Diamond Vols Podcast: Ross Kivett talks Tennessee baseball as preseason practice gets underway

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🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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GoVols247's Ben McKee is joined by Tennessee baseball assistant coach Ross Kivett to talk about the Vols as they begin preseason practice.

Former Tennessee baseball pitch Will Heflin also previewed the start of practice with McKee before Kivett joined in the second segment.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to the Diamond Falls podcast. I am Benke and I'm joined by Will Heflin on this Wednesday, January 21st edition of the podcast.
0:09.0	Not only is it the January 21st edition, it is the very first edition of 2006 of the 2006 season.
0:20.6	And we had Ross Kivitt join us here on the podcast to celebrate the return of the Diamond
0:26.6	Voss podcast.
0:27.7	Ross is going to join myself in the second segment.
0:30.7	You can catch that.
0:32.0	Will unfortunately had real life things pop up had to tend to a meeting at our scheduled time with Ross so Will had to
0:39.6	bell the last minute so you're stuck with myself and Ross going back and forth but as you will hear
0:45.8	Ross and I discuss Ross is going to get back on here towards the start of of SEC play before
0:52.6	SEC play starts so we'll get Ross back on here soon and he and Will can go back and forth.
0:57.8	Because according to Ross, Will was scared to show up because he was going to make him go do more
1:02.3	PFPs, aka pitcher's fielding practice, which may or may not bring back nightmares and bad memories for Mr. Heflin because he has
1:14.1	suffered a significant injury while doing PFPs once before. But also glad to get Will back on
1:21.2	here. We have not recorded a Diamond Vault podcast in quite some time, certainly since the start
1:27.4	of the new year. but the last one we did
1:29.7	record, unfortunately, it was just me. People had to listen to me speak for like 25, 30 minutes,
1:36.4	whatever that was, and it was just me for every bit of that 25, 30 minutes, which I imagine
1:41.9	was absolute torture for those who stuck through it.
1:46.3	I'm sure Sam Smith is nodding in agreement viciously as he is listening to this.
1:52.4	But Will, good to see you, my man.
1:55.6	You got some flow, more flow going on back there.
2:00.6	I'm sure you've already been on the golf course some way, somehow this morning.
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