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The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 (NCAA) college sports teams at the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

 in Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

. Mike Hamilton is the most recent Men's Athletic Director, but resigned on June 7, 2011, and Joan Cronan is the current Women's Athletic Director. In September 2011 Dave Hart, formerly the assistant athletic director at the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....

, was introduced as Tennessee's new athletic director. Hart will eventually become the school's first athletic director in Tennessee history to oversee both the women's and men's athletic departments as they merge in June 2012 after which Joan Cronan will become the senior adviser to Hart and Chancellor Jimmy Cheek
Jimmy Cheek
Jimmy G. Cheek is the current chancellor of the University of Tennessee, as of February 1, 2009. His experience includes 34 years at the University of Florida, where he was a member of the faculty and an administrator at the University of Florida, last serving as senior vice president of...

.

Men's teams are called the Volunteers and women's teams the Lady Volunteers, with "Volunteers" frequently shortened to "Vols" .

The Volunteer State is the nickname of the State of Tennessee.

Tennessee is unusual among major U.S. universities in having completely separate athletic departments for men's and women's sports; the only other remaining NCAA Division I school with separate men's and women's programs is The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

. In fact, the men's and women's athletic departments have completely separate websites, with men's sports at utsports.com and women's sports at utladyvols.com. Shortly after the resignation of Mike Hamilton as men's athletic director in June 2011, however, Tennessee announced that the separation of programs will end after the current (2011–12) academic year. The successor to Mike Hamilton will replace the current women's athletic director, Joan Cronan, after June 30, 2012.

Overview of the Volunteers athletic programs

The Tennessee Volunteers have competed in the Southeastern conference
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

 since its inception in 1932 and consistently been at the top. The Vols have adopted a tradition for competing in every sport often resulting in many teams being ranked within the top 25. Tennessee has historically been known for their football and women's basketball programs that have both featured several famous coaches including Robert Neyland
Robert Neyland
Robert Reese Neyland, MBE was an American football player and coach and and officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He served three stints as the head football coach as the University of Tennessee...

 and Pat Summitt
Pat Summitt
Patricia "Pat" Head Summitt is an American women's college basketball coach. She is currently the head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team. She is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division...

. Tennessee's football team won the first ever BCS National Championship Game
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series and is intended by the organizers of the BCS to determine the U.S. national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...

 and also represents the 9th winningest program in the NCAA. Most recently Tennessee women's basketball team won the 2007 & 2008 National Championships earning Pat Summit her eighth national title which is the most in women's basketball. Overall Tennessee has won 147 regular season SEC championships and 23 national championships in women's basketball, football, men's indoor and outdoor track & field, women's indoor and outdoor track & field, and men's swimming & diving. The only Tennessee sport that does not compete in the SEC is women's rowing which competes in C-USA and won the 2010 conference championship.

Tennessee is one of the most tradition rich programs in the country with many of their traditions coming from the early 1900s. Tennessee's orange and white colors were selected by Charles Moore, a member of the first football team in 1891. They were later approved by a student body vote. The colors were chosen because of the common American daisy which grew on The Hill, an area of campus surrounding Tennessee's most notable building Ayres Hall. Tennessee adopted the name Volunteers because of a nickname "The Volunteer State" that Tennessee received during the War of 1812. The name became even more prominent in the Mexican War when Gov. Aaron V. Brown issued a call for 2,800 men to battle Santa Ana and some 30,000 Tennesseans volunteered. The iconized 'T' that represents the men's Tennessee sports programs was introduced by Doug Dickey
Doug Dickey
Douglas Adair "Doug" Dickey is a former American college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. Dickey is a South Dakota native who was raised in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida, where he played college football...

 and then re-designed by Johnny Majors
Johnny Majors
Johnny Majors is a former American football player and coach. A standout halfback at the University of Tennessee, he was an All-American in 1956 and a two-time winner of the Southeastern Conference Most Valuable Player award, in 1955 and 1956. He finished second to Paul Hornung in voting for...

. The separate men and women's programs have allowed the women's sports to adopt a separate identity apart from the mens' by not only referring to themselves as the Lady Vols but also adopting the color Columbia Blue
Columbia blue
Columbia blue, also known as Jordy blue, is a light blue tertiary color named after Columbia University. The typical Columbia blue is defined by Pantone Columbia Blue 3 .- Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions :...

 into their uniforms and adopting a different logo with a different 'T' that represents the Lady Vols. The famous Smokey mascot was introduced in 1953 by The late Rev. Bill Brooks who entered his prize-winning blue tick coon hound, "Brooks' Blue Smokey," in a contest at halftime of the Mississippi State game that season. The dogs were lined up on the old cheerleaders' ramp at Shields-Watkins Field and Each dog was introduced over the loudspeaker and the student body cheered for their favorite, with "Blue Smokey" being the last hound introduced. When his name was called, he barked. The students cheered and Smokey threw his head back and barked again. This kept going until the stadium was in an uproar and UT had found its mascot. The tradition of running through the 'T' on game days began in 1965 when Doug Dickey moved the teams' bench to the west side and had the team enter through a giant 'T' performed by the Pride of the Southland Band
Pride of the Southland Band
The Pride of the Southland Band is the official name of the University of Tennessee's marching band.-History:The Pride of the Southland Marching Band has been performing at halftime for more than one hundred years, but has existed since 1869 when it was founded as part of the Military Department....

