2014 Tennessee Football Spring Guide

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Location (Founded): Knoxville, Tenn. (1794) Conference: Southeastern Enrollment: 27,523 Colors: Orange & White Nickname: Volunteers Mascot: Smokey IX Band: Pride of the Southland President: Dr. Joe DiPietro Chancellor: Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek Faculty Representative: Dr. Donald Bruce Vice Chancellor/Dir. of Athletics: Dave Hart Athletic Dept. Phone: 865.974.1220

FACILITY INFORMATION

Facility (Opened): Neyland Stadium (1921) Capacity: 102,455 (Third-largest in CFB) Surface: Tifway 419 Bermuda Hybrid Grass Record at Neyland Stadium: 445-118-17 (.782)

HISTORY

WELCOME TO

2014 Site Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Norman, Okla. Athens, Ga. Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Oxford, Miss. Knoxville, Tenn. Columbia, S.C. Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn.

TEAM INFORMATION

2013 Overall Record: 5-7 Home / Away: 4-3 / 1-4 SEC Record: 2-6 SEC Finish: 6th East Home / Away: 1-3 / 1-3 Positional Starters Returning/Lost: 10/15 Offense: 5/6 Defense: 5/6 ST: 0/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 44/28

COACHING STAFF

 2014 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Aug. 30 Utah State Sept. 6 Arkansas State Sept. 13 at Oklahoma Sept. 27 at Georgia * Oct. 4 Florida * Oct. 11 Chattanooga Oct. 18 at Ole Miss * Oct. 25 Alabama * Nov. 1 at South Carolina * Nov. 15 Kentucky * Nov. 22 Missouri * Nov. 29 at Vanderbilt *

First Year of Football: 1891 All-Time Overall Record: 804-361-53 (.682) All-Time SEC Record: 322-187-19 (.628) SEC Championships: 13 (1998, 1997, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1969, 1967, 1956, 1951, 1946, 1940, 1939, 1938) SEC Eastern Division Championships: 5 (2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1997) SEC Championship Games: 5 National Championships: 6 (1998, 1967, 1951, 1950, 1940, 1938) BCS Titles: 1 (1998)

GENERAL STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW

 QUICK FACTS THE BASICS

Series First Meeting 1-0 UT 1-1 Series Tied 21-20-2 UT 24-19 Florida 37-2-2 UT 44-19-1 UT 51-28-7 Bama 23-7-2 UT 77-23-9 UT 2-0 Mizzou 73-29-5 UT

Bold indicates home game // * indicates SEC game

Head Coach: Butch Jones Record at Tennessee: 5-7 Career Record: 55-34 (.618) Seven years Assoc. Head Coach/Def. Line: Steve Stripling Offensive Coordinator: Mike Bajakian Defensive Coordinator: John Jancek Asst. Head Coach/Def. Backs: Willie Martinez Wide Receivers/Rec. Coord.: Zach Azzanni Tight Ends/Special Teams: Mark Elder Running Backs: Robert Gillespie Offensive Line: Don Mahoney Linebackers: Tommy Thigpen Strength & Conditioning: Dave Lawson Def. Quality Control Asst.: Terry Fair Def. Quality Control Asst.: Chase Gibson Def. Graduate Assistant: Larry Knight Off. Quality Control Asst.: Derrick Lett Special Teams Quality Control Asst.: Greg Meyer Off. Quality Control Asst.: Anthony Parker Off. Graduate Assistant: Nick Sheridan Def. Graduate Assistant: Walter Stewart

MEDIA RELATIONS

@Vol_Football Facebook.com/ VolFootball Youtube.com/ UTSportsTVFootball UTSports.com/Football

Jimmy Stanton Senior Associate AD/Communications Cell: 865.306.2052 Email: JimmyStanton@utk.edu Jason Yellin Assistant AD/Media Relations Cell: 865.314.0273 Email: JYellin@utk.edu Brian Bruce Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 607.745.6093 Email: BBruce5@utk.edu Mary-Carter Kniffen Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 804.516.6337 Email: MaryCarter@utk.edu

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