THE STAFF46 Head Coach Derek Dooley /// 48 Coordinators /// 50 Assistant Coaches /// 54 Football Administration /// 55 Support Staff /// 58 Tennessee Administration

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Derek Dooley may own a rival’s pedigree, but to Tennessee fans he felt just like one of their own when the Vols introduced him as the school’s 22nd head coach in January 2010.

Dooley, 42, came to UT after three seasons as head coach at Louisiana Tech, where he also served as athletics director since March 2008. He was the only athletics director serving as head football coach on the major college level.

But it is his family lineage where Tennessee and Southeast-ern Conference football fans make the connection. Dooley is the youngest son of Georgia legend Vince Dooley, who coached the Bulldogs for 25 seasons and claimed six league titles and the 1980 national championship.

And yet Tennessee’s Dooley sounds right at home on Rocky Top.

“As most of you know, I grew up in this conference,” he said. “I grew up in the SEC. It didn’t take me long as a youngster to realize that Tennessee was the essence of college football. Even as a young kid, watching the team run through the ‘T,’ when you see checkerboard end zones and, of course, hear ‘Rocky Top’ – those were vivid memories as a youngster.”

In Dooley’s first season at the helm of the Tennessee football program, the Vols finished 6-7, winning all four games in No-vember and playing North Carolina in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.

The bright future on the horizon for Tennessee football was exemplified by performances from the talented freshmen class. Tennessee played 26 freshmen in 2010, including 16 true fresh-men, both the third-highest totals in major college football. A school-record seven true freshmen started against Memphis.

Many of the 2010 UT freshmen assumed significant roles and produced record-setting seasons. Quarterback Tyler Bray was 4-1 as a starter and set a Tennessee record for passing yards by a freshman with 1,537. He also set overall school records for passing touchdowns (5) and passing yards (308) in a single half (both at Memphis).

Freshman wide receiver Justin Hunter set a Tennessee fresh-man record with seven receiving touchdowns and averaged nearly 26 yards per catch this season. Additionally, the Vols re-ceived 31 starts by freshmen on the offensive line, including right tackle Ja’Wuan James, who started all 13 games. James

Stone (8 starts), JerQuari Schofield (5 starts) and Zach Fulton (5 starts) also started multiple games on the offensive line in 2010.

And while the future certainly seems promising, the 2010 team featured a big-play offense that produced 71 plays of 20-plus yards, 19 of which were touchdowns, a significant increase from the 2009 totals of 61 plays of 20-plus yards, 10 of which went for touchdowns.

The 2010 Vols developed as the season progressed defen-sively as well, ranking eighth nationally in November by allow-ing only 13.0 points per game. Tennessee also was a plus-9 in turnover margin in November, the third-best total nationally. And despite having such a young roster, the disciplined nature of the 2010 Vols allowed them to rank third in the conference in fewest penalty yards per game for the entire season (41.5 yards per game).

Dooley never accepted the predetermined path to success. He played his college football at Virginia, turning down scholar-ship offers elsewhere to walk on and later earn his own scholar-ship from Cavaliers head coach George Welsh.

As a wide receiver, Dooley earned that scholarship after his second season and went on to help the Cavaliers to three bowl appearances and the 1989 Atlantic Coast Conference champi-onship.

In 1990, he was named first team Academic All-ACC and helped Virginia to a Sugar Bowl bid against Tennessee.

During his career at Virginia, Dooley caught 41 passes for

CoACHing CArEErYear School Position1996 Georgia Grad. Asst., Defensive Backs1997 Southern Methodist Wide Receivers Coach1998-99 Southern Methodist Wide Receivers/ Co-Recruiting Coordinator2000-02 LSU Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends2003 LSU Running Backs/Special Teams 2004 LSU Assistant Head Coach/ Running Backs/Special Teams2005-06 Miami Dolphins Tight Ends Coach2007-09 Louisiana Tech Head Coach2010-11 Tennessee Head Coach

SECond SEASon AT TEnnESSEE>> THe FACTS Born: June 10, 1968 (Athens, Ga.) Wife: Dr. Allison Jeffers Dooley Children: John Taylor, Peyton and Julianna

EducationClarke Central High SchoolUniversity of Virginia 1991University of Georgia Law School 1994

College FootballWide ReceiverUniversity of Virginia 1987-90

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604 yards and three touchdowns. His level of play was such in the 1990 season that he was invited to and participated in the Senior Bowl.

He graduated that year with a bachelor’s degree in government and foreign affairs, and then went on to earn his law degree from the University of Georgia in 1994.

After a successful start to the legal profession, Dooley switched gears and returned to his love of football. Four short years later, he latched onto the staff of Nick Saban at LSU and moved into the fast lane of the SEC. After five successful seasons that in-cluded two SEC titles and the 2003 national cham-pionship, Dooley moved with Saban to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins.

“I really thrived in his way of doing things,” Dooley said of Saban. “I’m very grateful for the opportunity he gave me in wearing so many hats, coaching different positions, coordinating recruiting and coordinating special teams, assistant head coach -- he really allowed me to blossom as a young coach.”

But rather than remain in that comfort zone, Dooley again chose his own path toward success – a path that returned him to the state of Louisiana.

“There was a part of me that said stay in your comfort zone, sit tight, and, hopefully, one day it (head coaching job) would come,” Dooley said. “That really isn’t who I am, and I felt I needed to de-velop more to be ready when I got this opportunity.”

Dooley was named to his first head coaching position by Louisiana Tech in December 2006, and immediately began laying the foundation for future success. Included in his 23-26 overall record was an 8-5 mark in 2008 highlighted by the school’s first postseason victory in 30 years at the Independence Bowl. Tech finished second in the WAC that season and played in a bowl game for only the third time since joining the major college ranks in 1989.

For his efforts, the Louisiana Sports Writers’ As-sociation named him 2008 Coach of the Year.

Tennessee Director of Athletics Mike Hamilton, always a visionary, saw in Dooley a rising star on the sidelines that could fit right away into his rugged SEC surroundings.

“Derek is one of the bright young coaches in America,” Hamilton said. “He understands our league and the competitive environment in which we compete. He took a very difficult first head coaching job and made significant strides there in a short period of time.

“He is incredibly bright, a tireless recruiter and excellent on-the-field coach.”

Dooley began his coaching career in 1996 as a graduate assistant at Georgia under defensive coor-dinator Joe Kines. He then served from 1997-99 as wide receivers coach and co-recruiting coordinator at SMU, where Dooley helped the Mustangs to the school’s only winning season over a 20-year stretch.

Dooley joined the staff at LSU under Saban in 2000, serving as recruiting coordinator and tight ends coach from 2000-02 and then running backs coach and special teams coordinator from 2003-04. While LSU’s recruiting coordinator, Dooley helped the Tigers land No. 1 classes in 2001 and 2003.

The Tigers won SEC championships both of those seasons, claimed the BCS national champion-ship in 2003, and Saban promoted Dooley to assis-tant head coach for the 2004 campaign.

Under Dooley’s tutelage, running back Justin Vincent set an LSU freshman record by rushing for 1,001 yards in 2003. He went on to be named MVP of both the SEC Championship Game as well as the Sugar Bowl, during which LSU claimed the BCS national title.

In 2004, the Tigers finished first in the SEC in rushing (193.8 yards per game), led by Alley Brous-sard (867 yards, 6.1 avg.) and Joseph Addai (680

yards, 6.7 avg.), a first-round draft choice of India-napolis in 2006.

