Tennessee Baseball coach Tony Vitello goes viral for his Taylor Swift joke

Baseball season doesn't start for another couple of months, but that didn't stop Tennessee Vols baseball coach Tony Vitello from going viral this week.  Vitello brought up the fact that entertainment icon Dolly Parton, an East Tennessee native, will be at the Vols' game against Georgia this weekend, which prompted the Tennessee coach to make […]

Zach Ragan Tennessee Volunteers News Writer
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Baseball season doesn't start for another couple of months, but that didn't stop Tennessee Vols baseball coach Tony Vitello from going viral this week. 

Vitello brought up the fact that entertainment icon Dolly Parton, an East Tennessee native, will be at the Vols' game against Georgia this weekend, which prompted the Tennessee coach to make a quip about Taylor Swift. 

"The Kansas City Chiefs can have Taylor Swift all they want, we'll take Dolly Parton on Saturday," said Vitello. 

Those comments garnered plenty of attention on social media. 

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Dolly might be one of the few people on the planet that's just as recognizable, if not more recognizable, than Taylor Swift. And she'll be wearing orange on Saturday as the Vols hope to upset the Georgia Bulldogs.