Preston Spradlin is the head men's basketball coach at Morehead State. In 2020-21 he led the Eagles to a 17-3 OVC mark, OVC Tournament Championship and first NCAA appearance in since 2011.

Bart Brooks is the head women's basketball coach at Belmont. This year he led the Bruins to its third OVC Tournament crown during his tenure and a NCAA Tournament win over Gonzaga.

Polk Brown is the head men's and women's golf coach at Tennessee Tech. He competed for the Golden Eagles golf team (2001-06) for the legendary Bobby Nichols, earning All-Tournament honors at the 2006 OVC Championship. He was named TTU head coach in July 2011.

Sara Hacker is the Assistant A.D. for External Affairs and Senior Woman Administrator at Morehead State. She played softball at MSU and worked as a marketing and promotions coordinator after graduation before leaving to take on other professional challenges. In the summer of 2019 she returned to

Chris Prothro is the first-year head baseball coach at Eastern Kentucky. Prothro spent time as an assistant coach at North Iowa Area Community College, Nicholls State and most recently South Alabama before being named the Colonels head coach.

Mark Redburn is the head softball coach at Southeast Missouri State. He was named the fourth head coach in SEMO softball history in June 2014 and enters his seventh season with the program in 2021. He led the team to a school record 46 in 2019 and won the OVC regular season and tournament

Dave Jarvis is the head baseball coach at Belmont. Jarvis has been the head coach there since 1998 and guided the program from the NAIA level to Division I and eventually the OVC. He led the Bruins to the 2011 and 2012 NCAA Tournaments.

Prior to coming to Belmont, he served as the head coach at

Seth Carlisle is a junior linebacker on the Tennessee Tech football team. A native of Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, Seth played quarterback and safety in high school and after getting to Tennessee Tech made the switch to linebacker. As a sophomore he had a breakout season with 88 tackles and

Joe Pott is the play-by-play voice and athletic communications director at SIUE. He has been the "Voice of the Cougars" since 2008 and can be heard on radio and ESPN+ broadcasts. As the head of the communications department he oversees broadcasting and media relations. Pott can also be heard as a

Jacksonville State linebacker Zack Woodard and Austin Peay tennis athlete Fabienne Schmidt are two of the six OVC Scholar-Athlete Award winners for 2020-21. The award is considered the highest individual honor an OVC student-athlete can earn and is based on accomplishments in the classroom, the