Dooley left with Saban to serve as tight ends coach for the Dolphins from 2005-06. During his two years in Miami, Dooley oversaw the continued development of tight end Randy McMichael, who ended his Dolphins career as the all-time leader in receptions by a tight end.

Before embarking on his coaching career, Dooley practiced law at a private law firm in Atlanta for two years.

Dooley is married to Dr. Allison Jeffers Dooley, an OB/GYN and Fort Worth, Texas, native. They have two sons, John Taylor (12) and Peyton (9), and a daughter, Julianna (7).

Allison is active in fundraising and serves on the Board of Directors locally for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Imagination Library.

The Dooleys also host an annual fundraising event for Variety, an organization that provides fi-nancial support for numerous children’s charities.

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“(Derek) Dooley is not only the right kind of coach, he is the right kind of MAN that Tennessee needs to lead its football pro-gram at this point in history.”>> Tony BarnhartNational college football journalist and long-time sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Coach Dooley is such a bright person. He made me a better person on and off the field. He made me focus every day on every aspect of the game. As a coach, he makes you the best player you can pos-sibly be. He’ll coach you like you’ve never been coached, and he’ll push you to your maximum potential. He is a phenomenal teacher.”>> Randy McMichaelSt. Louis Rams tight end

“He’s the kind of coach that’s got a lot of energy, and he’s somebody that you can relate to on a personal level. He’s great at giving advice while being upbeat at the same time. There aren’t many coaches that will let you have fun while getting the job done at the same time. He has the ability to get that out of you.”>> Joseph AddaiIndianapolis Colts tailback

“I really admire and look up to him. Not only is he a great coach, but he is a great man. He comes from a background of tradition of winning, and he represents what you expect from in a coach. You can believe and fully trust him. He is a high-character man and a player’s coach.”>> Robert RoyalCleveland Browns tight end

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The start to Jim Chaney’s second season at Ten-nessee certainly offered a monumental assignment. UT’s offensive coordinator faced the task of replac-ing his quarterback, finding a starting tailback and overhauling nearly the entire offensive line.

But Chaney once again pushed all the right but-tons to produce what turned into a terrific rushing and passing combination that vaulted Tennessee into another bowl game. Chaney saw junior Tauren Poole pass the 1,000-yard rushing plateau during his first season as the starter, and then watched as true freshman Tyler Bray threw for a UT freshman-record 1,849 yards while leading the Vols to a 4-0 November.

All this behind an offensive line that jelled down the stretch and offers a solid anchor for Tennessee’s surging fortunes.

Chaney, 49, arrived in Knoxville in 2009 from the NFL ranks, having spent the three previous sea-sons as assistant coach for the St. Louis Rams.

The majority of Chaney’s coaching experience, however, comes from the collegiate ranks. His coach-ing and recruiting turns at Purdue, Wyoming and Cal State Fullerton made him the perfect fit for Ten-nessee.

Chaney spent all three years in St. Louis coach-ing the offensive line before adding tight ends to his assignment sheet in 2008. During the 2007 cam-paign, Chaney helped coach an offensive line that led running back Steven Jackson to his third con-secutive 1,000-yard season.

Possessing one of college football’s best offensive minds, Chaney helped the Boilermakers lead the Big Ten in passing offense five times and total offense three. Purdue was ranked in the top 10 in the nation in total offense in six seasons, including 2000, when the Boilermakers ranked fourth.

Chaney served as the offensive coordinator at Purdue from 1997-2005.

Quarterback Drew Brees, a second-round draft pick by the San Diego Chargers in 2001, was the NCAA total offense champion in 2000, averaging 349.1 yards per game, and received the Maxwell Award as the nation’s outstanding player. Tim Strat-ton received the inaugural John Mackey Award as the nation’s best tight end in 2000.

More importantly, the 2000 combination of Chaney and Brees under head coach Joe Tiller led Purdue to its first Big Ten championship and Rose Bowl berth in 33 years.

From 1997-2001, Chaney served as recruiting coordinator and helped the Boilermakers sign some

of the country’s top high school talent. The 1998 class was ranked second in the Big Ten and 11th na-tionally. Each of Chaney’s last five classes was in the top 30 nationally.

Before his Purdue tenure, Chaney was offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Wyoming in 1995 and 1996. He joined the Cowboys in 1993 as a graduate assistant, working with the tight ends and recruiting.

Chaney broke into coaching at Cal State Ful-lerton in 1985. He served in many areas, including offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator as well as coaching all offensive positions. Chaney had a stint as the offensive line coach at Western Michigan during the spring of 1988 before returning to Cal State Fullerton.

A native of Holden, Mo., Chaney earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Central Missouri State University in 1985 after a career at nose guard. He earned All-Conference honors as a senior.

Chaney and his wife, Lisa, who hails from Rock Springs, Wyo., are the parents of daughters Elizabeth and Sara.

Jim CHAnEY

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>> THe FACTS Born: Jan. 12, 1962 (Holden, Mo.) Wife: Lisa Chaney Children: Elizabeth, Sara

EducationHolden High SchoolCentral Missouri State University 1985

College FootballNose Guard, Central Missouri State, 1980-83

Coaching CareerCal State Fullerton 1985-87, Western Michigan 1988, Cal State Fullerton 1988-92, Wyoming 1993-96, Purdue 1997-2005, St. Louis Rams 2006-08, Tennessee 2009-present.

Bowl Game Coaching History1993 Copper, 1997 Alamo, 1998 Alamo, 2000 Out-back, 2001 Rose, 2001 Sun, 2002 Sun, 2004 Capital One, 2004 Sun, 2009 Chick-fil-A, 2010 Music City.

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Justin Wilcox saved his best defensive showings for last during his debut season in the Southeastern Conference.

Wilcox blended a unit of defenders that hit its stride during Tennessee’s unbeaten November streak to a bowl game. The Vols defense registered more sacks, forced turnovers and took advantage with big-play scoring opportunities while limiting four straight foes to no more than 14 points.

Wilcox came to Knoxville from Boise State, where for the previous four seasons he served as defensive coordinator and helped the Broncos blast their way into the elite of college football. In 2009, Boise State completed a perfect 14-0 season with a Fiesta Bowl victory over TCU.

That victory lifted Boise State’s record to 49-4 in four seasons with Wilcox at the defensive helm under head coach Chris Petersen.

Wilcox, 34, made his mark on the national de-fensive rankings in 2009, guiding the Broncos to a No. 14 statistical finish in both total defense and scoring defense and a No. 3 showing in turnover margin. Boise State bookended the season with two of its most impressive victories, clamping down on Pac-10 Conference champion Oregon 19-8 to start the year and then closing with the 17-10 triumph over previously undefeated TCU at the Fiesta Bowl.

The Broncos of 2008 were nearly as tough, finishing 12-1 and winning their second Western Athletic Conference title in three seasons. Wilcox’s defense ranked third nationally in scoring, allowing just 12.6 points per game and holding eight of its 13 opponents to 10 points or fewer.

Boise State led the WAC in total defense and scoring defense all four seasons under Wilcox.

Wilcox coached six seasons overall in Boise, also working as a graduate assistant for the Broncos from 2001-02. Among his prized stalwarts were defensive end Ryan Winterswyk and defensive back Kyle Wil-son, both of whom twice earned All-WAC first team nods.

In both 2007 and 2006, the Broncos also led the WAC in rushing defense. Boise State was eighth na-tionally against the run during Wilcox’s debut season as defensive coordinator, and his overall defensive scheme was instrumental in helping that 2006 squad to a 13-0 record and the now-famous 43-42 over-time win over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.

