Give Jonathan Hutton a microphone and let him talk sports and he’s found his comfort zone.

A 2002 Warren County High School graduate, Hutton has made a name for himself in the Nashville sports scene and he has aspirations to go national with his sports broadcasts.

“We’re going to keep pushing to other states,” said Hutton in an interview with the Standard on Friday. “We already have a very large SEC footprint. We’re live in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Missouri and we’ll soon be in Texas and Mississippi.”

Hutton made an appearance in Warren County on Thursday night to interview Phillip Fulmer for the Boyd Banquet. Hutton was able to ask a few questions that brought out engaging stories from the former Vol coach.

“We’ve known each other for quite some time but we had not talked in about a year,” said Hutton when asked about his relationship with Fulmer.

Hutton grabbed attention while he was on 104.5 The Zone before he made the decision to join Clay Travis, the owner of OutKick, for a show called OutKick 360. Hutton is joined on air by co-hosts Chad Withrow and Paul Kuharsky. The three have worked together for 12 years.

“We have a grand plan of taking the show to more of a regional and national audience,” said Hutton.

That goal became turbo charged when Fox purchased OutKick from Clay Travis, who remains on board as president of OutKick.

“When he sold to Fox, it’s been jet fuel for our show,” said Hutton, who says they continue to broadcast from a studio called 6th & Peabody which is located behind Music City Center in downtown Nashville.

“We have leeway to talk about anything we want to, but we probably talk sports 85% of the time,” said Hutton. “The other 15% we might spend talking about pop culture or talking about our families.”

Hutton said he’s drawn to a number of things about sports.

“It’s the best reality show on television,” said Hutton. “One thing I like is you can go to any stadium in America and if you’re wearing the same colors it doesn’t matter where you come from or what you do, there’s a bond. Sports can bridge a gap.”

Jonathan is the son of David and Pat Hutton who still live on the family farm in Morrison. Hutton grew up attending Morrison School before attending WCHS. He played freshman basketball and spent one year on the football team but said his high school years were predominantly spent in the stands cheering on the Pioneers.

“One of my first jobs was driving around and picking up range balls at McMinnville Country Club,” said Hutton.

Fox owns the USFL so Hutton says he expects to do a number of game-day USFL broadcasts this season.

The OutKick 360 show can currently be heard on Tennessee radio stations in Cookeville, Jackson, Chattanooga and Knoxville. The show can also be viewed on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook by searching @OutKick360. The main website is OutKick.com.

The show bills itself as the “agenda-free sports talk show for true sports fans.” Hutton said no topic is off limits and he planned to lead Friday’s

show with a segment on Tiger Woods at The Masters.

“No one saw Tiger coming back this year,” said Hutton. “How he managed to do so much rehab in complete secrecy is beyond me. It was just 14 months ago he nearly lost a leg. Now he’s shooting 1-under par. Tiger is his own brand.”

Hutton says the nearterm plan is to broadcast in every state with an SEC school and consider a more national agenda after that. He says it will change the show’s scope somewhat going from an SEC focus to a nationwide focus, but they are doing that to some extent already.

“Talking about Nick Saban and Alabama is something which would go over in L.A.,” said Hutton. “Football plays no matter where you are in the country.”

Hutton said the nation is just now seeing the first steps in the transformation of college sports in that college athletes can now be paid. He said that will change the entire landscape.

“Some players are going to make millions in college,” said Hutton.