Carson-Newman Athletic Department


Mailing Address:
Carson-Newman Athletic Department
2130 S. Branner Ave.
Jefferson City, TN 37760

Administration
Name Title Phone Email
Matt Pope Vice President for Athletics 865-471-4822 mpope@cn.edu
Suzanne Strudwick Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and Internal Operations/Senior Women's Administrator 865-471-4983 sstrudwick@cn.edu
Adam Cavalier Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations and External Operations 865-471-3513 acavalier@cn.edu
Tom Griffin Head Coach/Assistant AD for Coaching Development (865) 471-3465 tgriffin@cn.edu
Allen Morgan Vice President for Athletics, Emeritus
David Barger Athletics Director, Emeritus
Bob Trentham Faculty Athletic Representative (865) 471-3253 btrentham@cn.edu
Sherry Manning Student Data Manager & Compliance Assistant 865-471-3469 smanning@cn.edu
Lauren Lovell Administrative Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Athletics/Director of Ticketing 865-471-4822 llovell@cn.edu
Athletic Communications/Marketing/External Operations
Name Title Phone Email
Adam Cavalier Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations and External Operations 865-471-3513 acavalier@cn.edu
Ian Johnson Assistant Director for Media Relations Director/Creative Video 865-471-4744 ijohnson@cn.edu
Andrew Rogers Assistant Director for Media Relations 865-471-4744 arogers@cn.edu
Ryan Wilkes Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant/Broadcasting 865-471-4744 rawilkes@cn.edu
Jay West Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant/Creative Video 865-471-4744 jawest@cn.edu
Tyler Katz Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant/Broadcasting 865-471-4744 tskatz@cn.edu
Eagle Club and Ticketing
Name Title Phone Email
David Needs Director of Eagle Club and Athletics Development 865-471-3360 dneeds@cn.edu
Jackson White Director of Operations, Facilities and Events 865-471-3303 jwhite@cn.edu
Lauren Lovell Administrative Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Athletics/Director of Ticketing 865-471-4822 llovell@cn.edu
Sports Medicine
Name Title Phone Email
Kelsey Petz Director of Sports Medicine 865-471-4162 kpetz@cn.edu
Rebecca Speight Associate Director of Sports Medicine 865-471-3498 rspeight@cn.edu
Rachel Young Head Football Athletic Trainer 865-417-2071 ryoung53@cn.edu
Hayden Sturgell Athletic Trainer 865-471-7155 hsturgell@cn.edu
Nick Peters Athletic Trainer 865-471-3419 npeters@cn.edu
Dylan Walker Athletic Trainer 865-471-7155 dwalker55@cn.edu
Rachel Jackson Athletic Trainer 865-471-2074 rjackson@cn.edu
Colby Reed Athletic Trainer 865-471-3498 creed@cn.edu
Claudia Pope Insurance Coordinator 865-471-3359 cpope@cn.edu
Matt Rappe' Medical Director/Orthopedist 865-558-4400
Benson Scott Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician 865-558-4400
Ward Phillips Internal Medicine Physician 423-581-7040
Don Reagan Performance Physical Therapist 865-558-4400 dreagan@cn.edu
John McGraw Orthopedic Consultant 865-558-4400
Sports Performance
Name Title Phone Email
Jeff Boschman Director of Sports Performance jboschman@cn.edu
Ryan Henry Assistant Director of Sports Performance rhenry@cn.edu
Blaine Robinson Sports Performance Graduate Assistant barobinson@cn.edu
Logan Tomlinson Sports Performance Graduate Assistant litomlinson@cn.edu
Baseball
Name Title Phone Email
Tom Griffin Head Coach/Assistant AD for Coaching Development (865) 471-3465 tgriffin@cn.edu
Jason White Pitching Coach 865-471-3526 jwhite1@cn.edu
James Sofield Assistant Coach 865-471-3526 jsofield@cn.edu
Kade Kolpien Graduate Assistant Coach 865-471-3526 kkolpien@cn.edu
Men's Basketball
Name Title Phone Email
