MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WGNS) – All Access Coach Leasing pledged $250,000 to support the Center for Student Coaching and Success at Middle Tennessee State University. The major donation funds daily operations for the center and establishes a new speaker series launching in January.
Company co-owner Eric Blankenship announced the pledge on Tuesday (October 6th) in the second-floor atrium of the Miller Education Center on Bell Street. Blankenship met Center Director Colby Jubenville on an airplane roughly a decade ago, starting a mentorship and business relationship that eventually led to this contribution.
Following the announcement, Blankenship joined Jubenville, MTSU Trustee and Ole South Properties founder John Floyd, and championship-winning MTSU men’s tennis coach Jimmy Borendame for a live coaching session and Q&A with students. Blankenship detailed his path from arriving in Nashville to pursue music to building a tour bus company that now employs 117 people across build, mechanical, paint, interior repair, and laundry operations. He later made his Grand Ole Opry debut in April 2025…