Before returning to Boise State as defensive co-ordinator, Wilcox spent three seasons (2003-05) at California as linebackers coach. Wilcox was credited with turning his linebackers into a unit that epito-

mized the Cal defense’s swarm-to-the-ball philoso-phy, and the Bears went to three straight bowls and combined for a 26-12 record.

In his two seasons as a graduate assistant at Boise State, Wilcox worked with the outside linebackers. He helped Boise State to an upset victory over No. 8 Fresno State in 2001 and a 12-1 record and No. 15 national ranking in 2002.

The Junction City, Ore., native played colle-giately at Oregon from 1995-99 and was a part of four teams that advanced to bowl games. He played in the 1997 Las Vegas, 1998 Aloha, and 1999 Sun bowls. He redshirted in 1995 when Oregon partici-pated in the Cotton Bowl.

His first three years were spent at safety before he moved to cornerback as a senior in 1999 and claimed All-Pac-10 second-team honors. Wilcox earned his bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Oregon in 1999.

Wilcox is the son of Dave Wilcox, All-Pro line-backer for the San Francisco 49ers who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

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JUSTIN WILCOX

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>> THE FAcTS Born: Nov. 12, 1976 (Eugene, Ore.)

EducationJunction City (Ore.) High SchoolUniversity of Oregon 1999

College FootballSafety/Cornerback, University of Oregon, 1995-99

Coaching CareerBoise State 2001-02, California 2003-05, Boise State 2006-09, Tennessee 2010-present.

Bowl Game Coaching History2002 Humanitarian, 2003 Insight, 2004 Holiday, 2005 Las Vegas, 2007 Fiesta, 2007 Hawaii, 2008 Poinsettia, 2010 Fiesta, 2010 Music City.

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Harry Hiestand (pronounced HE-stand) faced the daunting task of putting together his first offensive line at Tennessee from an inexperienced group. The Vols re-turned only one player with any starting experience at all, and that amounted to a total of three starts.

Yet the former Super Bowl coach with the Chicago Bears molded Tennessee’s young but talented group up front and formed a unit that should be a foundation for growth over the next few seasons.

Hiestand saw his two tackles, sophomore Dallas Thomas and true freshman Ja’Wuan James, start every game. There was plenty of movement inside, but Jarrod Shaw – the lone starting veteran of the bunch – proved his versatility by playing in all three interior positions as needed. Two more true freshmen, James Stone at center and Zach Fulton at guard, worked their way into the starting lineup under Hiestand’s guidance, with Stone earning multiple Freshman All-America honors.

The Malvern, Pa., native came to UT after five sea-sons as offensive line coach with the Chicago Bears, where he helped the NFL franchise to its first Super Bowl appearance in 21 years.

Before that, Hiestand coached 17 seasons at four different major college schools, the longest tenure being eight seasons as offensive line coach and assistant head coach at Illinois.

The 52-year-old has been coaching offensive line-men and tight ends since 1982. In Chicago, Hiestand molded units that were known for their physical play in the run game and ability to protect the quarterback. The NFC-champion Bears of 2006 attempted 539 passes while permitting just 25 sacks, and the 2008 squad at-tempted 557 passes and absorbed just 29 sacks.

During his Illinois days, Hiestand coached 12 All-Big Ten Conference selections on the offensive line. Ev-ery starting offensive lineman in Hiestand’s first seven years with the Illini made it to an NFL camp.

Hiestand and his wife, Terri, have three sons, Mi-chael, Matthew and Mark, and one daughter, Sarah.

Charlie Baggett blended a talented mixture of up-perclassmen and newcomers to give the Vols an excel-lent receiving corps during his first year at UT.

The NFL veteran, who has coached nine 1,000-yard receivers in the pro ranks, saw seniors Gerald Jones and Denarius Moore lead Tennessee in 2010. Jones was tops in catches with 55 for 596 yards and four touchdowns, while Moore led the way with 981 receiving yards and nine TDs on 47 receptions.

Freshmen also thrived under Baggett’s leadership. Justin Hunter made his presence felt with a team-

leading 25.9-yard receiving average, finishing with 16 catches for 415 yards. His seven receiving scores were second only to Moore. Da’Rick Rogers caught 11 passes for 167 yards to go with 117 rushing yards and a 24.8-yard kickoff return average.

Baggett, 58, who serves as Tennessee’s assistant head coach and wide receivers coach, brought 33 years of coaching experience to the Vols, including 11 seasons as an NFL assistant.

Baggett spent 2009 with the St. Louis Rams and before that was at Washington, where he coached the Huskies’ wide receivers from 2007-08. Baggett was as-sociate head coach/offense and wide receivers coach for the Miami Dolphins from 2005-06, coaching under Nick Saban and alongside Dooley.

Under Baggett, Dolphins wide receiver Chris Chambers had a Pro Bowl season in 2005, catching 82 passes for 1,118 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Baggett was wide receivers coach for the Vikings from 2000-04, coaching Cris Carter and Randy Moss. In the first four seasons of Baggett’s tenure, Moss had 376 receptions for 5,649 yards and 49 touchdowns, all of which ranked in the top three in the NFL.

Carter caught 169 passes before retiring after the 2001 season.

A native of Fayetteville, N.C., Baggett and his wife, Lisa, have a daughter, Camille.

ChARLIe bAggeTT

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>> THE FAcTS Born: Nov. 19, 1958 (Malvern, Pa.) Wife: Terri Hiestand Children: Michael, Matthew, Mark and Sarah

EducationRadnor (Pa.) High SchoolEast Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania 1983

College FootballOffensive Guard, Springfield and East Strouds-burg, 1980-83

Coaching CareerEast Stroudsburg 1982-85, Pennsylvania 1986, Southern California 1987, Toledo 1988, Cincinnati 1989-93, Missouri 1994-96, Illinois 1997-2004, Chi-cago Bears 2005-09, Tennessee 2010-present.

Bowl Game Coaching History1988 Rose, 1999 Micron PC, 2001 Sugar, 2006 Su-per, 2010 Music City.

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>> THE FAcTS Born: Jan. 21, 1953 (Fayetteville, N.C.) Wife: Lisa Baggett Children: Camille

EducationE.E. Smith Sr. High SchoolMichigan State University 1976

College FootballQuarterback, Michigan State, 1973-75

Coaching CareerBowling Green 1977-80, Minnesota 1981-82, Michigan State 1983-92, Houston Oilers 1993-94, Michigan State 1995-98, Green Bay Packers 1999, Minnesota Vikings 2000-04, Miami Dolphins 2005-06, Washington 2007-08, St. Louis Rams 2009, Ten-nessee 2010-present.

Bowl Game Coaching History1984 Cherry, 1985 Hall of Fame, 1988 Rose, 1989 Ga-tor, 1989 Aloha, 1990 John Hancock, 1995 Indepen-dence, 1996 Sun, 1997 Aloha, 2010 Music City.

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Darin Hinshaw’s impact was immediate as Tennes-see’s first-year quarterbacks coach. The former signal-caller helped two UT quarterbacks – both making their debuts in Knoxville – lead the Vols offense to a bowl game and a third-place finish in the SEC’s Eastern Divi-sion.

Hinshaw’s quarterback duo of Matt Simms and Tyler Bray combined for 3,309 yards passing and 26 touchdowns in 2010. The true freshman Bray assumed the starter’s role in November and guided the team to a 4-0 finish to claim bowl eligibility. During those four starts, Bray threw for 1,234 yards and 12 TDs against just four interceptions, earning SEC Freshman of the Week three times.

