Shelbyville Gym to be named after Rick Insell

June 2, 2021

Rick Insell the longtime Shelbyville High School basketball coach and current head coach of the Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders will have the gym at Shelbyville named after him.

He was the head coach at Shelbyville for 28 seasons. Coach Insell compiled a record of 775–148 (.840) and won 10 state championships and won, a Tennessee record, 110 straight games. Insell was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.

The public is invited to a reception at 1pm Saturday.

Lucky Knott

One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9. He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (30 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news. Lucky has done play-by-play for 3,917 (and counting) sports events on Radio & TV. He also served four years as the Public Information Officer for the Coffee Co. Sheriff's Dept. and taught Radio/TV for six years at Grundy County High School.