. One of the biggest trademarks and most recognized sights about Tennessee sports is the checkerboard end zones that was introduced in the 1960s and reappeared in the 1980s because of the checkerboard design that Ayres Hall features on its outside brick work, and currently can also be found in the Thompson-Boling Arena
Thompson-Boling Arena
Thompson-Boling Arena is multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The arena opened in 1987. It is home to the Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Vols basketball teams. Since 2008, it has been home to the Lady Vol volleyball team. It is named after B....

. The Hill is another highly memorable aspects about Tennessee because since the 1800s, "The Hill" has been symbolic of the higher education in the state of Tennessee. The University, founded in 1794 as Blount College moved to "The Hill" in 1828 and quickly grew around it. The main part of UT's old campus stands on this rise above the north shore of the Tennessee River. Neyland Stadium sprawls at the base of The Hill, between it and the River. The Vol Navy is one of the most unique experiences for a game day at any school because only the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

, the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...

 and the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 are adjacent to body of waters. Today, approximately 200 boats of all shapes and sizes make up this giant floating tailgate party on the river, and boats begin arriving days in advance of home games. The "Pride of the Southland" is one of the most recognizable bands in the country and has represented the state of Tennessee for the last 40 years at ten consecutive Presidential Inaugurations, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush. The band has also made more than 40 bowl appearances, including the Sugar Bowl, Astro Bluebonnet Bowl, Citrus Bowl, Gator Bowl, Hall of Fame Bowl, Garden State Bowl, Sun Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Peach Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl and the Rose Bowl. One of the most notable and hated college fighting songs in the country happens to be Rocky Top
Rocky Top
"Rocky Top" is an American country and bluegrass song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967 and first recorded by the Osborne Brothers later that same year...

, the unofficial fighting song for the University of Tennessee which has become a ritual for every sport to play at games.
Currently Joan Cronan is the interim athletic director for the men's athletic department and the head athletic director for the women's athletic department. Under her watch every one of the women's teams have had heavy influence in determining the SEC conference champion and she managed to introduce softball, soccer and rowing to Tennessee sports. The University of Tennessee currently fields 9 men's sports and 11 women's sports. In 2011, Tennessee won the SEC regular season championship in men's tennis and women's basketball while winning the SEC tournament championship in women's basketball and softball.

Men's sports
  • Volunteers baseball
    Tennessee Volunteers baseball
    The Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represents the University of Tennessee in NCAA Division I college baseball.Along with most other Tennessee athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference. The Volunteers play all on-campus home games at...

  • Volunteers men's basketball
  • Volunteers men's cross country
    Tennessee Volunteers cross country
    The Tennessee Volunteers men's cross country program represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The men's program competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Southeastern Conference...

  • Volunteers football
    Tennessee Volunteers football
    The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....

  • Volunteers men's golf
    Tennessee Volunteers golf
    The Tennessee Volunteers men's golf team represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Vols compete at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southeastern Conference . The Vols currently rotate between 16 different golf courses...

  • Volunteers men's swimming and diving
    Tennessee Volunteers swimming and diving
    The Tennessee Volunteers swimming and diving program represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers are currently coached by John Trembley who is currently in his 23rd year as head coach. The Vols host their swim meets in theAllan Jones Intercollegiate...

  • Volunteers men's tennis
    Tennessee Volunteers tennis
    The Tennessee Volunteers men's tennis team represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Vols compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and the Southeastern Conference . The team hosts its indoor home matches in Goodfriend Tennis Center...

  • Volunteers men's track and field
    Tennessee Volunteers track and field
    The Tennessee Volunteers track and field program represents the University of Tennessee in the sport of track and field. The indoor and outdoor programs compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southeastern Conference...

 
Women's sports
  • Lady Volunteers women's basketball
  • Lady Volunteers women's cross country
    Tennessee Lady Volunteers cross country
    The Tennessee Lady Volunteers cross country program represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The women's program competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Southeastern Conference . The women's cross country team officially started...

  • Lady Volunteers women's golf
  • Lady Volunteers women's rowing
    Tennessee Volunteers rowing
    The Tennessee Lady Vols rowing team is the newest addition of sports at the University of Tennessee. The team team began in 1995 and since then has grown to new heights. The team competes in C-USA along with conference rival Alabama and in 2010 won their first conference championship...

  • Lady Volunteers women's soccer
    Tennessee Volunteers soccer
    The Tennessee Lady Volunteers soccer team represents the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee in NCAA women's soccer competition as a member of the Southeastern Conference....

  • Lady Volunteers softball
    Tennessee Volunteers softball
    The Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team represents the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee in NCAA women's softball competition. Coached by husband and wife Ralph and Karen Weekly, the team has become a consistently top tier team in the Southeastern Conference.The team is more...

  • Lady Volunteers women's swimming and diving
  • Lady Volunteers women's tennis
  • Lady Volunteers women's track and field
  • Lady Volunteers volleyball
    Tennessee Volunteers volleyball
    The Tennessee Lady Volunteers volleyball team represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Lady Vols compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and the Southeastern Conference...



Baseball

The University of Tennessee baseball team has predominantly had a fairly successful program reaching the NCAA Tournament nine times and the NCAA College World Series four times (1951, 1995, 2001 and 2005). They have produced players such as Todd Helton
Todd Helton
Todd Lynn Helton is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Colorado Rockies. He is a five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, four-time National League Player of the Month, and three-time Gold Glove winner....

