Author: Freak

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee defensive coordinator Tim Banks has been selected to the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches (NCMFC) Coalition Academy for the 2022-23 athletic year, the organization has announced. The Coalition Academy was started in 2021 and remains a first of its kind program for the highest levels of college football, pairing influential athletic directors with…

Tennessee Athletics 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 a year ago, the unit is making leaps and bounds. After learning the system,…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The intensity ramped up Wednesday morning at Haslam Field as Tennessee football put on shoulder pads for the first time this fall. Three days into preseason camp and working within Tim Banks‘ defensive system for the second year, UT’s players and staff are embracing that continuity while focusing on building depth for…

Tennessee Athletics 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 tickets for the 2022 campaign—168 percent of its goal of 10,000 new season tickets. That…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee enters the 2022 season with a luxury that not many teams in today’s college football have, two veteran quarterbacks with significant starting experience at the Power 5 level. Despite competing with each other on a daily basis, Hendon Hooker and Joe Milton III have built a close bond that is helping take the offense…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – There are notable differences from the start of Tennessee’s second preseason camp under Josh Heupel compared to last August. Athleticism, a deeper roster and experience at key positions are aplenty as the Volunteers opened the second fall under Heupel with a two-hour workout on Monday morning. Tennessee began practice indoors and then moved…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – It’s one of the most exciting times of the year on Rocky Top as the Tennessee Volunteers football team kicks off preseason camp on Monday morning at Haslam Field, marking the official start of the 2022 season for the Big Orange, led by second-year head coach Josh Heupel. On Sunday afternoon, Heupel,…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football officially reports for the start of preseason camp on Sunday, as head coach Josh Heupel will kick off his second season with the Volunteers’ media day at 12:45 p.m. ET. Heupel will be followed at media day by defensive coordinator Tim Banks and offensive coordinator Alex Golesh. All three press conferences can be watched live on…