2017 FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS

THE BASICS Location (Founded): Knoxville, Tenn. (1794) Conference: Southeastern Enrollment: 28,052 Colors: Orange and White Nickname: Volunteers Mascot: Smokey X Band: Pride of the Southland President: Dr. Joe DiPietro Chancellor: Beverly J. Davenport Faculty Representative: Dr. Donald Bruce Vice Chancellor/Dir. of Athletics: John Currie Athletic Dept. Phone: 865-974-1220

FACILITY INFORMATION Facility (Opened): (1921) Capacity: 102,455 (Fifth-largest stadium in ) Surface: Tifway 419 Bermuda Hybrid Grass Record at Neyland Stadium: 460-124-17 (.780)

HISTORY First Year of Football: 1891 All-Time Overall Record: 829-375-53 (.681) All-Time SEC Record: 334-199-19 (.622) 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 (2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1997) National Championships: 6 (1998, 1967, 1951, 1950, 1940, 1938) BCS Titles: 1 (1998)

2017 SCHEDULE 9/4 – Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Ga (24-17-2 UT) 9/9 – Indiana State at Knoxville, Tenn. (First Meeting) 9/16 –Florida* at Gainesville, Fla. (26-20 UF) 9/23 – Massachusetts at Knoxville, Tenn. (First Meeting) 9/30 - Georgia* at Knoxville, Tenn. (23-21-2 UT) 10/14 –South Carolina* at Knoxville, Tenn. (25-8-2 UT) 10/21 - Alabama* at Tuscaloosa, Ala. (54-38-7 Bama) 10/28 –Kentucky* at Lexington, Ky. (80-24-9 UT) 11/4 –Southern Miss at Knoxville, Tenn. (5-0 UT) 11/11 - Missouri* at Knoxville, Tenn. (3-2 Mizzou) 11/18 – LSU* at Knoxville, Tenn. (20-9-3 UT) 11/26 - Vanderbilt* at Knoxville, Tenn. (75-31-5 UT) *indicates SEC game TEAM INFORMATION

2016 Overall Record: 9-4 Home / Away / Neutral: 6-1 / 1-3 / 2-0 SEC Record: 4-4 SEC Finish: t-2nd East Home / Away: 3-1 / 1-3

LETTERMEN RETURNING/LOST Offense: 23/5 Defense: 24/11 Special Teams: 2/0 Total: 49/16

STARTERS RETURNING/LOST Offense: 7/4 Defense: 7/4 Special Teams: 2/0 Total: 16/8

RETURNING OFFENSIVE STARTERS Jashon Robertson, OL Coleman Thomas, OL Drew Richmond, OL Brett Kendrick, OL , WR Josh Smith, WR Ethan Wolf, TE

RETURNING DEFENSIVE STARTERS Kendal Vickers, DT Darrin Kirkland Jr., LB Cortez McDowell, LB Emmanuel Moseley, DB Rashaan Gaulden, DB Micah Abernathy, DB Todd Kelly Jr, DB

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Butch Jones Record at Tennessee: 30-21 Career Record: 80-48 (.625) - 10 Seasons

Brady Hoke (Ball State, '82) - Associate Head Coach/Defensive Line Larry Scott (South Florida, '00) - Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Bob Shoop (Yale, '88) - Defensive Coordinator Robert Gillespie (Florida, '05) – Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator (Air Force, '99) – Defensive Backs/Special Teams Coordinator (North Carolina, '93) – Linebackers/Defensive Run Game Coordinator Mike Canales (Utah State, '84) – Quarterbacks Kevin Beard (Miami, Fla., '03) – Wide Receivers Walt Wells (Belmont, '93) - Offensive Line Rock Gullickson (Minnesota State University Moorhead, '78) – Director of Strength and Conditioning GRADUATE ASSISTANTS / QUALITY CONTROL Gerald Brown (Memphis, ’82) – Offensive Quality Control Kort Shankweiler (East Carolina, ’06) – Offensive Quality Control Tony Sorrentino (The College of New Jersey, ’05) – Offensive Quality Control - WRs Eric Lewis (San Diego State, ’98) – Defensive Quality Control Ryan Slowik (Wisconsin-Oshkosh, ’03) – Defensive Quality Control Kyle Visciglia (UCLA '10) – Special Teams Quality Control Ryan West (Tennessee '06) – Special Teams Quality Control Cameron Clemmons (Western Kentucky '13) – Graduate Assistant – Offense Caleb Cox (Kentucky Christian '13) – Graduate Assistant – Offense Nathan Ollie (Ball State '14) - Graduate Assistant - Defense Jon Shalala (Grand View '15) - Graduate Assistant – Defense