A Punta Gorda, Fla., native, Hinshaw was a record-setting quarterback himself during his collegiate playing days and spent the last three seasons as wide receivers coach at Memphis on the staff of former Vols footballer Tommy West.

Hinshaw, 38, joined the Memphis staff after serving one season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia Southern.

Prior to that, Hinshaw worked at Middle Tennessee for five seasons. He was the running backs coach his first two seasons before being elevated to co-offensive coordinator in February 2003.

Hinshaw made his way to Middle Tennessee from Central Florida, his alma mater. Hinshaw spent 1999 as a graduate assistant before taking over the quarterback coaching duties in 2000.

He set numerous school records for the Knights, finishing as career leader in every major passing cate-gory, including yards (9,000) and TDs (82). During his time under center, UCF had a combined 28-16 record, including a 9-3 mark in 1993 that resulted in a berth in the Division I-AA playoffs. Hinshaw was named in 2004 to UCF’s 25th Anniversary Team.

Following his playing days at UCF, Hinshaw be-gan a career in pro football. After a brief stint with the Cleveland Browns, he spent two years with the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League.

Hinshaw and his wife, Pam, have four children: daughters Sydney, Hayley and Carley; and son Darin Jr.

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Defensive backs/Recruiting Coordinator

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>> THE FAcTS Born: June 6, 1972 (Punta Gorda, Fla.) Wife: Pam Hinshaw Children: Sydney, Hayley, Carley, Darin Jr.

EducationCharlotte (Fla.) High SchoolUniversity of Central Florida 1993Master’s, University of Central Florida 1996

College FootballQuarterback, Central Florida, 1991-94

Coaching CareerCentral Florida 1999-2000, Middle Tennessee 2001-05, Georgia Southern 2006, Memphis 2007-09, Tennessee 2010-present.

Bowl Game Coaching History2007 New Orleans, 2008 St. Petersburg, 2010 Mu-sic City.

Terry Joseph’s defensive secondary unit helped the Vols finish among the nation’s top 20 with 18 intercep-tions in 2010.

UT’s 18 picks also were fourth in the SEC while tying for 19th overall in major college football, and 10 of those 18 interceptions helped spark Tennessee’s 4-0 November run to a bowl game.

Only safety Janzen Jackson started every game, while Joseph matched five other consistently improving defenders among the three remaining secondary posi-tions. Prentiss Waggner joined Jackson to earn All-SEC second team honors, and Marsalis Teague, Eric Gordon and Brent Brewer were among the key figures in Tennes-see’s defensive turnaround.

Joseph also serves as recruiting coordinator under Derek Dooley, and the New Orleans native held those same duties the previous three seasons on Dooley’s staff at Louisiana Tech. Joseph helped turn around a Bull-dogs secondary unit that sliced its scoring defense aver-age nearly in half by 2008.

That’s the year Tech won its first bowl game in 30 years at the Independence Bowl. The Bulldogs finished second in the WAC and played in a bowl game for only the third time since 1989.

Joseph also coordinated Tech’s recruiting, and the 2009 class ranked second in the league. Rivals.com tabbed Joseph as the No. 4 non-BCS recruiter.

Joseph, 37, came to Tech after one graduate assis-tant season at LSU, where he worked under head coach Les Miles and defensive coordinator Bo Pelini.

Before that, Joseph gathered knowledge of the Louisiana high school football circuit -- especially south Louisiana -- thanks to his three seasons each as an as-sistant coach at both Archbishop Shaw and Destrehan high schools in the New Orleans area.

Joseph earned his bachelor’s degree from North-western State in 1996. He was the 1995 Southland Conference Baseball Player of the Year and went on to four minor league playing seasons in the Chicago Cubs

and San Diego Padres systems.He is married to the former Amanda Gauthe of

Destrehan, La., and they are the parents of daughters Taylor and Lynleigh.

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>> THE FAcTS Born: Nov. 20, 1973 (New Orleans) Wife: Amanda Joseph Children: Taylor, Lynleigh

EducationArchbishop Shaw High SchoolNorthwestern State University 1996

College BaseballOutfielder, Northwestern State, 1993-95

Coaching CareerArchbishop Shaw High School 1999-2002, Destre-han High School 2002-05, LSU 2006, Louisiana Tech 2007-09, Tennessee 2010-present

Bowl Game Coaching History2007 Sugar, 2008 Independence, 2010 Music City.

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Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley welcomed a familiar face when he named Eric Russell to his assis-tant coaching staff. Russell coached two seasons under Dooley at Louisiana Tech before moving to the Texas Tech staff.

During his first season in Knoxville, Russell sparked improvement in UT’s special teams units. The combi-nation of Daniel Lincoln and true freshman Michael Palardy made 15 of 18 field goals. Additionally, the kickoff return teams averaged 21.5 yards while allowing only 19.0 yards per return. The Vols also successfully pulled off two fake punts for first downs and a kickoff reverse that sent true freshman Da’Rick Rogers on a 78-

yard runback.In addition, his work with tight ends helped senior

Luke Stocker finish third on UT with 39 catches.Russell, 43, was special teams coordinator at Texas

Tech in 2009. The Idaho native arrived in Lubbock after two successful seasons at Louisiana Tech under Dooley.

Before that, Russell spent 13 seasons at North Texas, including five as the special teams coordinator. During his tenure at North Texas, Russell helped lead the pro-gram to four consecutive Sun Belt Conference titles and four consecutive appearances in the New Orleans Bowl from 2001-04.

During his time as special teams coordinator, North Texas blocked 14 punts, including seven during the 2003 season.

Prior to joining the North Texas staff in 1994, Rus-sell served as a graduate assistant at New Mexico in 1993 and at Idaho in 1991.

An all-state quarterback at St. Marie’s High School, Russell was named the Idaho Offensive Player of the Year as a senior before earning all-conference honors at Spokane (Wash.) Falls Community College in 1986-87. He earned his bachelor’s degree in public relations from Idaho in 1991.

Russell is married to the former Shannon Cook of Tyler, Texas, and the couple has a son, Hayden, and a daughter, Hadleigh.

Peter Sirmon became the newest member of the Tennessee staff when he was promoted during the win-ter to assistant coach in charge of linebackers.

Sirmon, 34, spent last season at Tennessee as a graduate assistant coach for the defensive staff, spend-ing most of his time with UT’s safeties. That proved to be an excellent match for the Vols, with Janzen Jackson earning a second-team All-SEC nod and Brent Brewer making great strides in his first season back from the professional baseball ranks.

Sirmon says his recent playing experience definitely contributes to his coaching success.

“I think anytime you have walked in the same shoes as the players, there’s a level of communication and un-derstanding. You’re asking them to do things you know can be done and if things are difficult, you understand the problems they’re having. It’s easier to relate to them.”

Sirmon brought a wealth of experience and knowl-edge to the Vols. The seven-year NFL veteran spent 2009 as a graduate assistant at Oregon, his alma mater.

Oregon won the Pacific-10 Conference title that year and played in the Rose Bowl after compiling a 10-2 regular season mark. Sirmon’s coaching input helped the Ducks lead the Pacific-10 Conference in sacks that sea-son with nearly three per game.

Prior to a stint with the Ducks, Sirmon served as coach for the linebackers and kickoff coverage teams at Central Washington. It was his first coaching position since retiring from the NFL.

The Wildcats compiled a 10-1 regular season record that year and advanced to the NCAA Division II foot-ball playoffs.

