Main Street Preps This Week

Lipscomb Academy baseball and Nolensville softball are among the area teams hoping for lengthy postseason stays. Hosts Tyler Palmateer and Russell Vannozzi caught up with their coaches – Brad Coon and Luke Patton – for conversations about where each team stands entering May. Coon and the Mustangs open the Division II-AA Middle Region tournament on Friday, while Patton and the Lady Knights begin the District 12-4A tournament the same night.

A few familiar faces in Metro Nashville Public Schools have found new places to coach. Tyler Palmateer and Russell Vannozzi interview the recently hired Katrina Carter (Hunters Lane boys basketball) and Damien Harris (East Nashville football) as they settle into their roles. Carter led Hillsboro girls basketball to a 34-1 record and the Class AAA state title in 2009, while Harris has been an assistant football coach at his alma mater Pearl-Cohn since 2008.

It's an all-Williamson County episode as Tyler Palmateer and Russell Vannozzi visit with Brentwood Academy throwing coach Steve Wade and Grace Christian Academy baseball coach Brad Myers. Wade provides an update on Mensi Stiff, who continues to re-break her own state records in the discus and shot put. Meanwhile, Myers and the Lions are 17-6 with six games to go before the Division II-A postseason. His interview begins at the 20:00 mark.

Goodpasture baseball and Green Hill softball are two of the Nashville area's top performing teams so far this spring. Defending state champion Goodpasture is 16-2, while upstart Green Hill is 22-2. Hosts Tyler Palmateer and Russell Vannozzi caught up with their head coaches - Jim Carter (Goodpasture) and Savannah Sanders (Green Hill) - to highlight both programs this week.

Defending TSSAA Class AAA soccer state champion Brentwood has picked up where it left off. The Bruins are 8-0 and rank as the No. 5 team in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top 25 national poll. Tyler Palmateer and Russell Vannozzi caught up with longtime Brentwood coach Mike Purcell to discuss how his players are embracing the high expectations, and why Purcell might be on the hook for another tattoo if the Bruins keep winning. Plus, Tyler and Russell provide a laundry list of spring sports and football recruiting updates to close the show.

It wasn't easy for Jamaal Stewart to leave East Nashville. Stewart, who grew up in that area of town, led the Eagles to back-to-back Class 3A state championship games in 2021 and 2022. Hear Stewart explain why taking the head coach position at Centennial was the best move for his career and family. Hosts Tyler Palmateer and Russell Vannozzi spend the second half of the show discussing spring sports.

Chris Simpson has spent the better part of the last decade working his way through the high school football coaching ranks. On Tuesday, he was announced as the new head coach at Maplewood, the school he graduated from in 2008. Hosts Tyler Palmateer and Russell Vannozzi spend the episode getting to know the former East Nashville defensive coordinator. Tyler and Russell also wrap up the 2022-23 basketball season.

Forget the beach. Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet basketball and head coach Caden Anderson are spending their spring break at the TSSAA Class 3A state tournament in Murfreesboro. Anderson joined hosts Tyler Palmateer and Russell Vannozzi to discuss the Royals' best postseason run since 2005. Tyler and Russell also break down several other basketball topics to close the show.

Jacob Gill's path to coaching started when he was a kid. Hear his backstory and how he ended up becoming Brentwood Academy's next football coach. Hosts Tyler Palmateer and Russell Vannozzi close the show with basketball state tournament talk.

It's another two-guest edition of Main Street Preps This Week, as Brentwood girls basketball coach Marcel Williams and Blackman football coach Matt Kriesky join the show. Williams and his Lady Bruins were set to face Hillsboro for the Region 6-4A title on Wednesday night. Kriesky, previously at Centennial, just accepted the Blackman job last week. Russell Vannozzi and fill-in host Blaine Kellar also briefly discuss postseason hoops.