, Joe Randa
Joe Randa
Joseph Gregory Salvatore Randa is a former Major League Baseball player. He was primarily a third baseman during his career. His nickname is "The Joker" due to his resemblance to the comic book character in Batman and his ever-present smile, especially during his plate appearances...

, Chris Burke, and the number one overall pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 Draft, Luke Hochevar
Luke Hochevar
Luke Anthony Hochevar is an American professional baseball starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals organization of Major League Baseball. He is an alumnus of the University of Tennessee.He throws and bats right-handed.-High school:...

. In 2011 Tennessee hired Dave Serrano to replace Todd Raleigh
Todd Raleigh
Todd Raleigh is a collegiate baseball coach who led the Tennessee Volunteers baseball team for the 2008-2011 seasons. Prior to that position, he was the head coach at Western Carolina, his alma mater.-Year-by-year head coaching record:-External links:*...

 who finished the season with a losing record including one of the worst SEC records in Tennessee history. Serrano, who previously was an assistant coach at Tennessee from 1995-1996 comes to UT with a 289-139-1 (.675) in seven seasons as a Division I head coach. Serrano is also one of 11 coaches that have managed to take two different schools to the College World Series
College World Series
The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...

.

Men's

The men's basketball program is currently headed by Cuonzo Martin
Cuonzo Martin
Cuonzo LaMar Martin is a retired American professional basketball player and is the current head coach of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team.-1986-1990:...

. For the past six seasons the Volunteers were coached by Bruce Pearl where he restored the men's program and brought it to national prominence until he was fired in 2011 for multiple violations against the NCAA. Through his guidance, the men's program has been revitalized and claimed the 2005–2006 SEC East Title and closed the season with a 22-8 record and a NCAA Tournament berth. In 2007, the Vols made the NCAA tourney for the second straight year, making it to the Sweet Sixteen. In 2008 the Vols claimed their first outright SEC regular season championship in 41 years. One of the highlights of the 2008 season came when UT knocked off number 1 Memphis, who was then undefeated, to claim the number one ranking in the nation. In men's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, the most important rivalries are with Kentucky
Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, representing the University of Kentucky, is the winningest in the history of college basketball, both in all-time wins and all-time winning percentage. Kentucky's all-time record currently stands at 2058–647...

, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
The Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represents Vanderbilt University in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference . The Commodores have won three SEC regular season titles . They have competed in ten NCAA Tournaments, making it to the Elite Eight once and the Sweet 16 six times...

, Florida
Florida Gators men's basketball
The Florida Gators men's basketball team represents the University of Florida in the sport of basketball. The Gators compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Southeastern Conference...

 and cross-state rival Memphis
Memphis Tigers basketball
The Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of Memphis in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. The Tigers compete in Conference USA, in which they have won six regular season and four conference tournament championships. As of 2011, the Tigers have the 29th highest...

. In the 2009-2010 season the volunteers made their first ever elite eight
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The first and second round games were played at the following sites:*March 18 / 20*March 25 / 27*March 26 / 28Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held on April 3 and 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium, hosted by the Horizon League and Butler University, as per the NCAA's...

 appearance. Notable Tennessee basketball players who went on to NBA careers include Allan Houston
Allan Houston
Allan Wade Houston is a retired American professional basketball player for the NBA, and currently the Assistant General Manager for the New York Knicks. He was one of the top 3-point shooters in the NBA until a knee injury forced him to retire...

 and Bernard King
Bernard King
Bernard King is a retired American professional basketball player at the small forward position in the NBA...

.

Women's

Tennessee has historically had one of the strongest women's basketball teams at the college level, having won eight NCAA Division I titles (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008), the most in women's college basketball history. The Tennessee Volunteers women's basketball are led by Pat Summitt
Pat Summitt
Patricia "Pat" Head Summitt is an American women's college basketball coach. She is currently the head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team. She is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division...

, who is the all-time winningest basketball coach in NCAA history, having won her 1,000th game as of February 2009- more than any other basketball coach. Coach Summitt also boasts a 100 percent graduation rate for all players who finish their career at UT. Former Tennessee Lady Vols basketball star Candace Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...

 went No. 1 in the WNBA draft. Tennessee and Summitt also have a rivalry with the University of Connecticut
Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
The Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represents the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut in NCAA women's basketball competition. Under head coach Geno Auriemma, the Huskies have won 7 NCAA Division I national championships, advanced to 12 Final Fours, and won over 30 Big...

 in women's basketball. These two schools have consistently fought great games against each other in recent years, occasionally with the national championship on the line. The regular season rivalry games ended in 2007 when Tennessee decided to not sign a contract continuing them, due to a recruiting dispute. The main women's basketball rivals for Tennessee within the conference are Georgia
Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball
The Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team represents the University of Georgia in basketball. The Lady Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference . The "Lady Dawgs," as they are sometimes called, play in Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia...

, Vanderbilt, and LSU
LSU Lady Tigers basketball
The LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. The team is currently coached by former UCLA head coach Nikki Caldwell, who accepted the job on April 2, 2011. Past coaches include Barbara Swanner, Jinks Coleman,...

. The Lady Vols' first-round loss to Ball State
Ball State Cardinals
Ball State University's athletic teams are called the Cardinals. The Cardinals are part of the NCAA Mid-American Conference and located in Muncie, Indiana...

 in the 2009 NCAA Tournament
2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
The regionals, held in the city rather than the geographic area as a practice that has been used since 2005, were held there from March 28 to 31 at these sites:...

 ended their record of having made the Sweet Sixteen of every NCAA Tournament since its inception in 1982
1982 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1982 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament was the first NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament ever held. It featured 32 teams. Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, Cheyney, and Maryland met in the Final Four, held at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia and hosted by Old Dominion University,...

