UT Vols head football coach Butch Jones to speak in Chattanooga at Orange Grove

photo Butch Jones, Tennessee's new head football coach, speaks during a 2012 news conference.

UT Vols head football coach Butch Jones will be the featured speaker on May 7 at the 2013 Lunch for Champions at the Orange Grove Center.

The event, scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., honors those who contribute to the center, or who are "champions" for showing support for the center, a news release said.

Jones became the head football coach at UT late last year, joining the university in Knoxville from the University of Cincinnati where he served as head coach.

Previous speakers at the Orange Grove event have included Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist; Phil Fulmer and Johnny Majors, both head football coaches with UT; and Gene Stallings of Alabama.

The luncheon is by invitation only.

Orange Grove Center, founded in 1953, is a private, nonprofit organization that serves adults and children with developmental disabilities.

The Community School for the Arts is the only collegiate division program of its kind in the area and uses college professors and professional artists working in their field to interact with youth in music and art classes. This week's camp session marks the final days of the 33-year-old program after UALR announced it will no longer provide funding.

Community School for the Arts at UALR

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