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF (Colorado, '76) – Director of Football Program Development/Chief of Staff Jake Kirkendall (Ohio, '07) – Associate Director of Football Operations Bob Welton (Adrian College [Mich.], '91 ) - Director of Player Personnel Eric Josephs (Wisconsin, '11) – Director of Recruiting Ike Brown (Central Michigan '08) – Director of Player Welfare & Development Antone Davis (Tennessee, '90) - Vol For Life Coordinator Joe Harrington (Tennessee, '90) - Sports Technology Coordinator Condredge Holloway (Tennessee, '91) - Assistant AD/Student-Athlete Relations Roger Frazier (Tennessee, '82) - Equipment Manager Jason McVeigh (Tennessee, '96) - Director of Sports Medicine Dr. Chris Klenck (Purdue '95) - Team Physician Jonathan Bowling – Associate AD for Football Compliance & Administration

SUPPORT STAFF Ashley Smith – Director of Football Administration & Special Events Kendal Hennigan – Administrative Assistant Kim Milligan - Administrative Assistant Angela Schwinge – Administrative Assistant Patrick Abernathy – Coordinator of High School Relations Kenzie Franklin – Director of Recruiting Operations Brett Thiesen – Assistant Director of Recruiting Angela Kirkpatrick – Recruiting Graduate Assistant Luke Mullett – Assistant Director of Football Operations Abbey Morris – Football Operations Graduate Assistant Marc Votteler – Assistant Director of Player Personnel Josh Boucher – Sports Technology Assistant Brad Roll – GPS Analyst Michael Szerszen – Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning John Kraskinski – Assistant Strength Coach Mitch Meador – Assistant Strength Coach Brandon Myles - Assistant Strength Coach Nick Pressly – Assistant Strength Coach John Burnside – Head Football Athletic Trainer Vinny Tufaro – Assistant Athletic Trainer Stephanie Horvath – Director of Sports Nutrition Elise Ramirez – Assistant Director of Sports Nutrition Max Parrott - Assistant Equipment Manager Allen Sitzler – Assistant Equipment Manager Marshall Steward – Associate Director Thornton Center Merce Poindexter – Associate Director Thornton Center Greig Cryer – Academic Counselor Lynsey Miller – Academic Counselor Valerie Childers – Assistant Director of Creative Services

HEAD COACH BUTCH JONES Born: Jan. 17, 1968 Wife: Barb Children: Alex (20), Adam (16), Andrew (10) Hometown: Saugatuck, Mich. Alma Mater: Ferris State, 1990 Playing Career: Ferris State, two-year letterman

Coaching Career: » 2013-present: Tennessee, head coach » 2010-12: Cincinnati, head coach » 2007-09: Central Michigan, head coach » 2005-06: West Virginia, wide receivers » 2004: Central Michigan, running backs » 2001-03: Central Michigan, offensive coordinator » 2000: Central Michigan, running backs » 1999: Central Michigan, wide receivers » 1998: Central Michigan, tight ends » 1996-97: Ferris State, offensive coordinator » 1995: Ferris State, running backs » 1993-94: Wilkes University, offensive coordinator » 1990-92: Rutgers, graduate assistant » 1987-89: Tampa Bay (NFL), intern

Coaching Honors: Won at least eight games in seven of his 10 years as a head coach, including five seasons of nine-plus wins in the last eight years (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016).

Coached the Vols to three consecutive bowl game victories (2014, 2015, 2016). Tennessee hadn’t won back-to-back bowl games since 1995 and 1996. UT is one of just nine programs to win bowl games in the past three seasons.

Has won 10 or more games twice, finishing 11-2 at Central Michigan in 2009 and posting a 10-3 record and top-25 final national ranking with Cincinnati in 2011.

Won four conference championships in nine seasons as a head coach, including the Big East title in 2011 and 2012 with Cincinnati and the 2007 and 2009 Mid-American Conference titles at Central Michigan.

Earned Big East Conference Coach of the Year acclaim after his 10-win season with Cincinnati in 2011 and earned the same honor from CBSSports.com in 2012.

MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Zach Stipe – Director of Football Communications Cell: 865-244-6119 Email: [email protected]

Stephen K. Lee – Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 504-259-0907 Email: [email protected]

Sean Barows – Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 561-312-9432 Email: [email protected]

Rachel Gunia – Media Relations Graduate Assistant Cell: 815-488-8595 Email: [email protected]