Chuck Benson Head Coach 865-471-3371 cbenson@cn.edu
KT Carter Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 865-471-4151 kcarter@cn.edu
Luke Brenegan Assistant Coach 865-471-4151 ltbrenegan@cn.edu
Dave Gorman Assistant Coach
Women's Basketball
Name Title Phone Email
Mike Mincey Head Coach (865) 471-3366 mmincey@cn.edu
Dusty Nickles Assistant Coach 865-471-3511 dnickles@cn.edu
Beach Volleyball
Name Title Phone Email
Cat Collins Director of Volleyball 865-471-4216 clind@cn.edu
Shelby Cooper Assistant Coach 865-471-4216 scooper@cn.edu
Cross Country
Name Title Phone Email
Brent Borden Head Coach bborden@cn.edu
Whitney Lee Assistant Cross Country/Distance Assistant wlee@cn.edu
Football
Name Title Phone Email
Ashley Ingram Head Coach 865-471-3466 aingram@cn.edu
Edgar Weiser Associate Head Coach/Wide Receivers 865-471-3362 eweiser@cn.edu
Chuck Petersen Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 865-471-3364 cpetersen@cn.edu
Tyler Almond Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers 865-471-4794 talmond@cn.edu
Antonio Goss Special Teams Coordinator/Cornerbacks/Pro Liason 865-471-3504 agoss@cn.edu
Joe Ray Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator 865-471-3373 jray1296@cn.edu
Tanner Fleming Offensive Line 865-471-3363 tfleming@cn.edu
Caleb Goins Defensive Quality Control/Outside Linebackers 865-471-3466 cwgoins@cn.edu
Johnson Jamison Defensive Line 865-471-3398 jtjamison@cn.edu
Mike Patrick Slot Backs 865-471-3361 mpatrick@cn.edu
Jackson Riley Graduate Assistant Coach/B-Backs 865-471-3466 jrriley@cn.edu
Romeo Wykle Graduate Assistant Coach/Safeties 865-471-3466 rwykle@cn.edu
Tony Ierulli Assistant Linebackers 865-414-2017 cn.tierulli@gmail.com
Men's Golf
Name Title Phone Email
Randy Wylie Head Men's Golf Coach 865-471-4744 rwylie@cn.edu
John Wylie Assistant Golf Coach Wyliegolfpro@aol.com
Randy Wylie Head Men's Golf Coach 865-471-4744 rwylie@cn.edu
Women's Golf
Name Title Phone Email
Randy Wylie Head Men's Golf Coach 865-471-4744 rwylie@cn.edu
John Wylie Assistant Golf Coach Wyliegolfpro@aol.com
Alyssa Montgomery Head Women's Golf Coach 865-471-4744 amontgomery@cn.edu
Men's Soccer
Name Title Phone Email
Stephen Lyons Head Coach 865-471-4262 slyons@cn.edu
Kevin Cardona Assistant Coach 865-471-4262 kcardona@cn.edu
Charles Mueller Graduate Assistant Coach
Women's Soccer
Name Title Phone Email
Simon Duffy Head Coach 865-471-3520 sduffy@cn.edu
Kristopher Kirchhoff Assistant Coach 865-471-4822 kkirchhoff@cn.edu
Wayne Harvey Volunteer Assistant Coach (865) 471-4822
Softball
Name Title Phone Email
Michael Graves Head Coach 865-471-3424 mgraves@cn.edu
Holly Tucker-Vance Pitching Coach 865-471-4289 hvance@cn.edu
Spirit
Name Title Phone Email
Makyla Chollman Wyatt Head Coach mwyatt@cn.edu
Men's Swimming
Name Title Phone Email
Ben Young Head Coach 865-471-4821 benyoung@cn.edu
Women's Swimming
Name Title Phone Email
Ben Young Head Coach 865-471-4821 benyoung@cn.edu
Men's Tennis
Name Title Phone Email
Nate Gangelhoff Head Coach 865-471-3367 ngangelhoff@cn.edu
Joshua Ott Interim Head Coach
Mariya Shumeika Graduate Assistant
Women's Tennis
Name Title Phone Email
Nate Gangelhoff Head Coach 865-471-3367 ngangelhoff@cn.edu
Joshua Ott Interim Head Coach
Mariya Shumeika Graduate Assistant
Track & Field
Name Title Phone Email
Kieran Showler-Davis Director of Track & Field (865) 771-0366 kdavis@cn.edu
Sam Cleek Jumps Coach scleek@cn.edu
Whitney Lee Assistant Cross Country/Distance Assistant wlee@cn.edu
Volleyball
Name Title Phone Email
Cat Collins Director of Volleyball 865-471-4216 clind@cn.edu
Shelby Cooper Assistant Coach 865-471-4216 scooper@cn.edu
Truth Hafey Volunteer Assistant