Hall of Fame

The growth of baseball in Tennessee is directly attributed to the hard work and dedication of all of you. We must continue to grow and improve our association. In order to do this, we must get actively involved!


I thought it was important to remind all coaches of the importance of the TBCA. Since we started in the early 90's, we have become one of the premier coaches' associations in the South. We have had numerous states use our model to either start their own organization or to reorganize their association.

1992 Babe Howard (deceased)

1993 Richard Brock (deceased)

Mel Brown

Phil Garner

Bobby Kilpatrick

1994 John Whited (deceased)

Larry Schmittou

1995 Fred Forehand (deceased)

John Stanford (deceased)

Wayne Shanks

1996 Ken Dugan (deceased)

Bill Wright (deceased)

1997 John Heatherly

Dave Whitten (deceased)

1998 Bob Crone

Jack Jolley

1999 Jerry Mathis

Steve Longley

2000 Bud Bales

George Holt

2001 Jim Painter (deceased)

Harold Stout (deceased)

Ronnie Wilson (deceased)

2002 Jackie Reavis

Dave Rutherford

Wayne Norfleet

2003 Woody Hunt

2004 Todd Helton

2005 Joe George

Gene Etter

2006 Steve Peterson (deceased)

Mike Turner

Pat Swallows

2007 Phil Clark

Jim Norris

Dave Altopp

2008 Jack Powell

Jeff Hopkins

Mike Ritz

2009 Rick Haddock

Ernie Smith

Bill Thompson

2010 David Mays

Joe Bridges

Tommy Pharr

2011 Rod Delmonico

Buster Kelso

Roy Mewbourne

2012 Allen Pavatte

Don Rhoton

2013 Robbie Howard

Tom Mathis

Gary Rundles

2014 Alvin Taylor

Joe Adams

David Holland

2015 GeorgeWeicker (deceased)

Nick Waggoner

Mike Hendrix

2016 Donny Joyner

Mike Morrison

2017 David Dinger

Mack Hawks

Clark Wormsley

2018 Buddy Alexander

Preston Ozment

Doug Polston

2019 Brian Hetland

Jim McGuire

Buddy Powers

Player awards

Hall of Fame

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To unify the

game of Baseball
in the state of Tennessee

To maintain a strong contact with local and national organizations of coaches of baseball and more...

The Purpose Of The TBCA Is To:

• To unify all baseball coaches in the State of Tennessee.

• To instill with the coaches a deeper sense of responsibility in developing,

  maintaining and conducting the game of baseball.

• To create an official line of communication with the TSSAA and with college

  and junior college coaches in Tennessee.

• To honor persons and organizations that has done an extraordinary job

  of promoting baseball in Tennessee.

• To maintain a strong contact with local and national organizations

  of coaches of baseball.

• To annually select:

        • All State baseball teams

        • A Coach of the Year and Player of the Year in each classification

         Mr. Baseball in each classification

         To recognize and honor the coaches of state championship teams

         To establish and maintain a “Hall of Fame"

         Award 2 scholarships to deserving seniors in each of the 8 regions

         To honor any additional person who has significantly

           influenced baseball in Tennessee

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