UT Sports Information ROUND ROCK, Texas – Tennessee posted a statement victory to open its weekend at the Round Rock Classic on Friday night, knocking off top-ranked Texas Tech, 6-2. The Volunteers scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, leading from start to finish to improve to 5-0 on … Read more
UT Sports Information KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee head football coach Jeremy Pruitt announced the hire of two new assistant coaches in Jimmy Brumbaugh and Shelton Felton. Brumbaugh is the Volunteers’ new co-defensive coordinator/defensive line coach, while Felton is set to take over as outside linebackers coach. They replace Tracy Rocker and Chris Rumph, who each spent the past … Read more
UT Sports Information FRISCO, Texas – Tennessee junior offensive lineman Trey Smith was named the 2020 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year by a subset of the award’s Board of Directors on Tuesday night at the Star in Frisco, the practice facility of the Dallas Cowboys. The Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award … Read more
John Fulkerson led Tennessee down the stretch with 14 points in the final 9:37.
UT Sports Information Tennessee Director of Athletics Phillip Fulmer has added a familiar face to the UTAD leadership team, as longtime assistant football coach Steve Caldwell has returned to Rocky Top as Assistant Director of Life Skills & Character Development. Caldwell coached defensive ends on Fulmer’s football staff from 1995-2008 and was UT’s special teams coordinator from 2000-05. Overall, … Read more
UT Sports Information Bill Martin is set to join Tennessee’s Athletic Media Relations staff as Assistant Athletic Director for Football Communications. A highly respected fixture on the Southeastern Conference gridiron landscape, Martin will work closely with head coach Jeremy Pruitt to implement and execute communications strategies aimed at promoting and publicizing Volunteers football. For the last six … Read more
UT Sports Information Tennessee football rides the momentum of a six-game win streak—the second-longest active streak among Power Five programs—into the 2020 campaign. Season tickets are now available, and Director of Athletics Phillip Fulmer has announced that pricing has not increased from last year. Season-ticket options start as low as $300 with the Volunteers set to host 2020 … Read more
UT Sports Information BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alontae Taylor, a rising junior on the Tennessee football team, was recently selected as Vice Chair of the Southeastern Conference Football Leadership Council. Taylor was selected by a vote of his peers at a meeting of the council held recently at the SEC offices in Birmingham. The Manchester, Tennessee, native will attend … Read more
UT Sports Information BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee football rising junior cornerback Alontae Taylor is set to represent the Vols as a member of the Southeastern Conference Leadership Council this weekend. The council consists of one football student-athlete from each of the conference’s 14 schools and will meet for its annual gathering at the SEC offices on Birmingham this … Read more
Opening Statement: “With the changing of the recruiting calendar it’s interesting to look at this second phase of signing day. We really addressed a lot of needs in the early period. We had an opportunity to add two mid-year transfers. One is Cade Mays – who I believe is one of the best offensive linemen … Read more