.

Men's

The Tennessee Vols men's cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

 team has won 25 Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

 (SEC) Championships, and 1 national championship. Track and Field coach J.J. Clark is the current coach for the Vols, entering his 10th season with the Tennessee Track and Field program. Clark is also the coach of the women's team and the Director of Track and Field at Tennessee.

During his tenure, the Vol program has made five trips to the NCAA Championships and earned runner-up finishes at three SEC Championship meets.A number of individuals also have enjoyed great success under the long-time mentor. Watts can take credit for 25 All-SEC citations, three SEC All-Freshman honorees and three All-America performers in his 15 seasons at the helm of the Vols. In the last four seasons alone, Watts has directed seven different athletes to a total of 13 All-SEC or All-South Region honors. The 2010 team's top returner, Michael Spooner, was an all-region performer in 2008 and 2009, and a total of four Vols earned all-region honors in 2006, more than any other team in the meet that season. In 2001, Tennessee reached the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1998 despite a lack of experience on the roster. The Vols improved again the next year, as Watts led the Vols to the NCAA Championships for the second time in as many years, marking the first time Tennessee ran in the NCAAs as a team in consecutive years since 1994-95.

Watts' success also has spilled over to the track, where his athletes have combined to win 33 All-America certificates. As an assistant coach, he helped lead UT to the 2007 SEC Outdoor Championship. Watts also played a crucial role on coaching staffs that directed the Vols to NCAA Outdoor Championships in 1991 and 2001, in addition to the NCAA indoor title in 2002. Along with the 2001 and 2002 SEC outdoor titles, Watts' athletes played a significant role in helping the Vols capture the 1996 SEC Indoor Championship.

During Watts' days at Rocky Top, he earned All-America honors for cross country in 1977 and indoor track in 1978 (three-mile run). He captured four SEC crowns as a Vol: the 1976 outdoor three-mile and six-mile championships, the 1977 outdoor 10,000m crown and the 1978 indoor three-mile title. Watts remains the SEC record holder in the three-mile run, clocking a 13:32.6 readout in 1978. He also holds three Tennessee freshman records in the indoor two-mile (8:42.6), three-mile (13:44.4) and outdoor 10,000m (29:04.05).

Women's

The Tennessee Vols women's cross country team has won 5 SEC Championships, and is currently coached by J.J. Clark, who also coaches the men and women's track & field programs. Clark is the architect of an amazing reclamation project with the women's cross country program at Rocky Top. During his time, the women's cross country program benefitted immensely from Clark's tutelage, claiming SEC hardware from 2003–05 and NCAA South Region plaques from 2002–05, and making NCAA Championships appearances from 2002-06. Clark is currently the all-time winningest cross country coach in UT Women's Athletics. In cross country, Clark has groomed 13 female athletes who have totaled 33 All-South Region awards in nine seasons and 14 who've accumulated 25 total All-SEC honors. In addition to qualifying women's teams for the NCAA Championships from 2002 to 2006, he also had Jackie Areson (2008, 2009, 2010), Sarah Bowman (2008) and Katie Van Horn (2009, 2010) qualify as individuals, with Bowman placing 36th in 2008 to become the first female cross country All-American at Tennessee since Sharon Dickie in 2000.

Football

Tennessee competes in the SEC's Eastern Division, along with Florida
Florida Gators football
The Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football. The Florida Gators compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference...

, Georgia
Georgia Bulldogs football
The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...

, Kentucky
Kentucky Wildcats
The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic squads of the University of Kentucky , a founding member of the Southeastern Conference...

, South Carolina
South Carolina Gamecocks
The University of South Carolina's 19 varsity sports teams are known as the "Gamecocks". The unique moniker is held in honor of Thomas Sumter, a South Carolina war hero who was given the name "The Carolina Gamecock" during the American Revolution for his fierce fighting tactics, regardless of his...

, and Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...

, and has longstanding football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 rivalries with all of them. However, the Vols most intense and bitter traditional rivalary is with the Florida Gators. The teams battle every year in the Third Saturday in October
Third Saturday in October
The Third Saturday in October, also known as the Alabama–Tennessee football rivalry, is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama and the Tennessee Volunteers football team of the University of Tennessee...

 (which is no longer always held on that date). The Volunteers won the 1998 NCAA Division I-A National Championship in football. Also, the Volunteers won the 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1968, and 1998 National Championship - three under General Neyland, and six total. The Volunteers hired Derek Dooley
Derek Dooley (coach)
Derek Dooley is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee. He is the son of former University of Georgia head football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley.-Early years:...

 as head coach after Lane Kiffin
Lane Kiffin
Lane Monte Kiffin is the current head coach of the University of Southern California Trojans college football team. He was previously the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers college football team, the Oakland Raiders of the NFL, and the offensive coordinator for the Trojans...

  left for USC. Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...

 champions Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League . Manning holds the record for most NFL MVP awards with four. He was drafted by the Colts as the first overall pick in 1998 after a standout college football career with the...

 and Reggie White
Reggie White
Reginald Howard "Reggie" White was a professional American football player. He played 15 seasons as a defensive end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers, becoming one of the most decorated players in NFL history...

 are among the most famous NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 athletes to start their careers at the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

.

