Jon Massey began working on Ooltewah’s softball schedule and the Lady Owls’ 2013-14 coaching staff Thursday afternoon just hours after he accepted an offer to become the Lady Owls’ coach.
He’s a former Ooltewah baseball coach who played three sports at the school.
“I’m excited. I’m ready to start working on next year’s schedule, and it’s not even June yet,” Massey said. “I have missed the camaraderie with the kids and the coaches, and I felt this was something I really wanted to do. It’s juggling two sports again, but I have really missed it.”
Massey was Ooltewah’s baseball coach for three years but also was helping coach football and trying to fulfill a parental role at home.
“I guess five or six years ago I just needed a break,” he said. “I had spent four years in baseball [as an assistant] with Joe Wingate and then three as the head coach. I was also doing football and had younger kids.”