Eric Tippett is in his 26th year of coaching football. Tippett was a head coach at the high school level for six years as well as a high school offensive and defensive coordinator for a number of years.
Coach Tippett played football for Lambuth College, where the team was ranked as high as 19th in NAIA division 2 (1989).
Coach Tippett and is wife, Amy, to whom he has been married for 26 years. They have three children - Rachel, Claire, and Collin.