Vols football head coaches in SEC era

By David Paschall December 8, 2012 5 min read

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ROBERT NEYLAND

Seasons: 1933-34

Record: 15-5 overall, 10-3 SEC

Memories: Neyland had three coaching stints at Tennessee, the first of which began in 1926. He was an amazing 61-2-5 in his first seven seasons that predated the inception of the SEC, including unbeaten strings of 33 and 28 games.

W.H. BRITTON

Season: 1935

Record: 4-5 overall, 2-3 SEC

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

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