List of Nashville Sounds owners and executives

[2][3] The Sounds were originally owned by a local group, headed by Larry Schmittou, which included baseball figures, country musicians, and businessmen.

Vanderbilt Commodores head baseball coach Larry Schmittou, with help from country musician Conway Twitty, put together a group of investors including other country artists Cal Smith, Jerry Reed, and L. E. White, as well as other Nashvillians, to finance the construction of Herschel Greer Stadium and the purchase of a minor league team in advance of the 1978 season.

[11][12] Gordon and the remaining minority partners, including the Smith brothers and Richard Sterban of the country music group The Oak Ridge Boys,[13][14] sold their interests after the 2008 season to MFP Baseball consisting of New York City-based real estate investors Masahiro Honzawa, Steve Posner, and Frank Ward for an estimated $20 million.

[16] Farrell Owens, a local amateur baseball player and coach, served as the Sounds' first general manager (GM) from 1978 to 1979.

[36][37] In February 1983, Schmittou was hired by the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball as their vice president and director of marketing.

[38] He retained his position as Sounds president, but relinquished the GM role to George Dyce, who was previously the team's business manager.

[34] The new owners utilized the general managers of the Class A Kane County Cougars team, which they also owned, as GMs at Nashville: Bill Larsen from 1997 to 1998 and Jeff Sedivy in 1999.

[31] George King, previously the Pacific Coast League's vice president of business and operations, was hired by the new owners to serve as GM from 2009 to 2010.

[50] Veteran minor league GM Garry Arthur was brought on in 2015 as the team prepared to move into the new First Tennessee Park that season.

An array of 14 men and 1 woman. Most are wearing satin jackets with "Sounds" across the front and baseball caps with an "N" in the center. One man is wearing a denim jacket and cowboy hat.
The Nashville Sounds ownership group consisted of 15 shareholders in their inaugural 1978 season. (Top row, from left: Bob Elliott, Billy Griggs, Jimmy Miller, Walter Nipper, Farrell Owens; Middle row: Jerry Reed , Larry Schmittou , Cal Smith , Gene Smith, Marcella Smith; Bottom row: Reese Smith Jr., Reese Smith III, Steven Smith, Conway Twitty , and L. E. White )
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Country musician Conway Twitty helped spearhead the original Sounds investment group along with Larry Schmittou .
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Jerry Reed , one of several country musicians involved with the Sounds, was a part of the original investment group.
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Richard Sterban , bass singer of The Oak Ridge Boys , was a long-time shareholder.
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Larry Gatlin (left) owned shares in the Sounds from 1985 to 1990.
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Farrell Owens was the Sounds' general manager in their first two seasons (1978–1979).
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Larry Schmittou won league executive awards in 1978, 1987, and 1989 during his time as team president (1978–1996) and GM (1980–1982 and 1987–1996).