Mount Juliet High School

Mt. Juliet High School
Address
1875 Golden Bear Gateway Mt. Juliet, Tennessee 37122
Coordinates	36°12′59″N 86°29′37″W / 36.21625°N 86.49354°W / 36.21625; -86.49354Coordinates: 36°12′59″N 86°29′37″W / 36.21625°N 86.49354°W / 36.21625; -86.49354
Information
Type	Public grades 9–12
Motto	Bear Pride Mt. Juliet High.
Established	1854; 167 years ago (1854)
Principal	Beverly Sharpe
Faculty	114.00 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment	2,232 (2019–20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.58[1]
Mascot	Golden Bear

Mt. Juliet High School is located in unincorporated Wilson County, Tennessee, surrounded by but not in the Mt. Juliet city limits.^[2] The principal is Beverly Sharpe.^[3] The high school moved from its previous building on Mt. Juliet Road to a new one located at 1800 Curd Road in Mt. Juliet on August 11, 2008,^[4] while the old building became Mount Juliet Middle School. The school slogan is Bear Pride Mt. Juliet High.

It serves most of Mt. Juliet.^[5]

Athletics[]

Mt. Juliet competes in TSSAA Division 1, District 9-AAA in all sports except football. In football, Mt. Juliet participates in the TSSAA Division 1, 6A Region 4.

Football[]

Mt. Juliet fielded its first football team in 1923–24, and was coached by Jack Gifford. The high school has fielded a team every year since 1936. The team is coached by Trey Perry.

Mt. Juliet has appeared in the TSSAA playoffs 17 times and has appeared every year since 2006. In 2012 Mt. Juliet went to the 6A state semifinals, losing to eventual state champion Memphis Whitehaven 41–35.

Wilson Central - Mt. Juliet Rivalry Wilson Central opened in 2003 and has been Mt. Juliet's biggest rival. When Wilson Central opened, the area was re-districted, thus placing former Mt. Juliet students at Wilson Central. Mt. Juliet currently^[when?] leads the series 11–5; Mt. Juliet won the 2019 season game 42–17.

Baseball[]

2001–2018: Mark Purvis (516–194). Under Purvis, Mt. Juliet went to eight TSSAA sectional games and won the District 9-AAA championship nine times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20012, 2013, 2016 & 2018). Over 100 of Purvis' players played collegiately, including nine in the SEC—eight to Vanderbilt University and one to the University of Tennessee.^[6]

2019: Mark Decker (349–181) replaced Mark Purvis.

Girls Basketball[]

TSSAA Girls Basketball AAA State Champs 1977, 1983, and 2005.

Tornado & West Wilson Middle School Relocation[]

On 3 March 2020, an EF3 category tornado stormed through Nashville and destroyed West Wilson Middle School. On the first day of school in August 2020, the students were relocated to the West wing of Mount Juliet High School, and all high schoolers were pushed to the East wing while both shared the Commons and "center" areas. West Wilson students are expected to stay for another year or two until their school is rebuilt.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni[]

• Levi Brown, quarterback for the Buffalo Bills
• Amanda Butler, head women's basketball coach at Clemson University and former head coach at University of Florida^[7][8]
• Alysha Clark, American-Israeli basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association^[9]
• Caleb Cotham, baseball player^[10]
• Jared Followill, bassist from band Kings of Leon^[11]
• Matthew Followill, guitarist from band Kings of Leon^[11]
• Ben Hayslip, 2011 and 2012 ASCAP Country Music Songwriter of the Year
• Taylor Hill, professional baseball player
• Michael Jasper, head football coach at Bethel University, football player for the New York Giants.^[12][13]
• Dale Wainwright, Texas Supreme Court Justice (2003-12)^[14]
• Barry E. Wilmore, NASA astronaut^[15]

References[]