DIRECTOR OF ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING
VOL FOR LIFE COORDINATOR
RECORDS
all age groups real life skills, dealing in the Savannah community with such issues as broken families, drug use, bullying and teen pregnancy. Lott was team captain in 2001 and served as a two-year member of the squad’s Unity Council -- a liaison group between the football team and coaching staff under Lott’s head coach, Phillip Fulmer. The All-SEC defensive back was drafted in the fifth round by the Washington Redskins. He also played with the San Diego Chargers, Pittsburgh Steelers in his six seasons in the NFL. Lott, hails from Memphis and is married to Savannah native, the former Jackie Givens, who is working in Knoxville as a nurse practitioner at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital The couple has three kids, Ella Grace, Ana Lou and Stephen Jace.
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Head coach Derek Dooley took a giant step toward his reorganization of the Tennessee brand when he named former Vols defensive back Andre Lott to the position of Vol for Life (VFL) Coordinator in June 2010. The newly-created VFL is a comprehensive program for UT’s football student-athletes that centers on six areas of personal growth: decision-making skills, personal finance, career placement, spiritual growth, community outreach and NFL preparation. A former captain and four-year letterman from 19972001, Lott returned to Knoxville from West Tennessee where he was an assistant football coach, head track and field coach and Success Coordinator in the Hardin County school system. As Success Coordinator, Lott taught kids of
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THIRD SEASON AT TENNESSEE TENNESSEE ‘00
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ANDRE LOTT
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In 2003, she accepted the position of Assistant Director of Admissions at Middle Tennessee State University, coordinating the tour program, planning major campus recruiting events, serving as the liaison for the online degree program and recruiting for all of East Tennessee. In 2005 Hawkins had the opportunity to join UT’s Admissions office and continue her work with campus tours, event planning, and student recruiting. Kris Ann has a daughter, Reagan and a son, Haynes.
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Kris Ann Hawkins begins her third season on head coach Derek Dooley’s football staff as Director of On-Campus Recruiting. The Morristown native initiates the plans for all oncampus activities for both official and unofficial visits, and oversees the daily operations of the recruiting office. After graduating with an English degree from UT in 2001, Hawkins began her career for her alma mater as a teacher and recruiter in the university’s Upward Bound programs.
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THIRD SEASON AT TENNESSEE TENNESSEE ‘01
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KRIS ANN HAWKINS
JOE HARRINGTON SPORTS TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR 22ND SEASON AT TENNESSEE TENNESSEE ‘90 Joe Harrington enters his 22nd season at Tennessee as the Vols’ sports technology coordinator. Although his emphasis is on football, Harrington trains the staff working with all UT men’s and women’s sports teams. His primary responsibilities include compiling and editing game and practice tapes for coaching analysis, cataloging game tapes and producing “cut-ups.” He also manages all equipment and design of the video department, including the team’s state-of-the-art XOS Technologies editing system.
A Camillus, N.Y., native, Harrington graduated from UT in 1990 with a communications degree. The College Sports Video Association has named him SEC Video Coordinator of the Year three times (1997, 1998 and 2003). Harrington and his wife, the former Tammy Mulling, have three children: Connor, Abigail and Hayden Jane. Tammy recently was appointed Blount County Circuit Court Judge by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, becoming the first woman to serve as a judge in the Blount County judicial system.
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