Sam Brooks meets with Jere Watson, former Upperman High School Baseball Head Coach, and former Cookeville High School Baseball player. They discuss his time growing up in Cookeville and what sports meant to him as a kid, the importance of academics as a college athlete, and how he managed to prioritize his grades alongside attending practices, as well as a recap of his time as a PE teacher, and how that led to him coaching at Upperman High School.

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