Men's

The Tennessee men's golf team has won 3 Southeastern Conference Championships. The current coach for the Vols is Jim Kelson who's steady hand has the Tennessee men's golf program thriving.

The Vols are coming off a 12th-place national finish after advancing to NCAA regional competition for a school-best 10th consecutive season. And already this year, UT has captured the prestigious Carpet Capital Collegiate for the first time in school history and the Bank ofTennessee Intercollegiate in a scorecard playoff. Kelson was hired in June 1998 and made almost immediate inroads toward success. The Vols missed the NCAAs that initial season but have been a regular participant ever since, advancing as far as the championship round four times. Kelson has been building this program from the day he arrived on campus. The Vols have won 15 tournament championships in his 11-plus seasons. Five different campaigns produced multiple tourney titles—2001-02 (three), 2004-05 (three), 2006-07 (two), 2007-08 (two). UT also claimed hardware under Kelson in the 1998-99, 2000–01 and 2005-06 seasons. Tennessee's SEC victory that year by two strokes over Alabama led to a plethora of well-deserved postseason awards. Kelson was honored with his first SEC Coach of the Year award, Philip Pettitt earned All-SEC first team honors, while Charlie Ford and Chris Paisley were named to the All-SEC second team. One of the highlights was capturing the 2007 SEC Championship, Tennessee's first league crown in 17 years. At the event, UT finished with three players in the top-10, including two tied for second.

Last season, Kelson guided the Vols to a top-five team finish in seven of their 12 tournaments played for the highest number of top-five showings in his coaching career. Four runner-up finishes—the NCAA Northeast Regional included—two thirds and a fifth-place result were testament to Tennessee's steady play throughout the season. Tennessee then challenged for a spot in the NCAA quarterfinal round of match-play but fell just a few strokes shy.

Women's

The women's golf team is currently led by Judi Pavon. Over the last decade, the Lady Volunteer golf program has been a constant force in the Southeastern Conference and on the national level under the guidance of Judi Pavon, the current National Golf Coaches Association President. Since Pavon became head coach in 2000, the Big Orange has captured 13 tournament titles, competed at seven NCAA Championships and been a constant presence in top 25 rankings.

Individually, Lady Vols have captured 14 All-America awards, 28 All-SEC nods and 21 NGCA Academic All-America citations under the tutelage of Pavon. In the "decade of success" with Pavon, the Orange and White have continued UT's streak of finishing above .500 in head-to-head matchups and competing at the NCAA Regional Championships every season.

Rowing

The Lady Vols rowing team participates with C-USA and is coached by Lisa Glenn. During her 12 years at the helm of the University of Tennessee women's rowing team, Head Coach Lisa Glenn has helped the 14-year-old program mature into a national power. Now in her 13th season, Glenn has led the Lady Vols to seven appearances at the NCAA Championships, including three consecutive full-team selections in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010.
Glenn helped propel the Lady Vols to new heights this past season, leading the Orange and White to its first-ever Conference-USA rowing championship. Glenn was also named C-USA Coach of the Year for her efforts in helping Tennessee achieve this historic feat.Under Glenn's tutelage, senior Laura Miller was named the C-USA rower of the year, while three other Lady Vols captured All-Conference honors.

At the 2008 NCAA Championships, the three-time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) South Region Coach of the Year guided the Orange and White to its first-ever appearance in a grand final, as the second varsity eight took fifth to record UT's best event finish at the NCAA regatta. The team has excelled under Glenn's watch at the sport's largest event, the Head of the Charles Regatta, held every fall in Boston, Mass. Glenn's entries in the Club 8+ race have captured five golds, including three consecutive victories in the event from 2005-07. The Championship 8+ crews have made their mark over the years as well, claiming top-10 finishes three times, and top-15 marks seven times, including a program-best fifth-place finish in 2007. In 2009, the Champ 8+ from Tennessee finished 12th out of 34 overall, placing it in the top eight among universities.

Soccer

The Tennessee Vols women's soccer team competes in the SEC where it has won 4 conference championships, and is currently coached by Angela Kelly. From the moment she took over the University of Tennessee women's soccer program on Jan. 4, 2000, Angela Kelly has shaped the Lady Vols into a Southeastern Conference powerhouse and a force on the collegiate soccer landscape. Before her promotion to head coach, the Big Orange had never advanced to the NCAA Tournament, claimed an SEC Tournament match, collected any of the league's hardware or been ranked in the final poll of any season.After taking over the program, Kelly took home four consecutive SEC Eastern Division banners, three straight SEC regular-season crowns and four SEC Tournament titles between 2000-08. The Lady Vol boss also owns three SEC Coach of the Year trophies which she collected each year from 2003-05.

Over the past nine years, Kelly has combined strong recruiting, top talent, excellent leadership and team chemistry to create a Tennessee program that has made Lady Vol history and collected numerous accolades, both as a team and individually. Kelly has compiled a 127-59-16 overall record since taking over at Rocky Top, leading the team to four SEC Eastern Division titles, three regular season championships and four SEC Tournament crowns. In her nine years at the helm, Kelly's teams have reached eight NCAA Tournaments, making five Sweet 16 appearances. Kelly's squads are 10-7-2 in the NCAA Tournament and have been nearly unbeatable at home, winning nearly 86 percent of the time in Knoxville.

