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Douglas Charles Brown (Knoxville ’74) was the first UT athlete to qualify for Olympic competition in 1972. He also competed in 1976 and qualified in 1980. As head track coach at UT, his squad won the 1991 national championship and Brown was named national coach of the year. Tamika Catchings ( Knoxville ’01) of the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Indiana Fever, was the 2002 WNBA rookie of the year. She was a four-time All-America as a Lady Vol. Joetta Clark Diggs (Knoxville ’84) is a four-time track Olympian, competing in every outdoor USA Chmpionship and Olympic Trials from 1979 until 2000 and winning more than nine championships titles. She was the 2000 U.S. women’s Olympic outdoor track team captain, where she competed along side her younger sister, Hazel, and her sister-in-law, Jearl. This marked the first time in history that family members occupied all three spots on the U.S. women’s track team. All three were coached by Lady Vols track and field coach, J.J. Clark.
David H. Edgar (Knoxville ’75) was UT first Olympic gold medalist. He won the gold medal in 400-meter freestyle relays at the 1972 Olympics.
Willie Gault attended UT in Knoxville from 1979 to 1983. He was a football All-America and also ran track. He played professional football and became an actor. Justin Gatlin won the gold medal in the 100-meter dash at the 2004 summer Olympics. He attended UT from 2000 to 2002 and won six NCAA titles. Bridgette Gordon (Knoxville ’89), a Lady Vol basketball
player from 1985 to 1989, was an Olympic gold medalist in 1988. She was
a two-time All-America selection, played professionally, and now coaches
at Stetson University. Leonard Hamilton (Martin ’71) is coach of the
Florida State men’s basketball team. He previously coached the Washington
Wizards of the NBA.
Lea Henry (Knoxville ’84) won the gold medal as a member of the 1984 women’s Olympic basketball team.
Bob Kesling (Knoxville ’77) became lead announcer of the Vol Network in 1999, broadcasting UT football and basketball on radio. He also is director of broadcasting in the men’s athletic department and hosts the UT coaches’ television shows. Robert “Bob” Johnson (Knoxville ’68) is executive vice president of the industrial sales division of Sovereign Specialty Chemicals Inc. and former CEO of Imperial Adhesives. He played professional football with the Cincinnati Bengals and was a two-time All-America at UT. He also was an academic All-America. Francis E. “Hank” Lauricella attended UT in Knoxville from 1949 to 1951. He was an All-America football player and runner-up for the Heisman trophy. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame (player profile). He served 32 years in the Louisiana legislature. Tim Mack (Knoxville ’96, ’98) won a gold medal in the pole vault in the 2004 summer Olympics. He won the 1995 NCAA indoor pole vault title while a student at UT.
John J. Michels was an All-America guard on the 1952
Volunteer football team. He played professionally for the Philadelphia
Eagles and was an assistant coach with the Minnesota Vikings for 27 years.
He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame (player
profile). Lindsey Nelson (Knoxville ’41) was announcer for
UT football, sports director and announcer for NBC, and announcer for
the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants. He is a member of the
Baseball Hall of Fame. UT’s baseball stadium in Knoxville is named
for him. Melvin Stewart attended UT in Knoxville from 1989 to
1991. He was a swimmer and earned an Olympic gold medal.
Holly Warlick (Knoxville ’80) is a member of
the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (player
profile). She is an assistant coach for the basketball Lady Vols.
As a player, she was a three-time All-America. George Robert “Bob” Woodruff (Knoxville ’39) was men’s athletic director at UT in Knoxville from 1963 to 1985. He was former head football coach at Baylor and at the University of Florida. A member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, he died in 2001.C. Bowden Wyatt (Knoxville 1935 to 1939) was a UT football All America in 1938 and head football coach of the Volunteers from 1955 to 1962. He was national Coach of the Year in 1956. (deceased) |
Dan Beery won a gold medal as a member of the USA Men’s Eight Rowing Division at the 2004 summer Olympics. He graduated from UT Chattanooga in 2000. Thomas Davis “Tommy” Bridges (Knoxville ’29) pitched for the Detroit Tigers and for Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco. He was named to the American League All Star staff six times in the 1930s. (deceased) T. Nash Buckingham attended the Knoxville campus in the early 1900s. He was a judge in practically every field trial and retriever event in the nation, beginning in the 1930s. In 1964, he was elected to the Field Trial Hall of Fame. He was the author or co-author of nine books and hundreds of articles dealing with the outdoors and conservation. In 1927 he was one of the founders of the Outdoor Writers Association and was honored in 1960 by its highest award. In 1970, he was elected to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. (deceased)
Steve DeLong (Knoxville ’65) was a Vol football All America and winner of the Outland Trophy. He played professionally with the San Diego Chargers and the Chicago Bears. He is in the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame. Frank Emanuel ('68), an All-America linebacker in 1965, is a member of the National Football Hall of Fame.He lives in Tampa and heads Frank Emanuel Associates. Beattie Feathers attended UT in Knoxville from 1931 to 1933. He was a football All America who played for the Chicago Bears, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Green Bay Packers. He is in the College Football Hall of Fame (player profile). (deceased)
Philip M. Garner (Knoxville ’73), UT baseball All-America, is the manager of the Houston Astros and former manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers. He played for the Oakland As, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants. Samuel L. Graddy III (Knoxville ’87), won the Olympic gold medal in the 4x 100-meter relay in 1984 and the silver medal in the 100-meter dash. He played professional football.
Todd Helton played baseball for Tennessee from 1992
to 1995 and was a two-time All-America. He is first baseman with the Colorado
Rockies. Chamique Holdsclaw (Knoxville ’99) plays for the
Washington Mystics of the WNBA. At UT she twice received the Naismith
National Player of the Year Award and was a three-time All-America selection.
She also was an Olympic gold medal winner. Allan Houston (Knoxville ’93) is UT men’s
basketball all-time career scoring leader. He plays professionally for
the New York Knicks. Frederick “Rick” Honeycutt (Knoxville ’77) was a baseball All-America who played major league baseball for 21 seasons on six different teams. He retired from major league play in 1997. Chip Kell is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He is a former All America offensive lineman for the Vols.
Jeremy Linn was a UT All America swimmer. He won the NCAA 100-meter breaststroke three years (1996, 1997, 1998) and also won the NCAA 200-meter breaststroke in 1997.
Gene McEver, who attended UT in Knoxville from 1928 to 1931, was a football All-America in 1929. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame (player profile) and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
Patty Wiegand Pitcher (Knoxville ’91)
was a seven-time track and field All-America and a finalist for the 1991
NCAA Woman of the Year. Patricia Ann “Trish” Roberts was an All-America basketball player at Tennessee and an Olympic medalist. She also played professionally and is a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (player profile). She is women’s basketball coach at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. William D. “Tripp” Schwenk was an All-America swimmer who attended UT Knoxville during the 1990s. He won both gold and silver medals in the 1996 summer Olympics. Bob Suffridge, who attended UT in Knoxville from 1938 to 1940, was a three-time football All-America. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame (player profile). (deceased) Matthew H. Vogel, who attended UTK from 1975 to 1980 and 1984 to 1987, won the Olympic gold medal in 100-meter butterfly and the 400-meter medley relay. John Ward (Knoxville ’53) is the retired “Voice of the Vols,” who formerly broadcast Volunteer men’s basketball and football. He broadcast UT football for 31 seasons and basketball for 34 until retiring in 1999. He is a member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
Chris Woodruffwas an All-America tennis player at UT in 1992 and 1993. On the ATP tour, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 12 in the world in February 2000. He retired from the tour in 2002 and is currently the associate head tennis coach at UT. |
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