A new segment is coming to the Mike Keith Show this spring. Tennessee baseball assistant coach Ross Kivett will host “Kiv’s Korner” as a weekly segment this season. The segment debuts this Thursday, Jan. 29 with first-year head coach Josh Elander joining the show.
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Catch Coach E on Kiv’s Korner, the Mike Keith Show’s new segment with Coach Kivett! pic.twitter.com/lRvS6SptJt
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The Mike Keith Show is in its first year after Keith left the Tennessee Titans to be the new Voice of the Vols. The show airs every Thursday from 3-5 p.m. ET on the Tennessee Athletics YouTube page. Keith discusses all things Tennessee athletics with multiple interviews every week.
Kivett is in his second stint with Tennessee baseball. He was an assistant coach under Tony Vitello from 2018-21 before leaving for an assistant coaching job at Houston. Kivett returned to Tennessee in 2025 as an assistant coach.
After Tony Vitello left for San Fransisco and Josh Elander replaced him as head coach, Elander promoted Kivett to assistant coach/recruiting coordinator.
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The Vols are just 17 days away from opening up their 2026 season against Nicholls at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Elander’s first Tennessee team has landed between No. 3 and No. 14 in preseason rankings this winter.
Tennessee returns veterans Reese Chapman, Ariel Antigua and Stone Lawless in the field and is hoping rising sophomores Levi Clark, Chris Newstrom, Manny Marin and Jay Abernathy take a second year step forward.
The Vols added a number of transfers who could make an impact at the plate led by Virginia’s Henry Ford and including Rice’s Blaine Brown, Bowling Green’s Garrett Wright and San Diego State’s Finley Bates.
Tennessee’s pitching staff projects to be even better than its offense. Sunday starter Tegan Kuhns is back and looking for even more after a solid freshman season. LHP Brandon Arvidson also projects as a weekend starter after a strong back half of the 2025 season. Rising sophomore Brayden Krenzel is another returnee after impressing during his freshman campaign.
The Vols are also active with their pitching staff in the portal, adding Virginia’s Evan Blanco, Kennesaw State’s Bo Rhudy, Rutgers’ Landon Mack and ETSU’s Brady Frederick. Freshman LHP Cameron Appenzeller could also make an impact in his debut collegiate season.
