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Fuller
Chris
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SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER 201 3
Photo courtesy of Tennessee
Athletics Photography
’ÄúHave you ever heard of Johnny Knoxville? We called him
P.J., and he’Äôs one of my former players. He sent me a
picture a few years back’Äîhe and I stay in contact’Äîand on
this picture he wrote his batting average and my bunt sign
from when he played here when was 10 years old. He still
remembered that. How is that for great memories?’Äù
Capps is the sports camp
director of the Boys & Girls Club
of the Tennessee Valley. Capps grew up at the Club,
ran the sports camp’Äôs basketball program, and now
conducts sports clinics and coordinates fundraisers.
He has been affiliated with the Boys & Girls Club for
more than 40 years.
Capps
Mike
’ÄúCollege athletics has changed a lot over the past 20 years. What has changed the
most? The impact of media: social media, sports talk radio, the Internet. The 24/7
coverage of athletics means there is much more scrutiny on everything that takes
place. It’Äôs really hard for an 18- to 22-year-old student-athlete at a major Division I
institution to have a normal college experience. Kids have to act as if they’Äôre being
watched all the time’Äîand that’Äôs a heavy burden to bear when you’Äôre that age.’Äù
Fuller is the senior associate
Athletic Director, external operations, University
of Tennessee. Fuller has responsibility for athletic
communications, sales andmarketing, ticket operations,
and special events. He graduated from Shepherd University
(in Shepherdstown,West Virginia), in 1988 and earned his
master’Äôs degree in Sports Management fromWest Virginia
University in 1992.
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