Softball

In recent years the women's softball team has gained notoriety, reaching the Women's College World Series
Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series is the final portion of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball in the United States. The tournament format consists of two four-team double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket then compete in a best-of-three title game series...

 a total of four times (three consecutive years in a row). They placed third in 2005, 2006 and 2010 and second in 2007. In 2010 the Lady Vols made headlines as they reached the WCWS with a low 15th seed and advanced to 2-2 in the World Series just one victory short of a berth in the Women’s College World Series best-of-three title round, but dropped a hard-fought 5-2 decision to No. 3 Arizona. The four appearances in the Women's College World Series
Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series is the final portion of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball in the United States. The tournament format consists of two four-team double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket then compete in a best-of-three title game series...

 have never resulted in the Lady Vols finishing lower than third place in the WCWS. Former pitcher Monica Abbott
Monica Abbott
Monica Cecilia Abbott is an American athlete who pitched for the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team from 2004-2007. In 2008, Abbott participated in the Beijing Olympics with Team USA...

 is the all-time career NCAA leader in strikeouts (2,440), shutouts (112), wins (189) and innings pitched (1448.0). The Salinas, California
Salinas, California
Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...

, native won the U.S. Softball National Player of the Year award and the Honda Award for Softball in 2007. She was also honored by the Women's Sports Foundation
Women's Sports Foundation
The Women's Sports Foundation "is an educational nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by tennis legend Billie Jean King." Its stated mission statement is "To advance the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity."...

 as its Team Sport Player of the Year over such high-profile candidates as Kristine Lilly
Kristine Lilly
Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is a retired American soccer player who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team for 24 years...

 of the U.S. women's soccer team
United States women's national soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...

 and Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...

 of the WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. In 2011 the Lady Vols returned with a very experienced team that had previously just been to the WCWS and was one series away from the WCWS championship game. The Lady Vols remained impressive throughout the season staying within the top 10 most of the year and leading the eastern division in the SEC until Florida swept them in the last week of conference play, but the resilient Lady Vols found life in the SEC tournament where they defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 6-5 in the championship game winning the tournament after a five year drought.

Recent National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Americans from the University of Tennessee include Abbott (2004–07), India Chiles (2007), Lindsay Schutzler (2005–07), Tonya Callahan (2006–07), Kristi Durant (2005–06) and Sarah Fekete (2005–06).

Men's

The Tennessee Vols swimming & diving team has won 10 Southeastern Conference Championships, and 1 national championship. The current coach for the Vols is John Trembley. For more than two decades, John Trembley has dutifully served as the head coach of The University of Tennessee men's swimming and diving program. Under his guidance, the Volunteers compete alongside the nation's upper echelon of collegiate aquatics programs. The most successful coach in the formidable Southeastern Conference, Trembley is also the longest tenured current coach in the UT men's athletics department and the third all-time longest tenure as a Tennessee head coach in any sport
'JT,' as he is known on The Hill, was called to his alma mater in 1988 to replace retiring legendary Vols' head swimming coach Ray Bussard. Since that time, the Big Orange program has been a model of academic success and athletic excellence while producing some of the nation's most successful student-athletes.Trembley's prowess as a coach and motivator was instantly realized when, in his inaugural campaign, he led the 1988-89 team to an SEC title.His first team earned a 10-2 dual meet record, including a 5-1 record within the SEC. In his first year at the helm of the program, Trembley set a new standard for the Big Orange. He had the most successful start of any head swimming and diving coach in UT history. He is also the only current SEC head coach to win a conference title in his first year.The Vols' ninth-place NCAA finish was the first top 10 for the Big Orange in 10 seasons. The new spirit of competitiveness brought to Rocky Top by Trembley was unmistakable, and the Vols' NCAA performance showed everyone in the sport the Tennessee Volunteers were back. That standard has continued throughout Trembley's tenure. The past 21 years shine as some of the brightest years in UT aquatics history as Tennessee owns 14 top three SEC finishes and 15 top- 10 NCAA finishes. During the Trembley era, the Vols have broken school records on 95 occasions and have won 51 individual SEC championships as well as 20 SEC relay titles.

Women's

The Lady Vols swimming & diving team is currently coached by Matt Kredich. Success has followed Tennessee head women's swimming coach Matt Kredich at every stop of his career, and his five-year tenure on Rocky Top has been no different. After turning around the men's and women's swimming teams at Brown and the women's squad at Richmond, Kredich has led the Lady Vols to unprecedented success. Under Kredich's direction the Lady Vols have broken 18-of-19 Tennessee swimming records, had 19 different athletes garner 120 All-America awards and finished in the top-15 at the NCAA Championships for a UT-record five consecutive seasons.

In 2009-10, six Lady Vols, including five repeat All-Americans, captured 21 All-America certificates in nine events. As a team, the Big Orange brought back its second consecutive 13th-place finish at the NCAA meet back to Rocky Top.

Men's

The Tennessee Volunteers men's tennis team have won 8 Southeastern Conference Championships. Sam Winterbotham
Sam Winterbotham
Sam Winterbotham is a British college tennis coach and former college player. He is the current head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers men's tennis team of the University of Tennessee. Winterbotham was previously an assistant coach for the Baylor Bears where he helped guide the team to the 2004...

 was named the 10th coach in Tennessee tennis history on Oct. 24, 2006. He and his assistant Chris Woodruff joined forces when Tennessee was ranked No. 48 nationally, but the Vols have quickly vaulted up the charts over a four-year span. Tennessee ended 2010 at No. 2 and has finished the last three seasons in the top 10. managed to bring Tennessee back among the nation's elite tennis programs.
The 2010 season was nothing short of historic for Winterbotham and the Vols. Tennessee returned to the finals of the NCAA Championships for the first time in nine years. The Vols ended the season ranked No. 2 nationally with a 31-2 record, good for the second-most wins in program history. The Vols finished 11-0 in Southeastern Conference play to claim their eighth SEC regular season title and went on to become the first team to capture the SEC Tournament Title courtesy of three 4-0 shutouts.

