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'He never met a stranger': Knoxville remembers beloved coach ‘D-Dub’ Whiteman

David “D-Dub” Whiteman during his time as football coach at Abingdon High School (Photo courtesy of the Whiteman family) David “D-Dub” Whiteman cared deeply about people, remembered everything about them, never met a stranger and had that rare gift of making every kid — athlete or not — feel like they were his absolute favorite. That’s how his sons, Kirk and Toby, and countless others describe the man who spent more than five decades as a teache…
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WGIL 93.7 FM & 1400 AM broke the news in on Friday, January 2, 2026.
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