(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – While sometimes overlooked, special teams often plays a major role in the outcome of winning and losing football games. Due in large part to the efforts of special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler, Tennessee was one of the…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football wrapped up its first week of fall camp on Thursday morning at Haslam Field with lots of optimism surrounding its experienced and strengthened offensive line. With four of the five starting linemen returning from…
Last year linebacker was a big question mark for the Vols heading into the season. This year it may be the strength of the defense. Tennessee returns its entire linebacking corps…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – With the anticipation of the 2022 football season under second-year head coach Josh Heupel drawing closer, Tennessee Athletics has emphatically eclipsed benchmarks for total season-tickets sold and new season-tickets sold. As of Aug. 3, Tennessee has sold 16,781 new season…
The Vols will have a squirrel loose at Neyland stadium this fall. It's new freshman receiver Squirrel White. He's certainly as quick as squirrel, but how exactly did he get that nickname? Said Squirrel:"My great grandma named me that as…
Has to be a fun time to be the quarterbacks coach at Tennessee. Joey Halzle has quarterback Hendon Hooker back for another season. Hooker is one of the top returning QB's in the SEC. And if Hooker improves on what…
It's officially football time in Tennessee. The Vols held their first practice of fall camp Monday. Their season kicks one month from today against Ball State. It's year two for Josh Heupel and his up-tempo offense. He spoke after practice…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA on Friday charged Tennessee with 18 recruiting violations involving allegations of illegal cash, gifts and benefits given under fired football coach Jeremy Pruitt. The school has 90 days to respond to the Level I…
UNDATED (WDEF) -- The Tennessee Volunteers secured two huge commitments Sunday. First was Chandavian Bradley from Platte County, Missouri, ranked the number three edge rusher in the entire country. His Twitter bio says he's both a vols football and basketball…
(utsports.com) Tennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White on Thursday announced the completion and publication of a comprehensive five-year strategic plan for Tennessee Athletics. Titled Rise Glorious—an aspirational declarative originating from UT's alma mater song—the living document is a result of months of deliberate and…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (UT Athletics) -- Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Friday that New York native Tobe Awaka (pronounced: toe-BAY uh-WAH-kuh) has signed with UT and will enroll in July for the second session of summer school. Awaka will be…
(utsports.com) The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees on Friday approved Tennessee Athletics' request to adjust the scope and budget of the ongoing Neyland Stadium renovations project, originally approved in 2017. Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White and his leadership team conducted…
(utsports.com) Tennessee point guard Kennedy Chandler was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 38th pick in the NBA Draft Thursday, and his rights were immediately acquired his hometown Memphis Grizzlies. Six Vols have now heard their names called in…
UNDATED (WDEF) -- The details for next year's SEC/Big 12 basketball Challenge were announced Thursday with a Tennessee-Texas rematch headlining the schedule. Vols head coach Rick Barnes will face his former team a second straight year after falling to the…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee racked up the postseason honors from Perfect Game with eight representatives earning accolades from the organization on Wednesday. Leading the way was head coach Tony Vitello, who was named the outlet's National Coach of the Year…
(utsports.com) DALLAS – Tennessee's Chase Burns was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Freshman Pitcher of the Year on Tuesday after an incredible debut season on Rocky Top. Burns was UT's Friday night starter for the majority of the year…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Freshman Jack Findlay threw five shutout innings in relief and back-to-back home runs by catcher David LaManna and Jack Brannigan in the seventh sparked Notre Dame to a stunning 7-3 victory over No. 1 overall seed…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Powered by an eight-run explosion in the fifth inning, top-ranked Tennessee evened its super regional series against No. 6/17 Notre Dame with a convincing 12-4 victory on Saturday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, forcing a winner-take-all…
Notre Dame pushed No. 1 national seed Tennessee within a game of elimination from the NCAA baseball tournament Friday night. East Carolina and Oklahoma moved within one of reaching the College World Series. The Irish pulled the biggest upset of…
Tennessee has won its last 12 NCAA postseason games in Knoxville. The top ranked Vols hope the winning streak continues this weekend against Notre Dame, as UT hosts the Irish in the Super Regionals. The winner of course goes to…
Tennessee carries a sizzlingly 56-7 record into the Super Regional Friday against Notre Dame. Irish know it'll be rowdy on Rocky Top as they battle the nation's top ranked team for a berth in the College World Series. Said Notre…
(utsports.com) The Tennessee basketball team will face Maryland this coming season as part of the Hall of Fame Invitational at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The matchup, scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 11, is part of a four-game lineup…
(utsports.com) IRVING, Texas – Former Oklahoma national champion quarterback and Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel as well as three VFL greats appear on the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced on Monday. Defensive back Eric Berry…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Blade Tidwell surrendered just three hits in 7 2/3 shutout innings, Jordan Beck hit two of No. 1 overall seed Tennessee’s five home runs and the Volunteers rolled to a 10-0 victory over Alabama State in…
