Sewanee: University of the South Men's Baseball

The Nate Burns File Hometown: Lancaster, Pa. Education: Lancaster Bible (B.S.) '18 Coaching Background 2024-Pres. Sewanee, Head Coach 2021-23 Sewanee, Assistant Coach 2019-20 Swarthmore, Assistant Coach 2018 Elizabethown, Assistant Coach Career Records All-Time Record: 36-45 Sewanee Record: 36-45 Nate Burns enters his third season as head coach in 2026 with the baseball program at the University of the South and his sixth year overall with the program. He was promoted to head coach in June 2023, becoming the 29th head coach for a program that is the oldest varsity sport at the University of the South, dating back to 1875.   Burns’ first season as head coach ended with a 16-25 record, with the Tigers sweeping an opening-round series in the SAA Tournament at second-seeded Berry College despite a pitching staff decimated by injuries throughout the year. Hunter Herndon earned First Team All-SAA honors while Matt Munn, Charlie Teel and Will Yarbro were voted to the Second Team and Jack Roode garnered Honorable Mention accolades. In 2025 the Tigers finished 20-20 overall, tying for the second-most wins in program history. Munn garnered First Team All-SAA honors, Will Jennewein was named Rookie of the Year while Teel and Zach Fortman were named to the Second Team and Aidan Petrocco and Blake Pou earned Honorable Mention recognition. Burns witnessed the program’s second no-hitter since 2011 (according to acquired records) in his first home game as an assistant coach in 2021. Jake Pendergraft and Logan Martin combined for the no-hitter against Covenant in a 2-0 victory on March 19  in the midst of a global pandemic.   He served as the pitching coach at Swarthmore College for the 2019 and 2020 seasons prior to his time at Sewanee. He was responsible for recruiting efforts, developed a year-round throwing program for pitchers and gathered data for team scouting reports while with the Garnet.   During the 2019 season, he followed the analytics that professionals were using on the mound, using an opener for games instead of a traditional starter. The program saw the earned-run-average fall from 4.53 in 32 games to 1.80 in the team's final eight games that year. Continuing that setup in the shortened 2020 season, in eight games, the pitching staff recorded a 1.90 ERA, allowing seven extra-base hits in 413 at-bats.   Burns also coached at Elizabethtown College and Davis and Elkins College before his stint at Swarthmore.   He played collegiately at Lancaster Bible College in Lancaster, Pa., pitching in 44 career games with 34 starts. He won 13 games with a 5.38 ERA in 189 innings pitched, posting 134 strikeouts.   During his senior year in 2017, he earned Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year honors and was voted First Team All-Conference. In 11 starts, he recorded a 3.30 ERA, winning six decisions and tossing four complete games. Opposing hitters batted .230 against him that season, with the righthander allowing 21 earned runs in 57.1 innings. He is responsible for the first no-hitter in the program's history with a complete-game shutout performance on March 30, 2015, versus Valley Forge, fanning 13 batters.   Away from the college game, he has served as a baseball coach and instructor at the Pro5 Baseball Academy in North Carolina and BC Athletics in Knoxville, Tenn. Off the diamond, Burns has served our country in the Army National Guard as a combat engineer.    Burns graduated from Lancaster Bible College with two bachelor’s degrees, one in Sports Management and the other in Biblical Studies in 2018. He married the former Sadie Wilson during Fall 2025. Updated 1/29/2026

Corvin Scott begins his third year as an assistant coach at the University of the South for the 2026 season. The Tigers posted a 16-25 mark in 2024, sweeping an opening-round series in the SAA Tournament at second-seeded Berry College. Hunter Herndon earned First Team All-SAA honors while  Charlie Teel and Will Yarbro were voted to the Second Team and Jack Roode garnered Honorable Mention accolades. The squad batted .286 as a team with 104 extra-base hits, averaging 6.2 runs per contest.   In 2025 the Tigers finished 20-20 overall, tying for the second-most wins in program history. Will Jennewein was named Rookie of the Year while Teel and Zach Fortman were voted Second Team All-SAA and Aidan Petrocco and Blake Pou earned Honorable Mention recognition. The team batted .299 with 104 extra-base hits, posting 6.7 runs per game while increasing totals for walks, RBIs, slugging percentage and on-base percentage as well as cutting its strikeout totals compared to 2024. Scott spent two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., working primarily with outfielders and serving as the first base coach as well as spearheading the Belmont Baseball Camps.   He helped develop the talents of centerfielder Guy Lipscomb, who finished ninth in the country in batting average (.406) and fourth in stolen bases (42) in 2022 on the way to Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year honors, an All-Region selection, and Third-Team All-American accolades before being drafted in the fifth round in the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Cleveland Guardians.  Prior to his time at Belmont, Scott spent the 2021 season as an assistant coach at King University in Bristol, Tenn., worked as a graduate assistant at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Ky., for two seasons, and served as an assistant coach at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tenn. During his time at these schools, he served as a first base coach and worked primarily with outfielders while helping with hitting and baserunning.  The Nashville native played at East Nashville High School (2011-14). He earned his bachelor’s in Leisure, Sport and Tourist Studies from Middle Tennessee State in 2018 and received a master’s in Sports Management and Administration from Campbellsville in 2021. Updated 1/29/2026

