East Tennessee State University

As the baseball coach for the Bucs from 1956 to 1984, Joe Blaine Shipley coached and recruited several professional players including Ed Goodson and Dave Campbell. He began as a physical education teacher and then became the baseball coach at ETSU. Shipley played in the New York Giants farm system before serving a total of 28 years at ETSU. Shipley was rewarded for his service by being inducted into the ETSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.