Josh Heupel Kicks Off Big Orange Caravan Tour in Nashville
The Big Orange Caravan tour kicked off Tuesday in Nashville. Vols football coach Josh Heupel was on board for the Music City stop. Hard to believe he's…
Top SEC Football Teams Return Their Starting Quarterbacks Next Season
All four of the Southeastern Conference’s top 10 teams in last season’s final AP Top 25 return established starting quarterbacks. Beyond that top group, there is plenty of competition and new starters, either via the transfer portal or with backups moving into the…
Vols land 6'11 transfer Felix Okpara of Ohio State
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – University of Tennessee head men's basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Thursday the signing of forward Felix Okpara, a transfer from Ohio State. One of the nation's premier rim protectors, Okpara will join the Volunteers in 2024-25 with two years…
Vols Basketball Dealing With Life in Transfer Portal Era
With all the free agency in pro sports and how players move around, comedian Jerry Seinfeld joked that fans are really just cheering for the clothes a team wears. Sadly that analogy may work for college hoops with the transfer…
Vols Special Teams Coach Has Tons of Faith in Boo Carter
Tennessee coaches are in love with former Bradley Central star Boo Carter. You can add special teams coach Mike Ekeler to the list. Ekeler says…
"Uncle Grandpa" Linebacker Keenan Pili Ready to Shine For the Vols
No one is more excited about the Vols spring game Saturday than linebacker Keenan Pili. He got hurt in the season opener last year, and…
Vols Basketball Finishes the Year Ranked 5th in the Nation
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball is fifth in both major polls to conclude the 2023-24 season. Tennessee (27-9, 14-4 SEC) holds the fifth position in both the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and the USA TODAY…
Tennessee Introduces New Lady Vols Coach Kim Caldwell
Tennessee introduced new Lady Vols basketball coach Kim Caldwell on Tuesday. She says she already feels apart of the Big Orange family after getting a text from Peyton…
Vols Putting on Home Run Display Again This Season
It’s midseason and, well, Tennessee’s offense is in midseason form. The Volunteers hit 14 home runs in a weekend series win at Auburn, with six in the second game and six more in the third. “It’s a saying I’ve heard…
Vols Receiving Corps Trying to Step Up This Spring
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee wide receiver group has taken big steps during spring ball with the new additions of transfers and incoming freshmen. With the new boost of faces, the squad is leveling up their production each practice…
Tennessee fires Lady Vols coach Kellie Harper after 5 seasons
By TERESA M. WALKER/AP Sports Writer Tennessee has fired Kellie Harper as the Lady Vols coach after five seasons. Athletic director Danny White announced Monday that Harper would not return. White said he told Harper the university was making a…
Vols Beat Creighton 82-75 to Advance to the Elite Eight.
DETROIT (AP) — Dalton Knecht had 24 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals, and Tennessee moved within a victory of its first trip to the Final Four, beating Creighton 82-75 in a Midwest Region semifinal on Friday night.…
Vols Dalton Knecht Takes Long Road to Big Dance
DETROIT (AP) — Dalton Knecht didn’t have a lot of choices to continue his basketball career coming out of Prairie View High School in Henderson, Colorado. That didn’t stop him from becoming a star at Tennessee. “There are some people that…
Vols Prepare For Creighton Offensive Machine in Sweet 16
Tennessee has now made the Sweet 16 three times under head coach Rick Barnes. They've lost the previous two meetings, so maybe the third time will be the charm. Although there's nothing charming about facing Creighton for the right to…
Football Double Header on Rocky Top With Scrimmage and Vols Pro day
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – NFL scouts and personnel got an all-access look at Tennessee football on Wednesday beginning with the Volunteers' first spring scrimmage in Neyland Stadium before shifting to Pro Day in the Anderson Training Center. All 32 NFL teams…
Vols QB Nico Iamaleava Ready to Feast On and Off the Field
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — "I know what I came here to do, and it's my job to go get that done." Those…
N.C. State Eliminates Lady Vols in the Big Dance With a 79-72 Victory
RALEIGH, N,C, (AP) — Tennessee didn’t wilt when North Carolina State built a 20-point lead. Just as importantly, the Wolfpack didn’t either after Lady Vols climbed all the way back within a single bucket. And that sent Wes Moore’s squad…
Vols Gear Up For Showdown Against Texas in Second Round of the Big Dance
(utsports.com) CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Coming off a dominant rout of Saint Peter's in the Round of 64 Thursday night, the sixth-ranked and No. 2 seed Tennessee men's basketball team is set to take on No. 7 seed Texas in the NCAA…
Plenty of Chattanooga Ties For NCAA Women's Tournament Games in Raleigh, North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — There won’t be many introductions needed for a trio of teams showing up for the NCAA Tournament’s opening-round games at North Carolina State. Kellie Harper has arrived with her Tennessee team to the venue where she…
New Vols Offensive Skill Players Hope to Shine in Spring Practice
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A strong emphasis on Tennessee football's signing class was bringing in young, talented offensive skill players and that group is making its mark through three spring practices. The Volunteers donned shoulder pads for the first time this…
Vols Blow Out Saint Peter's 83-49 to Open the NCAA Tournament
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dalton Knecht scored 23 points and Tennessee shot 64% in the first half to build a huge lead before beating Saint Peter’s 83-49 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Jonas Aidoo…
Dalton Knecht Might Help Change the Vols History in the Big Dance
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Tennessee Volunteers have a history of underachieving in the NCAA Tournament under coach Rick Barnes. The second-seeded Vols hope All-American Dalton Knecht can help change that. For the first time in recent memory, the Vols have a…
Saint Peter's Looking to Bust NCAA Brackets Again in Matchup With Tennessee
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Saint Peter’s is back in the NCAA Tournament. But this Peacocks squad bares no resemblance to the one that shocked the country — and busted brackets — two years ago by reaching the Elite Eight as…
SEC Announces Vols 2025 Conference Football Opponents
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee's eight 2025 Southeastern Conference football opponents and locations were revealed by the league office on Wednesday.All four of the SEC opponents that the Volunteers will travel to in 2024 will return the trip to Neyland Stadium…