Sirmon’s playing days saw the Wenatchee, Wash., native selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He spent his entire sev-en-year career playing linebacker in Nashville.

An All-Pac-10 performer, Sirmon was a four-year starter and letterwinner at Oregon from 1996-99. During his time in Eugene, Sirmon was a part of 30 Ducks’ wins.

A teammate and roomate from his Oregon days was Justin Wilcox, Tennessee’s second-year defensive coor-dinator.

“Justin and I have a really strong relationship,” Sir-mon says. “I think we can both talk frankly with each other and understand that it’s work.”

Sirmon and his wife, Lindsay, have four children: Jackson, 9; Austyn, 8; Savanna, 6; and Sienna, 3.

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>> THE FAcTS Born: Dec. 30, 1967 (Spokane, Wash.) Wife: Shannon Hinshaw Children: Hayden and Hadleigh

EducationSt. Marie’s (Idaho) High SchoolUniversity of Idaho 1991

College FootballQuarterback, Spokane Falls (Wash.) Community College, 1986-87

Coaching CareerIdaho 1991, New Mexico 1993, North Texas 1994-2007, Louisiana Tech 2007-08, Texas Tech 2009; Tennessee 2010-present.

Bowl Game Coaching History2001 New Orleans, 2002 New Orleans, 2003 New Orleans, 2004 New Orleans, 2008 Independence, 2009 Alamo, 2010 Music City.

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>> THE FAcTS Born: Feb. 18, 1977 (Wenatchee, Wash.) Wife: Lindsay Sirmon Children: Jackson, Austyn, Savanna and Sienna

College FootballLinebacker, Oregon, 1996-99

Coaching CareerCentral Washington 2008, Oregon 2009, Tennes-see 2010-present

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Ron McKeefery joined Tennessee in January as football head strength and conditioning coach. The 2008 Under Armour Collegiate Strength and Con-ditioning Coach of the Year, McKeef-ery recently spent 11 seasons at South Florida, where he served as assistant athletic director for strength and conditioning and head strength and conditioning coach.

McKeefery’s most recent role was as human perfor-mance coordinator for the U.S. Army Special Forces, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, in Fort Campbell, Ky.

A key member of the South Florida coaching staff, McKeefery’s tenure with the Bulls coincided with that program’s rise from Div. I-AA to perennial Big East Conference contender. In addition to six consecutive bowl games and 16 NFL draft picks, the success of his strength and conditioning program is best exemplified by the fact that South Florida was 10-0 in overtime dur-ing his 11 seasons with the school.

After spending one season as a coach at Ottawa (Kan.) University, his alma mater, McKeefery worked as an intern with the Kansas City Royals. In the two years before going to South Florida, he worked with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 1999 season, a year in which the Bucs played in the NFC Championship Game. McKeefery then spent the 2000 season as the head strength and conditioning coach with the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe.

He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Spe-cialist w/Distinction and Coach Practitioner under the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as well as a Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified under the Collegiate Strength and Condition-ing Coaches Association (CSCCA). He also served as the state NSCA Director for Florida (North) and is cer-tified by both the NSCA and the CSCCA.

The Missouri native owns a bachelor of arts in biol-ogy from Ottawa and a master of arts in adult education from South Florida. McKeefery earned all-conference honors in both football and track at Ottawa and was also a two-time Academic All-America.

Ron is married to the former Angela Hamilton. They are the parents of four children: James, Tyler, Ava and Maya.

Lance Thompson arrived in Knoxville three years ago the owner of a championship pedigree. That men-tality is building a foundation in the Tennessee defense and already paying dividends.

Thompson coached the UT linebackers during his first two seasons in Knoxville, guiding Nick Reveiz to a team-high 108 tackles last year. Reveiz also was a finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, presented to a former walk-on having the biggest impact on his team.

But now Thompson is returning to the defensive line, one of the many positions he had handled through-out his successful coaching tenure.

Thompson, a Riverdale, Ga., native, helped mold national title-winners at Georgia Tech and LSU, and spent his two seasons before UT rejuvenating Alabama’s fortunes toward the SEC elite as outside linebackers coach and recruiting specialist.

Thompson, 46, owns two separate coaching stints alongside Nick Saban, having originally worked for Sa-ban and alongside Derek Dooley at LSU for the 2002-03 seasons before rejoining Saban at Alabama in 2007. Thompson served LSU as the assistant head coach in charge of recruiting and tight ends during their national championship season in 2003.

After his LSU tenure, Thompson spent three years as defensive coordinator at Central Florida. He previously served as Alabama’s defensive line coach in 1999-2000. Prior to his first two-year stint at Alabama, Thompson was a part of the Georgia Tech staff for 11 years. During that time, Thompson held the position of Director of Football Operations from 1992-94.

Thompson got his start in coaching in 1988, serving as a graduate assistant for two years at Georgia Tech, followed by two more years as a volunteer assistant in 1990 and 1991.

Thompson was a four-year letterman at The Citadel, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in education and mathematics in 1987.

He is the father of three daughters: Allie, Christina and Lane.

LANCe ThOmpSON

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RON mCKeefeRy

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>> THE FAcTS Born: June 4, 1964 (Atlanta) Children: Allie, Christina and Lane

EducationRiverdale (Ga.) High SchoolThe Citadel 1987

College FootballDefensive End, The Citadel, 1984-87

Coaching CareerGeorgia Tech 1988-89, 1990-91 (graduate assis-tant), Georgia Tech 1995-98, Alabama 1999-2000, Georgia Tech 2001, LSU 2002-03, Central Florida 2004-06, Alabama 2007-08, Tennessee 2009- present.

Bowl Game Coaching History1991 Florida Citrus, 1991 Aloha, 1997 Carquest, 2000 Orange, 2001 Seattle, 2003 Cotton, 2004 Sugar, 2005 Hawaii, 2007 Independence, 2009 Sugar, 2009 Chick-fil-A, 2010 Music City.

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>> THE FAcTS Born: July 20, 1976 (Upper Darby, Pa.) Wife: Angela McKeefery Children: James, Tyler, Ava, Maya

EducationNorth Kansas City High SchoolOttawa University 1997Masters, University of South Florida, 2004

College FootballDefensive back, Ottawa, 1994-97

Coaching CareerOttawa 1998, Kansas City Royals 1998, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1999, Berlin Thunder 2000, South Flor-ida 2000-10, Tennessee 2011-present.

Bowl Game History2005 Meineke Car Care, 2006 PapaJohns.com, 2007 Sun, 2008 St. Petersburg, 2010 International, 2010 Meineke Car Care.

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Schirra Fields takes over this year as Tennessee’s defensive graduate assistant after spending two seasons at Louisiana Tech.

Fields was a gradu-ate assistant in 2010 and served as an in-tern for the Bulldogs strength and condi-tioning program the year before. Fields joined the Tech family after working at Tyler Junior College, coaching defensive backs.

The Haynesville, La. native was a walk-on wide receiver at LSU from 2002-05, during which time the Tigers won the 2003 national championship. Derek Dooley was a member of that coaching staff.

During his prep career, Fields played wide receiver and defensive back at Haynesville High School, helping the Tornados to the 2000 Class A title. He was named Louisiana’s Class A State Defensive Player of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

He earned his bachelor’s in kinesiology from LSU in 2006, and is pursuing a master’s in sports psychology.

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sChirra fields

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Blake Rolan: Offense

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Chandler Tygard: Defense

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Chino Fontenette en-ters his second season with the UT coaching staff as offensive graduate assistant after two years as running backs coach at Louisiana Tech.

