2009 Softball Coaches

Ben Tyree begins his second year as the head of the Trevecca softball program. He is the seventh head coach in the history of the program.

Before joining the Trevecca staff, Tyree was a non-faculty softball coach at Page High School for two years. He also completed his fourth season as the co-head coach of the Silver Bullets, a women's 23-U Fastpitch team. Tyree was also non-faculty coach at Brentwood High in 2005 and coached the Brentwood Blues travel team from 1995-2004. His overall high school record is 98-29.

He has more than 350 ASA/NSA victories, a World Series runner-up finish, and five Top-10 finishes. On the state level he has eight ASA/NSA state championships and two runner-up teams. More than 20 of his players have earned college scholarships at the junior College, NAIA, and NCAA levels. Among the current and former Trevecca players he has coached are Ashley McCool, Brittiany Johnson, Stephanie Fisher, Megan Suggs, Ashley Camp, and incoming freshman Riley Mashburn. He has also served as an instructor at the University of Tennessee softball camp.

Many Trevecca and area fans will be familiar with Tyree for his 30 years of work as a basketball referee. He worked both the high school and college ranks from 1976-2005. He was selected to work postseason tournaments in high school for TSSAA (District, Region, Sub-state, and State), in the NAIA for the TranSouth Athletic Conference (Semi-finals), and in Junior College (District and Region). He was also named Middle Tennessee Basketball Officials Association President and Official of the Year.

Tyree attended Middle Tennessee State University, earning a bachelor's degree in business administration. He played basketball for Coach Jimmy Earle.

He graduated from Nashville's John Overton High School, where he was the basketball team captain and played on the tennis team.

He has worked for the Tennessee Department of Transportation as a transportation manager since 1975.

Tyree has been married to his wife, Susan, for 32 years. She is an elementary teacher in Williamson County and a graduate of Lipscomb University. The couple resides in Brentwood and has two grown daughters, Tracy and Allison. They attend Concord Road Church of Christ where Ben was a deacon for 15 years.