Bates attended Farragut High School in Knoxville, helping lead the Farragut Admirals to the state semi-finals in 1978, in which the Admirals lost to Red Bank by one point.
Bates attended Farragut High School in Knoxville. Bates was helping lead the Farragut Admirals to the state semi-finals in 1978. The Admirals lost to Red Bank by one point in the state semi-finals in 1978.