Three players—John-Patrick Smith, Rhyne Williams and Davey Sandgren—earned All-America honors. For the first time in Tennessee history, five Vols were named All-SEC. Five players also finished the year in the national ITA rankings.

The victories on the court have begun to add up. Winterbotham has a 94-21 overall record at UT, which is the most wins by a head coach in his first four seasons on Rocky Top. He is well on pace to become the fastest UT coach to reach 100 wins entering the 2011 season.

In terms of sheer number of victories, the Vols just wrapped up their most successful three-year period in program history with a 77-13 record. The Vols had 31 victories in 2010 and won 23 matches in both 2008 and 2009.

Under Winterbotham's four-year tenure, Tennessee has had eight All-America and 13 All-SEC selections.

Women's

The Tennessee Vols women's tennis team is co-coached by Mike Patrick and Sonya Hahn-Patrick. Last year the duo lead the Orange and White on its deepest postseason run in eight years. UT advanced all the way to the quarterfinals of the 2010 NCAA Women's Tennis Championships before falling to No. 5 Notre Dame. Tennessee finished the season ranked 13th in the Campbell's/ITA poll and had four players named to the All-SEC team. Additionally, Mike helped push the doubles team of Caitlin Whoriskey and Natalie Pluskota all the way to the individual doubles finals of the NCAA Championships. For this, the two were named the ITA Ohio Valley Region Co-Head Coaches of the Year.

The winningest coach in Tennessee women's tennis history, Mike has a career record of 449-260 (.633). Before compiling a 393-232 (.629) mark with Tennessee, Patrick put up a record of 47-12 (.797) as Kentucky's head coach, as well a 9-16 (.360) mark as the men's coach at Arkansas in 1986-87.

Since taking over at UT, the two coaches have seen 21 squads reach top-25 national finishes in the rankings. The highest came in 2000-01 when the Orange and White finished sixth in the country and second in the SEC, the highest conference placement in program history. He has also guided multiple players to All-America status, places on All-SEC teams and spots as high as No. 1 in the national rankings.

Men's

The Tennessee Volunteers men's indoor track & field team have won 18 SEC Championships as well as 1 national championship. The current team is coached by J.J. Clark. Clark assumed position of the director of the men's track & field team prior to the 2009-2010 team.

Women's

The Lady Vols' indoor track & field team have won 4 SEC Championships as well as 2 national championships. The architect of an amazing reclamation project with the women's track & field and cross country programs at Rocky Top, J.J. Clark spent seven impressive seasons in Knoxville before assuming control of the entire program. During the track & field portion of the season, he has directed the Lady Vols to NCAA Indoor National Championships in 2005 and 2009, SEC Indoor Championships in 2005, 2007 and 2009, and a NCAA Mideast Regional crown outdoors in 2005.

With Clark at the helm, Tennessee has enjoyed five top-five NCAA women's indoor track & field finishes (1st in 2005 and 2009, 2nd in 2010, 3rd in 2007 and 4th in 2004) and three additional top-10 outings (t8th in 2008) during his stay in Knoxville. UT also has six SEC top-three outcomes since 2003, with runner-up efforts indoors in 2004 and 2008 in addition to the titles won in 2005, 2007 and 2009. He now has begun the climb with the men's team.

Track & Field - Outdoor

Men's

The Tennessee Vols men'soutdoor track & field team have won 25 Southeastern Conference Championships as well as 3 national titles. The Vols are currently coached by J.J. Clark since he took over in 2009.

Women's

The Tennessee women's outdoor track & field team have won 4 SEC Championships and 1 national championship. Since J.J. Clark took the position as coach for the Lady Vols he has led them to a top-five NCAA women's outdoor track & field finishes (4th in 2005) and two additional top-10 outings (t7th in 2004, t10th in 2009) during his time in Knoxville. He has also led UT to has two SEC top-three outcomes.

Volleyball


The Lady Vols volleyball team have won 4 SEC championships. Two-time National Coach of the Year Rob Patrick has developed a tradition of excellence since coming to Tennessee 13 years ago. Following his arrival at Rocky Top, Patrick has become one of the nation's top coaches and helped the Lady Vols attain levels of success never before reached in Knoxville, as evidenced by NCAA Tournament berths in five of the last six years, including a run to the Final Four in 2005.

With an impressive 24-8 record in 2009, the Big Orange now has won 20 or more matches in six of the last eight campaigns and has done so seven times in a 10-year span. Prior to Patrick's arrival at UT in 1997, the Lady Vols last recorded a 20-win season in 1988. His nine-year stretch of winning seasons from 1998-2006 marked the longest-such run in program history, topping the previous high of seven, set from 1978-84. The Big Orange finished the 2009 campaign with a school-record 16 wins in SEC action, finishing in a tie for second before earning its fifth bid to the NCAA Tournament in the past six seasons where it reached the second round. Following a tough 2007 season, the Lady Vols regrouped to post the third-largest turnaround in NCAA Division I in 2008. Under Patrick's direction, UT doubled its win total from 11 to 22 and returned to the NCAA Tournament after a one-year absence. For his efforts, Patrick was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) South Region Coach of the Year, as well as the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year, for the second time in his career.