Fontenette helped mold the 2008 Bulldogs ground game into the sec-ond-best unit in the WAC en route to the program’s

signature win at the Independence Bowl. And Tech tail-back Daniel Porter finished his Bulldogs career with a school-record 3,352 yards.

Fontetette earned a double major from Tulane Uni-versity in media arts and marketing in 2003 and was named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. As a player, from 1999-2003, Fontenette saw ac-tion at running back, wide receiver and quarterback for an 8-5 squad that won the Hawaii Bowl in 2002.

He also spent 2004-05 working as an ESPN pro-duction assistant, including assignments on the NFL Draft, Sunday Night Football, the Pro Bowl and the NBA Draft. He returned to coaching as a graduate assis-tant for Tulane under head coach Chris Scelfo in 2005.

david blaCkburn David Blackburn continues to display his value and versatility to the University of Tennessee and currently serves as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Adminis-tration. Blackburn is involved in other administrative du-ties as assigned by Director of Athletics Mike Hamilton.

Blackburn, a 20-year veteran within the athletic de-partment, has served in many capacities during his tenure, include assistant recruiting coordinator, director of recruit-ing compliance for all men’s teams, director of football operations, assistant athletic director for development, and associate athletic director for football.

Blackburn has direct oversight of the football depart-ment, serving as the football sport administrator. In addi-tion, he has also served as the sport administrator for both track and field and swimming and diving.

A Loudon native, Blackburn graduated from UT after serving two years as head football student manager and stu-dent assistant under head coach Johnny Majors. He joined UT Athletics in a full-time capacity in 1992 and has served in a number of roles, including five years as an assistant athletics director for football administration under head coach Philip Fulmer.

Blackburn lives in Maryville with his wife, the former Andrea Radel of Albion, Mich, and their two daughters, Emma and Charlee.

>> The FacTs Born: Sept. 19, 1965 (Loudon) Wife: Andrea Blackburn Children: Emma and Charlee

EducationLoudon High SchoolUniversity of Tennessee 1989

Brad Pendergrass returned to Knoxville in 2010 as UT’s director of football operations on head coach Derek Dooley’s staff.

Pendergrass held the same position the previous year at Wisconsin after a five-year stint at Mississippi State. His first full-time position, however, was at Tennessee with his alma mater.

Pendergrass, 34, made the move to Wisconsin in 2009 as the Badgers’ director of football operations and handled the team’s administrative operations.

At Mississippi State, he spent his first three years as assistant to the head coach. Pendergrass was named co-ordinator of football operations in 2007, and then was promoted prior to the 2008 season to assistant AD for football operations.

Pendergrass spent 10 seasons with the Vols under former head coach Phillip Fulmer -- rising from student manager, to graduate assistant for the coaching staff, to graduate assistant in football operations and later to full-time recruiting assistant.

A native of Huntingdon, Pendergrass received his bachelor’s degree in business/marketing from UT in 1998. He earned a master’s in human performance and sports studies in 2001.

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>> The FacTs Born: June 25, 1976 (Oak Ridge)

EducationHuntingdon High SchoolUniversity of Tennessee 1998Master’s, University of Tennessee 2001

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Heather Ervin is entering her third year as assistant director for football operations.

Ervin’s duties include assisting with all non-coach-ing aspects associated with football operations. This includes working with game management, coordinat-ing player campus and off-campus housing needs and their summer employment, and working closely with the Thornton Center in managing academic demands.

In addition, Ervin serves as chief liaison to all of parent event functions as well as being routinely in-volved with official and unofficial recruiting visits. She also managed the Wolf-Kaplan Room pre-game and the Lauricella Center Lettermen’s Room for post-game functions.

The Sweetwater native joined UT Athletics in Sep-tember 2001 in an administrative support role with the football office.

Ervin holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in sports management from Troy University, where she played basketball and later served as a graduate assistant coach for two years.

Ervin and her husband, Harry, who also hails from Sweetwater, reside in Maryville with their daughters Jas-mine and Jada.

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>> THE FAcTS Husband: Harry Ervin Children: Jasmine and Jada

EducationSweetwater High SchoolTroy University 1999Master’s, Troy University 2001

CONDReDge hOLLOWAy

Assistant AD player Relations

Condredge Holloway is approaching his 14th year on the Tennessee staff and continues to serve as a vital link between the current Vols football staff and its sto-ried history.

UT’s Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Ath-lete Relations and Letterman also is one of the most cel-ebrated players in school history. Recently, Holloway’s amazing career was the subject of an ESPN documen-tary, “The Color Orange: The Condredge Holloway Story,” produced by Kenny Chesney. It recounted the life and playing days of the SEC’s first African-Ameri-can starting quarterback.

Holloway, 57, primarily serves as the department’s liaison with the Lettermen’s Club, assisting with re-unions and other projects. Holloway also is the point person for numerous issues surrounding the conduct of a major college football program. Holloway has taken great pride in helping former Vols find their niche in the business world by assisting them with contacts and employment opportunities following graduation.

Holloway, who also was an All-America shortstop for the Vols, left Knoxville and played 13 seasons in the Canadian Football League. He was league MVP in 1982. After his professional playing days ended, Hol-loway returned to UT and earned his degree.

Holloway is married to the former Courtney Haral-son of Meigs County and is the father of Jasmine and Condredge III.

>> THE FAcTS Born: Jan. 25, 1954 (Huntsville, Ala.) Wife: Courtney Holloway Children: Jasmine and Condredge III

EducationLee High SchoolUniversity of Tennessee 1991

College FootballQuarterback, Tennessee, 1971-74

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Director of On Campus Recruiting

Kris Ann Hawkins signed on to head coach Derek Dooley’s football reorganization when she was named Director of On Campus Recruiting in 2010.

The Morristown native initiates the plans for all on-campus activities for both official and unofficial visits and helps with mailing campaigns and general recruit-ing office activities.

After graduating with an English degree from UT in 2001, Hawkins began her career working for her alma mater in the university’s Upward Bound programs. In 2003, she moved to the admissions office at Middle Tennessee State, assisting with student tours on the Murfreesboro campus, before returning to UT’s admis-sion’s office two years later.

That’s when Hawkins, as Assistant Director of Ad-missions, began the Orange Pride program and main-tained oversight as part of her campus recruitment ac-tivities. She also helped with general student recruiting at local high schools and assisted with event planning.

Hawkins and her husband, John, who is from Knoxville, are the parents of a daughter, Reagan, and a son, Haynes.

>> THE FAcTS Husband: John Hawkins Children: Reagan and Haynes

EducationMorristown West High SchoolUniversity of Tennessee 2001

vol for Life Coordinator

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.

The newly-created VFL is a comprehensive program for UT’s football student-athletes that centers on four areas of personal growth: character education, life skills, career development and spiritual growth.

A former captain and four-year letterman from 1997-2001, Lott returns to Knoxville from West Ten-nessee 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 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 un-der Lott’s head coach, Phillip Fulmer. The All-SEC de-fensive back was drafted in the fifth round by the Wash-ington Redskins and played five seasons in the NFL.

Lott, 31, hails from Memphis and is married to a Savannah native, the former Jackie Givens, who will be working in Knoxville as a nurse practitioner at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

The couple has two daughters, Ella Grace and Ana Lou.

>> THE FAcTS Born: May 31, 1979 (Memphis) Wife: Jackie Lott Children: Ella Grace and Ana Lou

EducationMelrose High SchoolUniversity of Tennessee 2000Master’s, Trevecca Nazarene University 2010

College FootballDefensive Back, Tennessee, 1998-2001

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Jason McVeigh enters his sixth season as Director of Sports Medicine at Tennessee, and his 13th overall with the UT athletics department.

