Department of Correction
George M. Little, Commissioner
Tennessee Correction Academy
Sam DiNicola, Superintendent
Sam DiNicola joined the Tennessee Department of Correction is 1978 and now serves as Superintendent of the Tennessee Correction Academy. During his many years of service, he has worked under numerous job classifications, including correctional officer, psychiatric social worker, acting associate warden, program director, administrative assistant and Director of Training at the Tennessee Correctional Academy in Tullahoma, where he oversaw the training and professional development of over 6,000 criminal justice professionals each year.
Sam is a past president of the Tennessee Correctional Association and a consultant for the American Correctional Association, through which he has delivered training workshops for various state correctional agencies all over the country.
Sam holds degrees from the University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University.
