Tennessee Volunteers basketball history
University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Thompson-Boling Arena
Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Current head coach: Rick Barnes (2015-)
- Assoc. HC: Justin Gainey (2021-)
- Asst: Rod Clark (2021-)
- Asst: Gregg Polinsky (2022-)
- DBO: Mary-Carter Eggert (2015-)
- DPD: Bryan Lentz (2018-)
- Analytics: Luke Schapker (2021-)
- Recruiting: Lucas Campbell (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships:Â 0
- Final Four Appearances:Â 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances:Â 10 Â (1967, 1981, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances:Â 26Â Â (1967, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- NCAAT Overall Record:Â 28-27
- NIT Championships:Â 0
- NIT Appearances:Â 13 Â (1945, 1969, 1971, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013)
- NIT Overall Record:Â 13-13
- NCIT Appearances:Â 2 Â (1974, 1975)
- NCIT Overall Record:Â 0-2
Conference Titles (SoCon, SEC):
- SECÂ Regular Season Championships:Â 14Â (1936, 1941, 1943, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2018, 2024)
- SECÂ Tournament Championships:Â 5Â (1936, 1941, 1943, 1979, 2022)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year:Â 0
- John R. Wooden Award:Â 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy:Â 0
- AP All-Americans:Â 14Â (last = Dalton Knecht, 2024)
- SECÂ Player of the Year:Â 14Â (last = Dalton Knecht, 2024)
Tennessee head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Rick Barnes | 2015-Pres | 202-101 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Donnie Tyndall | 2014-15 | 16-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuonzo Martin | 2011-14 | 63-41 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Pearl | 2005-11 | 145-61 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Buzz Peterson | 2001-05 | 61-59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Green | 1997-2001 | 89-36 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Kevin O’Neill | 1994-97 | 30-56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Houston | 1989-94 | 65-90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don DeVoe | 1978-89 | 204-137 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Cliff Wettig | 1977-78 | 11-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Mears | 1962-77 | 278-112 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| John Sines | 1959-62 | 26-45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmett Lowery | 1947-59 | 169-110 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mauer | 1938-47 | 126-40 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blair Gullion | 1935-38 | 47-19 | 1 | – | – |
| W.H. Britton | 1926-35 | 80-73 | – | – | – |
| Mark Banks | 1921-26 | 52-33 | – | – | – |
| John Bender | 1916-17, 19-21 | 29-15 | – | – | – |
| R.H. Fitzgerald | 1917-19 | 5-15 | – | – | – |
| Zora Clevenger | 1911-16 | 50-14 | – | – | – |
| Alex Stone | 1910-11 | 7-9 | – | – | – |
| no coach | 1908-10 | 9-13 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.Â