During his 13-year tenure at Rocky Top, Patrick has compiled an impressive 267-143 (.651) record, and he became the program's all-time winningest coach with a 3-0 victory over Auburn on Oct. 3,2008. Under Patrick's guidance, eight different student-athletes have been named All-Americans on a total of 15 occasions, including Nikki Fowler who claimed honorable mention honors from the AVCA in 2008 before picking up the honors alongside libero Chloe Goldman in 2009. Prior to those awards, the last players to accomplish the feat were Yuliya Stoyanova and Sarah Blum who both picked up AVCA Honorable Mention accolades as well, following the 2006 campaign.

In 2005 the Lady Vols achieved the program's first ever appearance in the NCAA Final Four and highest year-end ranking in school history. During that memorable year, the Lady Vols fought past some early season obstacles and compiled a stellar 25-9 overall record, finishing sixth in the nation after falling to eventual national champion Washington in the national semifinals of the NCAA Tournament in San Antonio, Texas. For his efforts, Patrick was named the 2005 NCAA National Coach of the Year by VBall Magazine. The season before its run to the Final Four, Tennessee put together an equally impressive season in which it emerged victorious in a school-record 32 matches, while dropping just three contests all year. The Lady Vols accomplished a number of goals in 2004, including winning an SEC regular-season title for the first time in school history, defeating Florida, 3-2, on the final day of the season to tie the Gators with identical 15-1 marks. Just a mere seven days later, the Orange and White made it two titles in two weeks, topping UF, once again by a 3-2 score, in the SEC Tournament championship match. A couple of weeks following that accomplishment, the Big Orange won a pair of NCAA Tournament matches for the initial time in Tennessee annals and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in 20 years. Based on the team's fast rise to prominence, Patrick was awarded both the AVCA South Region and the SEC Coach of the Year awards, as well as CVU.com National Coach of the Year honors. He was also a finalist for the AVCA National Coach of the Year award.

National championships

Since their beginning of intercollegiate competition, the University of Tennessee's varsity athletic teams have won twenty-three national team championships (including seventeen NCAA championships).

Men's National Championships
  • Football (6): 1938 • 1940 • 1950 • 1951 • 1967 • 1998
  • Cross Country (1): 1972
  • Indoor Track and Field (1): 2002
  • Outdoor Track and Field (3): 1974 • 1991 • 2001
  • Swimming and Diving (1): 1978


Women's National Championships
  • Basketball (8):1987 • 1989 • 1991 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 2007 • 2008
  • Indoor Track and Field (2): 2005 • 2009
  • Outdoor Track & Field (1): 1981


The national intercollegiate sports championships listed above were sponsored by the NCAA unless otherwise noted in the footnotes.

Facilities

UT's best-known athletic facility by far is Neyland Stadium
Neyland Stadium
Neyland Stadium is a sports stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. It serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, but is also used to host large conventions and has been a site for several NFL exhibition games. The stadium's official capacity is 102,455...

, home to the football team, which seats over 102,000 people and is one of the country's largest facilities of its type. Neyland currently finished undergoing renovations costing over $100 million. http://s159447050.onlinehome.us/utvols/phillipfulmer/neyland2/neyland-front.html The Volunteers have practiced at the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center since 1989, which underwent an expansion in 2006. The Neyland-Thompson Sports Center which features 2 exterior fields, 1 indoor field and provides the University of Tennessee athletes with the finest strength and conditioning, dressing, health care, meeting and coaching facilities in the country.http://www.utsports.com/sport/page.aspx?id=9724 The Volunteers and Lady Vols basketball teams play in Thompson-Boling Arena
Thompson-Boling Arena
Thompson-Boling Arena is multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The arena opened in 1987. It is home to the Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Vols basketball teams. Since 2008, it has been home to the Lady Vol volleyball team. It is named after B....

, the largest arena (by capacity) ever built specifically for basketball in the United States. Both basketball programs now practice at the newly completeled Pratt Pavilion http://www.utsports.com/facilities/page.aspx?id=49270, which besides 3 basketball courts, has an athletic training room, a weight room, a film study room and a place to host recruits. The former home of both basketball teams, Stokely Athletic Center
Stokely Athletic Center
The Stokely Athletic Center is an on-campus arena located at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. Prior to the opening of Thompson-Boling Arena in 1987, it was home to the men's and women's basketball teams starting. In 2008, the Lady Vol volleyball team also left Stokely for...

, still stands and is now used by the Lady Vols volleyball
Tennessee Volunteers volleyball
The Tennessee Lady Volunteers volleyball team represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Lady Vols compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and the Southeastern Conference...

 program.

The Alumni Memorial Gym was another indoor athletic facility. It was built in 1934 during a construction campaign under school president James D. Hoskins, and was replaced by the Stokely Athletics Center in 1967. The facility hosted the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

men's basketball tournament in 1936 and 1937 and again in 1939 and 1940. It is now used as a performing arts center and seats 1,000 spectators.

The Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, completed in 2008 is a $30 million center that features one outdoor 50-meter pool, an indoor 50-meter pool, a new 50-meter competition pool and a separate competition diving well featuring five platforms and six springboards. It will allow for 2,800 seats. The facility also includes a weight room, a training room, a team-meeting room, several locker rooms for Vols, Lady Vols and two visiting teams, seven offices for coaches, a multipurpose room, an elevated timing booth and an improved Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame.http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/showarticle.php?articleid=50904

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