Mount Juliet High School

Mt. Juliet High School is located in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. The principal is Beverly Sharpe.[2] The high school moved from its previous building on Mt. Juliet Road to a new one located at 1800 Curd Road in Mt. Juliet on August 11, 2008,[3] while the old building became Mount Juliet Middle School.

Mt. Juliet High School
Address
1875 Golden Bear Gateway Mt. Juliet, Tennessee 37122
Coordinates	36.21625°N 86.49354°W
Information
Type	Public grades 9-12
Motto	Bear Pride Mt. Juliet High.
Established	1854
Principal	Leigh Anne Rainey
Faculty	121.00 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment	2,220 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	18.35[1]
Mascot	Golden Bear

The school slogan is Bear Pride Mt. Juliet High.

Athletics

Mt. Juliet competes in TSSAA Division 1, District 9-AAA in all sports except football. In football, Mt. Juliet participates in the TSSAA Division 1, 6A Region 4.

Football

Mt. Juliet fielded its first football team in 1923-24 and was coached by Jack Gifford. The high school has fielded a team every year since 1936. The current coach is Trey Perry.

Playoffs

Mt. Juliet has appeared in the TSSAA playoffs 17 times and has appeared every year since 2006. In 2012 Mt. Juliet went to the 6A state semifinals, losing to eventual state champion Memphis Whitehaven 41-35.

Wilson Central - Mt. Juliet Rivalry

Wilson Central opened in 2003 and has been Mt. Juliet's biggest rival. When Wilson Central opened, the area was re-districted, thus placing former Mt. Juliet students at Wilson Central. Mt. Juliet currently leads the series 11-5, with the most recent game resulting in a 42-17 Mt. Juliet victory in the 2019 season.

Baseball

2001 - 2018: Mark Purvis (516-194)

Under Purvis, Mt. Juliet went to eight TSSAA sectional games and won the District 9-AAA championship nine times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20012, 2013, 2016 & 2018). Over 100 of Purvis' players played collegiately, including nine in the SEC—eight to Vanderbilt University and one to the University of Tennessee.[4]

2019: Mark Decker (349-181) will replace Mark Purvis.

Girls Basketball

TSSAA Girls Basketball AAA State Champs 1977, 1983 and 2005

Notable alumni

• Levi Brown, Professional quarterback for the Buffalo Bills
• Amanda Butler, Head women's basketball coach at Clemson University [5] and former head coach at University of Florida[6]
• Caleb Cotham, baseball player[7]
• Alysha Clark, American-Israeli basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association[8]
• Matthew Followill, Guitarist from band Kings of Leon[9]
• Jared Followill, Bassist from band Kings of Leon[9]
• Ben Hayslip, 2011 and 2012 ASCAP Country Music Songwriter of the Year
• Taylor Hill, Professional baseball player
• Michael Jasper, Head football coach at Bethel University,[10] Professional football player for the New York Giants.[11]
• Dale Wainwright, Texas Supreme Court Justice (2002-)[12]
• Barry E. Wilmore, NASA Astronaut[13]

References

1. "Mt. Juliet High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
2. Humbles, Andy (19 May 2020). "Beverly Sharpe named new principal at Mt. Juliet High School". Tennessean. USA Today Network. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
3. "City obtains first Curd Rd right of Way," page 5. "Chronicle of Mt. Juliet," November 14, 2007
4. https://www.wilsonpost.com/sports/prep_sports/baseball----joe-decker-to-coach-mj-baseball/article_6c73a5fd-d68b-512c-a0bc-06f1a844ac9d.html
5. Clemson names new women's basketball coach Amanda Butler
6. Amanda Butler Named Florida Women's Basketball Head Coach, Retrieved October 28, 2008
8. Alysha Clark WNBA, Retrieved April 8, 2010
9. Stones, Rolling. "Kings of Leon: Biography". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
10. "Bethel hires Mike Jasper as new head football coach". WBBJ TV. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
11. SB Nation – Michael Jasper, Retrieved June 16, 2013
12. "New Texas Supreme Court Justice began aspirations in Mt. Juliet," The Tennessean, May 29, 2003.
13. NASA Biography, Retrieved on May 17, 2009.