The Nate Burns File Hometown: Dickson, Tenn. Education: Middle Tennessee State (B.S.) '89; Middle Tennessee State (M.S.) '94 Coaching Background 2025-present Sewanee, Assistant Coach 2024 Lane College, Assistant Coach 2018-23 Blackman HS, Head Coach 2016-17 Blackman HS, Assistant Coach 1999-2015 Smyrna HS, Head Coach 1997-98 Smyrna HS, Assistant Coach 1994-96 Shelbyville Central HS, Head Coach 1991-93 Shelbyville Central HS, Assistant Coach 1989-90 Middle Tennessee State, Graduate Asst. Career Records All-Time: 488-232 (26 years as head coach) Longtime high school baseball coach Barry Vetter begins his second season on the Sewanee baseball staff as an assistant coach for the 2026 season and 38th year in coaching at the high school and collegiate levels. Vetter has compiled a 488-232 overall record in 26 years as a head coach.   In 2025 the Tigers finished 20-20 overall, tying for the second-most wins in program history. Matt Munn garnered First Team All-SAA honors, posting a 5-2 mark with a 2.90 ERA in 68 innings of work with 71 strikeouts and only 13 walks in 11 appearances. He worked seven or more innings six times and posted double-digit strikeouts three times. Vetter spent the 2024 season as the pitching coach at Lane College in Jackson, Tenn., helping the Dragons to a 21-25 overall record, 18-14 in conference play, tying for the most overall wins since 2019 and the most league victories since before 2012.   Prior to his one season at Lane, Vetter worked as an assistant or head coach at the high school level from 1990-2023 at Shelbyville Central, Smyrna and Blackman in middle Tennessee.   He spent six years at Shelbyville, three as an assistant and three as head coach for the Golden Eagles. He moved to Smyrna for two seasons as an assistant coach before taking over as head coach for the Bulldogs in 1999.   Vetter reached the TSSAA State Tournament in 2007 at Smyrna with the help of former Vanderbilt hurler and Major Leaguer Sonny Gray. He spent 17 seasons as the head coach at Smyrna, posting a 321-252 record.   From 2016-17 he worked for Justin Entrekin as an assistant coach at Blackman, helping the Blaze reach the state tournament in 2017, finishing with a 29-12 record. He became the head coach at Blackman in 2018, mentoring Drew Beam, former University of Tennessee hurler.   Vetter played one season at Martin College in Pulaski, Tenn., as a pitcher and middle infielder before pitching one year at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tenn. He spent his final two years of college as a pitcher at Middle Tennessee State for head coach John Stanford and assistant coach Steve Peterson, working as a graduate assistant for Peterson after the completion of his playing career.   He compiled a 3-3 mark with two saves in 23 appearances and 39.0 innings, striking out 37 as a junior, and posted a 7-0 record with three saves and a 3.90 ERA in 22 games with five starts as a senior, tossing 67.0 innings and striking out 43. His 10-3 career record is tied for third in the single-season record books for the Blue Raiders.   Vetter earned his bachelor’s from Middle Tennessee in HPERS in 1989 and a master’s in Recreation in 1994.   Updated 1/29/2026

Former Sewanee player John Crump joins the men’s basketball staff for his first season in 2025-26.   A 2023 Sewanee graduate, Crump returns to the Mountain after serving as an assistant coach at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C. He prepared scouting reports, led the varsity scout team during practices, and coordinated individual and small group player development sessions with the Crusaders.   He also served as head coach for Belmont Abbey’s top developmental team, guiding the program to its first conference semifinal appearance. As the lead recruiter, he signed 37 recruits over two years, contributing to the team’s 2023-24 Conference Carolinas Northwest Division championship.   Crump also brings coaching experience from Gaston Day School in Gastonia, N.C., where he assisted with game preparation, practice planning, and skill development for guards, in addition to running summer basketball camps.   As a player, Crump was a two-time team captain for the Tigers, helping Sewanee to the 2023 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Tournament championship and an NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. He topped the SAA in assist-to-turnover ratio his senior season (2.45) and was a two-time selection to the SAA All-Sportsmanship Team.   Crump earned his bachelor’s from Sewanee in Economics with a minor in Business in May 2023 and recently completed his master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Sports Management from Belmont Abbey in May 2025. Updated 8/21/25