When it comes to Southeastern Conference football assistants, nobody may have been dealt a better hand in 2021 than Georgia fourth-year receivers coach Cortez Hankton.
by David PaschallWhen news broke of the release of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offensive line coach Chris Malone in early January due to a controversial tweet, there was a lot of speculation about how quickly head coach Rusty Wright would move to find a replacement.
by Gene HenleyTennessee has targeted North Texas special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler for the same role with the Volunteers.
by David PaschallShould new Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel ever need to bounce an idea or question off somebody else with head-coaching experience, he just needs to head to the running backs room.
by David PaschallWhen UTC played its lone football game of 2020 at Western Kentucky in October, quarterback Drayton Arnold looked like he hadn't started a game in five years of college.
by Gene HenleyIf the Tennessee Volunteers are to right the wrongs of their 2020-21 basketball season, they will have to do so in practice.
by David PaschallThe Lady Vols have their best SEC tournament seed since being No. 2 six years ago, and they won't have to play until the final game of the third day in Greenville, South Carolina.
by The Associated PressThere was no blueprint for any of this.
by Mark WiedmerWhen is a victory by an unranked team over the No. 11 Football Championship Subdivision program in the nation not considered a major upset?
by Gene HenleyWith Saturday's loss at Auburn, the Tennessee men's basketball team is just 5-6 in its past 11 SEC contests with the regular season almost complete.
by David PaschallUTC returned to the football field for the first time since its lone game of the fall semester and opened Southern Conference play by beating 11th-ranked Wofford.
by Gene HenleyFor the first time in 45 years, Alabama is the Southeastern Conference champion in both football and men's basketball.
by The Associated PressWhen Josh Heupel was introduced late last month as Tennessee's new head football coach, he stressed the program "has to lock down our borders." Friday afternoon reflected just how steep of a climb Heupel faces.
by David PaschallTennessee's current men's basketball coach sure is having a much better season than one of Tennessee's former coaches.
by David PaschallAlabama and Ohio State competing for a national championship is hardly an unusual occurrence for either school. It tends to happen in January, though.
by JOHN ZENOR / The Associated PressThe game that almost didn't start wound up having a good finish for coach Katie Burrows and the UTC women's basketball team Thursday night.
by Gene HenleyRennia Davis scored all 26 of her points in the second half, with 20 in the fourth quarter, to help No. 20 Tennessee beat Missouri on Thursday night.
by The Associated PressThe Tennessee Volunteers may not be playing well, but at least they're playing.
by David PaschallGrowing up, Cole Copeland had heard stories of former Bradley County star athletes whose careers had fizzled out after high school. Then one day he suddenly looked around and noticed he was becoming one, and he didn't like that feeling.
by Gene HenleyTennessee head football coach Josh Heupel on Thursday confirmed the hiring of Brian Jean-Mary as the new linebackers coach of the Volunteers.
by David PaschallTennessee entered Vanderbilt's Memorial Gym on Wednesday night with no members of the No. 25 Volunteers having ever lost in the building.
by David PaschallWhether or not UTC coach Lamont Paris and his team feel good about where they are going into the SoCon men's basketball tournament, there isn't much they can do about it now.
by Gene HenleyDrayton Arnold is in his fifth year of college. He already has a bachelor's degree in finance and a minor in accounting.
by Gene Henley