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Tennessee reportedly hiring North Carolina recruiting staffer, UT grad
By Andrew Olson
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A Tennessee graduate is reportedly returning home to help Josh Heupel with Vols recruiting.
247Sports reported this weekend that Billy High is headed home to Knoxville after 3 seasons at North Carolina. High’s title at UNC was assistant athletic director and general manager. Ryan Callahan’s 247Sports report states High will have a similar role at UT.
North Carolina defined High’s role as overseeing recruiting evaluations and operations, on-campus recruiting and all other recruiting activities. The Tar Heels have recruited well since Mack Brown’s return to Chapel Hill. UNC’s 2022 class is currently No. 8 nationally and No. 1 in the ACC on the 247Sports Composite ahead of next month’s National Signing Day. North Carolina had top-15 Composite classes in 2020 and 2021.
A Knoxville native, High was a recruiting intern at Tennessee, getting his start in 2009. He received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from UT in 2012 and a master’s degree in teacher education in 2015. After graduating, High was an assistant coach at the Christian Academy of Knoxville for 4 years.
High also held a recruiting staffing role at Auburn in 2017 and 2018. Charlie High, Billy’s brother, is director of offensive scouting on Heupel’s UT staff.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
