Cookeville, Tennessee - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • Kris & Dale Ballinger of the musical group the Cluster Pluckers.
  • Mack Brown, former head football coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels; current head coach of the Texas Longhorns football team.
  • Watson Brown, older brother of Texas Longhorns head coach Mack Brown, former head football coach of the Rice Owls, Vanderbilt Commodores, and UAB Blazers; current head coach of the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.
  • Jim Carlen, former head football coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers, Texas Tech Red Raiders, and South Carolina Gamecocks
  • Donald Farmer, film producer and director.
  • Robert Ben Garant, "Deput Junior" from the TV show Reno 911!
  • Bobby Greenwood, former PGA Tour Player, professional golfer
  • Harold E. Martin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman, was the former co-owner of the Herald Citizen.
  • Jack Norton, children's musician and host of The Zinghoppers children's TV show that has been broadcast on Fox, NBC and PBS stations.
  • J. J. Redick, basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the NBA was born in Cookeville, but grew up in Roanoke, Virginia

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