McVeigh has been a member of the UT Sports Medicine staff since 1999, when he joined the Vols as the Director of Rehabilitation. He gained his Athletic Trainer Certification in 2000, and was named Head Athletic Trainer after Keith Clements’ departure in 2006.

Under McVeigh’s supervision, the UT Sports Medi-cine department has added several key features to assist in the mission of providing world-class health care to all UT student-athletes.

McVeigh graduated Summa Cum Laude from UT in 1996 with a B.S. degree in Biology. He then went on to receive his master’s degree in Physical Therapy from Duke University in 1999.

A native of Buffalo, N.Y., McVeigh is married to the former Jennifer Bruorton of Marietta, Ga., and they are the parents of twins, Caitlin and Carson, and newborn daughter, Kennedy.

JASON mCveIgh

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DR. ChRIS KLeNCK

Team physician

Dr. Chris Klenck, 39, came to Knoxville in Novem-ber 2006 following a primary care sports medicine fel-lowship at Indiana University Medical Center. He had served the Indianapolis hospital since June 2001 in the positions of Internal Medicine/Pediatrics intern, resi-dent and chief resident.

During fellowship training, Klenck was an assistant team physician for the Indianapolis Colts preseason training camps and assisted at Purdue University, his alma mater. He worked the NFL Scouting Combines in Indianapolis, has NCAA championships experience and served as a team physician in the Indiana high school ranks.

An Evansville, Ind., native, Klenck earned his doc-tor of pharmacy degree from Purdue before complet-ing his doctor of medicine degree at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Klenck is married to the former Laura Botto of Day-ton, Ohio. They are the parents of three children: Jacob, Ben and Ella.

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Dr. Michael PettyChiropractor

Dr. Greg MathienOrthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Russell BetcherOrthopedic Surgeon

John DeanDirector of Rehabilitation

Robb DuncansonAssoc. Athletic Trainer, Football

Logan MerrittAssoc. Athletic Trainer, Football

Allison Maurer is one of only 17 full-time sports nutritionists at the NCAA Division I level and is re-sponsible for all nutrition education with UT athletics. She conducts grocery-shopping tours for student-ath-letes, weight-gain and weight-loss programs and perfor-mance nutrition. She handles meal planning for football and assists with meal planning for other sports, works closely with Team ENHANCE and Team EXCEL and conducts body composition testing for men’s athletics.

Maurer also teaches an undergraduate nutrition class, “Sports Nutrition for Athletes,” while handling the orders and distribution of NCAA-compliant nutri-tional supplements for all UT sports.

The Holland, Mich., native began work at UT in October 2007 after three years at Colorado. Maurer earned her undergraduate degree in nutrition and di-etetics from Olivet Nazarene University in 2002, and completed her master’s from Georgia State University in 2003.

She and her husband, Dan, of Addison, Ill., are the parents of Manny and Emilio.

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equipment manager

Equipment Manager Roger Frazier is responsible for all football equipment issue and maintenance, in addi-tion to handling the purchasing and inventory control of all football game and practice gear.

He also serves as president of the SEC Equipment Managers Association and assists in new product devel-opment with Adidas.

Currently in his 28th year as a full-time staffer with the Volunteers football program, the UT graduate be-gan his career in 1978 as student manager before being named equipment manager in spring 1983.

The equipment room was renamed the Roger Fra-zier and Max Parrott Football Equipment Room, given in their honor by Gordon, Melissa and Hannah Sum-merfield, in January 2003.

Frazier graduated from Bradley Central High School in Cleveland and played football. He and his wife, Donna, have two children, Brandon and Barrett.

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Kim MilliganAdministrativeAssistant

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Logan YoungFootball Operations Assistant

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Tommy BarnesAssoc. Strength and Conditioning Coach

Dan HamiltonAsst. Strength and Conditioning Coach

Steve GortmakerAssoc. Strength and Conditioning Coach

Antonio BanksAsst. Strength and Conditioning Coach

STeveN RUbIO

Director ofplayer personnel

Steven Rubio is UT’s Director of Player Personnel.Rubio, 24, came to the Vols just before the 2009

season as a recruiting intern. Since his promotion, he now oversees all recruiting board material. Rubio han-dles the initial evaluation of high school and junior col-lege prospects.

The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native came to UT from his alma mater, the University of Central Florida, where he graduated with a sports administration degree in 2007. Rubio worked in various roles on the Knights football staff for six years.

SCOTT ALTIzeR

Director offootball Relations

Scott Altizer returned to football last fall after one season with UT’s event management staff.

Altizer serves as liaison to the univesity’s admissions and Thornton Center offices. He oversees the walk-on program and organizes and directs special events like the coaching clinic and summer camps.

The Morristown native graduated from Furman University, where he played baseball and had a brief professional career. He his wife, the former Sandy Apple of Nashville, are the parents of daughters Samantha and Sarah.

ADAm DICUS

Assistant to the head Coach

Adam Dicus arrived in Knoxville from Louisiana Tech having served as the assistant to head coach Derek Dooley.

His day-to-day duties at UT include research and special projects for the head coach and works with NFL scouts during their visits to Knoxville. Dicus got his start as an assistant to the director of football operations at SMU under head coach Phil Bennett. After majoring in economics at SMU, Dicus spent four years working in Dallas for a hedge fund before returning to football operations at Louisiana Tech.

JOe hARRINgTON

Sports Technology Coordinator

Joe Harrington enters his 21st season at Tennessee as the Vols’ sports technology coordinator.

His primary responsibilities include compiling and editing game and practice tapes for coaching analysis, cataloging game tapes and producing “cut-ups.”

A Camillus, N.Y., native, Harrington graduated from UT in 1990 with a communications degree.

Harrington and his wife, the former Tammy Mull-ing of Alva, Fla., have three children, Connor, Abigail and Hayden Jane.

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During his tenure at the helm of the Volunteers athletic program, Mike Hamilton’s visionary leadership has exem-plified the “ideal of service” captured by the university’s revered Torchbearer Statue.

Appointed to the position of director of athletics on 2003, Hamilton’s stewardship of the Tennessee brand continues to ascend to unprecedented new heights. While Tennessee athletics continues to shine brightly as a nation-al standard of intercollegiate achievement, Hamilton has assured that the athletic department’s impact reaches far beyond the fields of competition.

In 2010-11, the benefits of Hamilton’s fiscal oversight took the form of $10.3 million in direct cash support to the

general UT Knoxville campus—the largest such contribution by athletics in university history. The UT athletics depart-ment remains one of only a handful nationwide that receives no funds from state subsidies or taxes.

Success on a national level has been a staple of Ten-nessee athletics, and under Hamilton’s watch, this trend has continued. The Vols have placed in the top 16 in the NACDA Director’s Cup six times in the last seven years, including two top-10 finishes.

The men’s basketball program has reached new heights in recent years and reached the NCAA Elite Eight in 2010—the program’s most successful season in 101 years. The basketball program also won the 2008 SEC Cham-pionship and achieved the program’s first-ever No. 1 na-tional ranking that same year. Additionally, men’s tennis played for the national championship and finished second in the nation in 2010.

The competitive excellence exhibited by the Vols between the lines also has translated to the classroom, where in the spring of 2009, more than 51 percent of Tennessee’s student-athletes earned a GPA of 3.0 or better.

