(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Coming off a debut season that featured eight school records, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel and his Volunteers will kick off the 2022 campaign against Ball State in a special Thursday, Sept. 1, SEC Network primetime contest in Neyland…
(utsports.com) KODAK, Tenn. – Top-ranked Tennessee fell for the first time since early March, falling to Tennessee Tech, 3-2, Tuesday evening at Smokies Stadium. Tennessee (31-2) struck first, scoring a pair of runs in the third inning. Drew Gilbert plated Jorel Ortega with a…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Second-year Tennessee running backs coach Jerry Mack returns a multitude of talented backs and welcomes two true freshmen this fall. Mack discussed the group's growth on Monday following the Volunteers' 12th spring practice. Tennessee returns to practice on…
(utsports.com) With Tennessee's recent rise to the unanimous No. 1 spot across the national college baseball rankings, the Big Orange have accomplished an impressive and extremely rare feat. Tennessee now stands alongside future Southeastern Conference member Texas as the only…
The beat goes on for Tennessee. The top-ranked Volunteers (31-1) became the first Southeastern Conference team to open 12-0 in league play after they took three games from Missouri in Knoxville over the weekend. They also have won an SEC…
The Tennessee Vols must find a new kick returner this year with the departure of Velus Jones. Special teams coach Mike Ekeler has just the man. And this guy seems to be making the rounds on Rocky Top. Said Ekeler:"We…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Riding 16 strikeouts from its pitching staff and timely late hitting, the top-ranked Tennessee baseball team defeated Missouri, 8-3, in the series opener Friday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Tennessee (29-1, 10-0 SEC) collected its 10th consecutive…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE – No. 1/1 Tennessee baseball took down in-state foe Lipscomb, 5-1, on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium to win its 20th consecutive game, adding on to its program record win streak. Jordan Beck tallied the only multi-hit performance of…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee point guard Kennedy Chandler has declared for the NBA draft and is signing with an agent after his freshman season with the Volunteers. Chandler announced his decision Tuesday in a social media post. “I am humbled…
(utsports.com) The eight-team field for the 2023 Maui Jim Maui Invitational was revealed Tuesday, with Tennessee set to make its fourth all-time appearance at the event. The Vols will be joined at the 40th annual tournament by Gonzaga, Kansas, Marquette,…
(utsports.com) NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The college baseball spotlight was shining bright on Hawkins Field on Friday night as top-ranked Tennessee kicked off its three-game series with a 6-2 win over No. 3/9 Vanderbilt. Tennessee (25-1, 7-0 SEC) used an offensive…
We all know Hendon Hooker is the starting quarterback for the Vols. And who knows...true freshman Tayven jackson may earn the back-up spot. Jackson enrolled early this semester, and his skills have impressed his teammates and coaches so far in…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE – Playing its first game in program history as the unanimous No. 1-ranked team in the country, the Tennessee baseball team defeated Western Carolina, 11-1, for its 16th consecutive victory, tying the program record that was set back in…
Tennessee has been so dominant through the first six weeks of the season that coach Tony Vitello said it probably was good the Volunteers had a one-run game in the finale of their road sweep of previously top-ranked Mississippi. “No…
OXFORD, Miss. – Nailing down the ninth inning, Redmond Walsh struck out the side with the tying and winning runs on base to conclude a series sweep for No. 1/5 Tennessee, 4-3, over No. 1/1 Ole Miss. Coming off his…
WICHITA, Kan. – Senior Rae Burrell poured in a season-high 22 points for #18/17 Tennessee, but it wasn't enough to overcome #4/4 Louisville in a hard-fought NCAA Sweet 16 setback Saturday at INTRUST Bank Arena, 76-64. Graduate Jordan Walker joined…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The women’s basketball program that Jeff Walz has built at Louisville over the past 15 years resembles in so many ways the juggernaut Pat Summitt built at Tennessee, with one important exception: winning a national championship.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Lady Vols seem poised to once again be a force in women’s basketball after the storied program had fallen on some almost unimaginable hard times. There have been early tournament exits, players transferring and a coach…
(utsports.com) On the heels of the Tennessee men's basketball team's 27-win campaign, highlighted by an SEC Tournament championship, Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White on Thursday announced that he has extended Rick Barnes' contract through the 2026-27 season. Barnes has now led…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The second spring of the Josh Heupel era of Tennessee football is underway and the contrast in the execution of all three phases compared to one year ago is significant. Heupel put his Volunteers through the first of…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A freshman got Tennessee back to the Sweet 16 for the first time in six years, returning the Lady Vols to a spot they had been to so many times before in the women’s NCAA Tournament. Sara…
The Tennessee Vols have landed a five star quarterback recruit. Nico Iamaleava of Long Beach, California, has verbally committed to be apart of Tennessee's 2023 recruiting class. He becomes UT's first five star QB recruit since James Banks in 2002.…
INDIANAPOLIS (UT Athletics) – Tennessee's season came to a close Saturday, as the Vols dropped a back-and-forth affair to Michigan in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32, 76-68. Tennessee finishes the 2021-22 season with a final record of 27-8—marking the…
We hear it every year in the NCAA tournament. You need good guard play to win. Well the Vols check that list in a major way. And they hope to enjoy more of it Saturday against Michigan. Santiago Vescovi set…