Jimmy Earle took MT basketball to the next level in the 1970s and also put his mark on its baseball team in the 1960s. His 164-103 basketball record included OVC championships, trips to NCAA tournaments and eight winning seasons. In 1968, as head baseball coach, his team won the OVC championship. He is the only MT coach to win Coach of the Year in two sports. From 1982-86, he also was head golf coach and was assistant athletic director in the 1980s.
As sports chairman for the Partners of the Americas in 1978, he helped promote athletic competition in South America. In 1980, he worked with the Central Basketball Officiating Service Agency supervising officials in the Atlantic Coast and now defunct Southwest conferences.
Named an MT Distinguished Alumnus in 1979, he was recipient of the Tennessee Community College Achievement Award in 1984.
