MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University women’s basketball head coach Rick Insell and associate head coach Matt Insell will be featured in an upcoming installment of the NCAA March Madness “Hometown Heroes”documentary series that will be broadcast multiple times on TrueBlue TV.

The special highlights the father-son coaching duo’s impact on the Blue Raiders program and their deep ties to the women’s basketball community in Tennessee. True Blue TV will air the installment at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 8; at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 13; and at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15.

Rick Insell, a Hall of Fame coach, has led Middle Tennessee’s women’s program to sustained success, while Matt Insell has played a key role in the team’s development. 

The documentary showcases their journey, coaching philosophy, and influence on women’s basketball at Middle Tennessee and beyond.

“Sprinting down a floor like these two did, there ain’t many that wants to gravitate to that,” says Rick Insell in an opening scene during a practice on the floor of Murphy Center. “That’s what winning’s all about, in practice.”

The younger Insell shares that he’s frequently asked why they chose women’s basketball to coach. “That’s just who we are,” he voices during an opening montage of the almost 14 minute short film.

March Madness is the official YouTube page of March Madness and the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments providing highlights, analysis and historical recaps of all the greatest moments from college basketball’s premiere showcase.

Ty Whitaker, senior manager of True Blue TV, said the station is thrilled to able to air this documentary featuring the legendary father-son coaching duo for its audiences throughout Middle Tennessee.

“True Blue TV is proud to help celebrate MTSU Women’s Basketball head coach Rick Insell and associate head coach Matt Insell by broadcasting this episode of the wonderful NCAA March Madness documentary series, ‘Hometown Heroes,’ for all our viewers,” Whitaker said.

True Blue TV airs on Comcast Xfinity channels 9 and 1096; and channel 9.1 on the MTSU campus cable. It also airs as channel 195 on DTC in Alexandria; digital channel 206 on United Communications in Chapel Hill; and among the PEG offerings found on channel 99 on AT&T U-verse in Middle Tennessee. True Blue TV is also available on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV. 

About True Blue TV

True Blue TV launched in 1999 as an educational resource channel and is now the premier hub for video content and live event programming from MTSU.

The station broadcasts from MTSU’s Center for Educational Media, a part of the College of Education, from studios and offices located inside the Ned McWherter Learning Resources Center. True Blue TV is operated by MTSU’s Division of Marketing and Communications under a Murfreesboro Cable Television Commission license.

To learn more about True Blue TV and its programs, schedules and shows, visit https://www.mtsu.edu/truebluetv/.

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