
David Paschall is a sports writer for the Times Free Press. He started at the Chattanooga Free Press in 1990 and was part of the Times Free Press when the paper started in 1999. David covers University of Georgia football, as well as SEC football recruiting, SEC basketball, Chattanooga Lookouts baseball and other sports stories. He is a Chattanooga native and graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received numerous honors for his journalism, including various Tennessee state sports writing awards. In addition, he is in his fifth year on the voting board of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll and his ninth year on the voting board for the Heisman Trophy; he also serves on the voting board for the Biletnikoff and Lombardi awards. He is a past Southern League writer of the year, a former board member of the Football Writers' Association of America. Contact David at 423-757-6524 or dpaschall@timesfreepress.com.
Georgia sixth-year football coach Kirby Smart described a recent scene with his players that is likely transpiring all over the country.
by David PaschallTennessee announced Wednesday afternoon that the first Orange & White spring game under new football coach Josh Heupel will take place Saturday, April 24, inside Neyland Stadium.
by David PaschallTennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes didn't give up on John Fulkerson in February.
by David PaschallWhen 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 PaschallTennessee 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 PaschallIf the Tennessee Volunteers are to right the wrongs of their 2020-21 basketball season, they will have to do so in practice.
by David PaschallWith 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 PaschallWhen 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 PaschallThe Tennessee Volunteers may not be playing well, but at least they're playing.
by David PaschallTennessee 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 PaschallHere is the CliffsNotes version of new Tennessee quarterbacks coach Joey Halzle's life — infant years, toddler years, grade-school years, teenage years and Josh Heupel years.
by David PaschallIf Tennessee men's basketball coach Rick Barnes was granted one belated Christmas wish for his erratic 2020-21 team, he wouldn't take long to determine it.
by David PaschallTennessee has not only lost the highest-rated member of its 2021 football signing class but the best name as well.
by David PaschallUnless the starting point is an NCAA tournament First Four game, winning the national championship in the men's basketball 68-team extravaganza requires six consecutive victories.
by David PaschallA Tennessee men's basketball team that was No. 6 in The Associated Press poll in mid-January may now find itself unranked.
by David PaschallWhile Tennessee is at low ebb in its football rivalry with Alabama, having lost all 14 meetings during the Nick Saban era with the Crimson Tide, it's a different story for the Volunteers against the longtime king of the Southeastern Conference court.
by David PaschallDylan Brooks, the highest-rated member of Tennessee's 2021 class of football signees, will not be suiting up for the Volunteers.
by David Paschall