The following academic accolades have been accom-plished during Hamilton’s tenure: 12 first-team Academic All-Americans, two SEC Scholar-Athletes of the Year, 404 student-athletes earning degrees, and a total of 1,052 stu-dent-athletes earning Academic All-SEC honors. In addi-tion, 29 former Vols who left school to pursue professional athletic careers have returned to finish their degree require-ments through the Renewing Academic Commitment (RAC) program administered by the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center.

Operating as the CEO of an organization with a $100-million-plus annual budget, Volunteer success during Hamilton’s watch has not been limited to the athletic and academic arenas, as fundraising success has also been remark-able. Donations to UT athletics totaled $4 million when he arrived on Rocky Top in 1992. By the time he assumed the director of athletics position in 2003, that total had increased nearly 500 percent ($19.5 million). And by 2010, athletics development fundraising efforts had risen to $43.4 million, which is more than double the total when Hamilton assumed his current post.

In total, athletics has raised a total of $413 million since he joined the department in 1992. Moreover, the negative cash balance of $750,000 he inherited as an incoming AD has been remedied—using a zero-based budgeting model—to now reflect a reserve in excess of $9 million.

Additional financial highlights of Hamilton’s tenure thus far include athletics endowments of $32 million, a multimedia rights partnership with IMG College worth a minimum of $133 million through 2022, two adidas sponsorship deals totaling more than $40 million and

$230 million in new or renovated facilities since 2003.Perhaps one of Hamilton’s most ambitious undertak-

ings—the Neyland Stadium Master Plan—is now 60 percent complete. The multi-phase renovation project has brought the addition of revenue-generating Tennessee Terrace and East and West Club seating areas, a field-level Lettermen’s Room, facelifts to the exterior façade, west skyboxes and press box and a breathtaking majestic new stadium entrance via Gate 21. These upgrades have ensured that Neyland Stadium will remain the premier venue in college football for several decades to come.

Paying homage to the storied tradition of UT athletics has been a focus of Hamilton’s, as in addition to jersey retirements of legendary performers in several Volunteer sports, there was a statue dedicated to Gen. Robert R. Neyland this fall outside the stadium that bears his name.

This record of financial and development success has paid dividends for all sports in the Tennessee athletics pro-gram, as in addition to the Neyland Stadium upgrades, there was a total renovation of Thompson-Boling Arena that transformed it into one of the premier venues in the nation. State-of-the-art facilities such as Lee Softball Stadium, Pratt Pavilion and Regal Soccer Stadium have been constructed, and there remains another $178 million worth of athletic construction projects still in the planning phases.

Dating to administrative posts in private business as well stops at Clemson and Wake Forest, Hamilton has been re-spected as an industry leader among his peers. He has served

on the NCAA Academics, Eligibility and Compliance Cabinet, the NCAA Athletics Personnel Issues and Recruit-ing Cabinet, various NCAA Football Academic Working Groups, the SEC Advisory Board for Bowl Negotiations, the SEC Television and Media Rights Advisory Team and the SEC Digital Network Advisory Team.

Hamilton was also recently selected as the SEC’s repre-sentative on the Division I-A Athletic Directors’ Association Board of Directors, and he is frequently called on to speak on national issues in intercollegiate athletics.

Also a beacon in local and regional charity efforts, along with his wife, Beth, Hamilton recently served as the chair-man of the Knoxville Chamber Partnership and currently chairs the United Way Campaign. The Hamiltons have worked diligently to raise more than $550,000 for local adoption agencies as well as $300,000 to support charita-ble work in Africa through their Kalu Grace Foundation. The couple also hosts the successful Mike and Beth Ham-ilton Celebrity Golf Classic each year, benefiting Bethany Christian Services.

Hamilton serves as a board member of the Blood:Water Mission and the Both Ends Burning campaign and is also involved with the Crohn’s/Colitis Foundation of America, Fellowship Church, Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Min-istries, Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and Adoption Ad-vocates initiatives.

The Hamiltons reside in Knoxville and have three sons—Matthew, Nate and Kiya—and two daughters—Madison and Kalu.

Mike and Beth Hamilton holding McKinley Kalu and with children (L to R), Natnael Edward, Madison, Matthew, and Kiya Isiah.

Born: Aug. 13, 1963, in Brevard, N.C.High School Education: Brevard High SchoolCollege Education: B.S. Accounting, Clemson University 1985, MBA, Clemson University 1988.Professional Career: NCNB Corp., Tampa, Fla., 1985-86; Clemson IPTAY Club, 1986-88; Assistant Director, Wake Forest Deacon Club, 1988-92; UT As-sistant Athletics Director, Development, 1992-96; UT Associate Athletics Director, Development & Marketing, 1996-2002, UT Senior Associate Athlet-ics Director, Development & Marketing, 2002-03; UT Director of Athletics, 2003-present.Wife: Elizabeth (Beth) Merrill Hamilton.Children: Madison, Matthew, Natnael Edward, Kiya Isaiah and McKinley Kalu.

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Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek became the seventh chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on Feb. 1, 2009.

Through his leadership, the campus is focused on improving the stu-dent’s educational experience, enhancing faculty research and scholarship as well as outreach and service. A first-generation college student, Dr. Cheek has set in motion several initiatives to broaden UT Knoxville’s diversity and student access to the university.

As the state’s flagship research campus, UT Knoxville is currently ranked as a Top 50 public institution. In early 2010, the campus launched its quest to become one of the Top 25 research universities in the nation.

Dr. Cheek chairs the Board of the International Fertilizer Develop-ment Center Advisory Committee, a new global research effort to devel-op and commercialize clean, environmentally sustainable, cost-effective and renewable fertilizers for the developing world. He is on the Presiden-tial Advisory Committee on Energy for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. He is also a member of the 2011 Leadership

Knoxville class and serves on the UT-Battelle Board of Governors, the UT Health Sciences Center Board of Directors, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission Master Plan Steering Committee and the UT Athletics Board of Directors.

Prior to his UT appointment, Dr. Cheek was a member of the faculty and an administrator at the University of Florida for 34 years, last serving as senior vice president of agricultural and natural resources.

While at Florida, he received the President’s Medallion and Student Body Resolution 2009-104 for dedicated and loyal service to the university and outstanding service to students, respectively, and the Morton Wolfson Fac-ulty Award for outstanding contributions to the quality of student life. He was named to the Academy of Teaching Excellence in 2008, a Fellow of the American Association for Agricultural Education in 2005, and a Fel-low of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture in 1998. His research has focused on the influence of experiential learning on student achievement and educational accountability. He has authored more than 80 journal articles and reports and is the senior author of a book.

Dr. Cheek earned his bachelor’s degree with high honors and his doc-torate from Texas A&M University. He received his master’s degree from Lamar University. A native of Texas, he is married to Ileen, and they have two children and two grandchildren.

DR. DAN mURphySEc/ncAA Faculty Representative

DR. JImmy CheeKUT Knoxville chancellor

Front Row (L to R): Ann Furrow, Joan Cronan, Jan Simek, Dan Murphy, Jimmy Cheek, Mike Hamilton, Charlie Anderson. Middle Row (L to R): Scott Frey, Laura Nishida, Leslee Fisher, Joy DeSensi, Deborah Welsh, Gloria Tipton, Pete Kutz, David Millhorn. Back Row (L to R): Dave Ramsey, David Stevens, Terry Esper, John Koontz, Terry Neal, Rob Heller, Rusty Farrell, Bobby Gaylor, Heath Shuler, Crawford Gallimore, Jim Murphy, Bill Carroll, Susan Martin, Chris Simino.