Early Life
Born in East Spencer, North Carolina, Torbush relocated with his family to Knoxville, Tennessee at age 11. He attended Austin-East High School in Knoxville, where he played in multiple sports. He received athletic scholarship offers from various Division I schools, but decided to walk-on at the University of Tennessee. After having no playing time as a freshman, he transferred to Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City. As a senior at Carson-Newman, he received first-team NAIA All-American honors in both baseball and football. Torbush graduated from Carson-Newman in 1974.
After college, Torbush coached briefly at Carter High School in Knoxville. In February 1975, he signed with the Kansas City Royals. Following his one-season pro baseball career, he went to Baylor to begin his collegiate coaching career. He received his master's degree in physical education and health from Baylor in 1976.
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