeremy Pruitt. He served as Tennessee’s Director of Player Development (2018) and Director of Football Programming (2019).

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Joe Osovet records first win as Heritage’s head coach

Former Vols’ assistant Joe Osovet wins first game as head coach with Heritage.

Former University of Tennessee assistant coach Joe Osovet earned his first victory as Heritage High School’s (Maryville, Tennessee) head coach Friday.

The Mountaineers (1-2, 1-0 Region 2-5A) forced five turnovers in a 45-21 win against Cocke County.

Friday’s victory ended a 17-game losing streak for the Mountaineers. It was Heritage’s first win since Sept. 25, 2020.

Osovet served as the Vols’ tight ends coach in 2020 under head coach Jeremy Pruitt. He also served as Tennessee’s Director of Player Development (2018) and Director of Football Programming (2019).

Osovet served as head coach of Nassau Community College (2013-15) and at ASA College (2016-17) before arriving at Tennessee.

He was hired as Heritage’s head coach in February.

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Joe Osovet debuts as Heritage’s head coach

Former Tennessee assistant Joe Osovet debuts as Heritage’s head coach.

Former Tennessee assistant coach Joe Osovet made his debut as head coach at Heritage High School (Maryville, Tennessee) Thursday.

Heritage lost, 45-7, to Maryville High School (Maryville, Tennessee).

Heritage recorded six first downs against Maryville.

Osovet served as tight ends coach for the Vols in 2020.

He served as Tennessee’s Director of Player Development in 2018. In 2019, Osovet was Director of Football Programming.

Osovet was named Heritage’s head coach in February, replacing Tim Hammontree, who won a state championship at Maryville.

Heritage went 0-10 last season and has lost 15 consecutive games.

Heritage last made the playoffs in 2016, finishing 5-6.

The Mountaineers will play Campbell County Aug. 26.

Joe Osovet. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

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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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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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Michigan State Football offers 2021 4-star Tight End Terrance Ferguson

Mel Tucker and the Spartans have offered a scholarship to a top tight end prospect in Heritage High School’s Terrance Ferguson.

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It seems as though a day hasn’t gone by where Mel Tucker and Michigan State Football haven’t given out a scholarship offer to a highly ranked recruiting prospect, and that was true on Tuesday when Terrance Ferguson announced that he had received an offer from the Spartans. The 2021 4-star Tight End out of Littleton, Colorado is currently ranked as the No. 12 tight end in his class according to the 247sports composite rankings.

Ferguson, who is currently playing for Heritage High School in Colorado, is also the No. 3 ranked player in Colorado and the No. 294 ranked player in the country. While 247sports’ composite rankings have him as a 4-star prospect, the 247sports site ranking has him as a 3-star. Nonetheless, he’s another highly touted prospect that new head coach Mel Tucker is gunning for.

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Ferguson also has offers from Oregon, Auburn, Arizona State, and Ohio State. It should be noted that he also had an offer from Colorado so Tucker must have had some kind of relationship with Tucker, which makes sense given the proximity.

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