LHS-grad Spurlock takes over Lady Devil softball - Lebanon Democrat
Chris Spurlock has been named softball coach for Lebanon High School, new LHS principal Scott Walters said Wednesday. Spurlock, 36, played first base for the Blue Devils as a senior in 1997. He had to sit out his junior year per TSSAA rules after transferring from Friendship Christian. “One of the plusses of this job to me is they have a lot of players returning, a lot of seniors returning,” said Spurlock, noting he had a couple of baseball coaching options open as well but decided on the opening in his hometown, home to... Spurlock has coached baseball in Florida and Georgia while teaching history and physical education. The 2003 Tennessee Tech-graduate returned to the Lebanon area about a year ago, spending the past year working in his family’s business. He will join the LHS faculty as a history and government teacher, Walters said. “He had a good overall vision for players and students with what we’re trying to do at Lebanon High School. “I’m pumped to be back at Lebanon High School,” Spurlock said. Spurlock, whose younger brothers Matt and Ben also played baseball in Wilson County and whose father, Terry, coached them all at the youth-league level, has 11 years coaching baseball. “The best baseball coaches I coached against in Georgia were. Source: www.lebanondemocrat.com
