Mark Packer

It wasn't supposed be that difficult. The 1999 Vols were supposed to hammer Memphis at Neyland Stadium and get back on track after a 23-21 loss to Florida after winning a national championship the year before. However, down 16-10 with ...

Call it a competitive advantage, call it a smart coaching move, whatever you want to call it, having three former football players off the 1998 National Championship team at Tennessee on the CAK coaching staff has helped the Warriors to ...

They say that what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger. For former University of Tennessee kicker Fuad Reveiz, he and his family have had more adversity over the past two years than he ever hoped to have to ...

It was a series of plays that typified the football career of former University of Tennessee linebacker Al Wilson. It was the Homecoming game against UAB in 1998, and the All-American had missed a tackle.

Former University of Tennessee defensive back Cory Gaines was a part of quite possibly the Vols' greatest recruiting class ever. It was the Class of 1994 that included the likes of Peyton Manning, Jonathon Brown and Terry Fair.

Former Tennessee defensive back Terry Fair took the long road to Knoxville. Playing his high school football in Phoenix, Ariz., it was a former Arizona State head coach who made the connection with Fair that convinced him to move across ...

In the world of SEC football, everything makes a difference in recruiting. Sure, a winning tradition has the tendency to impress the top recruits.

Tennessee's two new football coordinators have a lot in common as spring practice is upon us. They are both anxious to see that hand they've been dealt.

Former Tennessee guard Brandon Wharton was a smooth shooting lefty who let his play on the court do his talking. Now it's his talking that is helping the lives of people all over the country, working for the Foundation Recovery ...

Former Tennessee quarterback Casey Clausen is doing just what he did when he came to Knoxville back in 2000. He is working hard to make a name for himself.

Nikki Caldwell is living the dream in Los Angeles, hired in April as women's basketball coach at UCLA. When the press conference was over to announce her as the new coach, she hit the ground running.

We are in one of the toughest financial times in our nation's history. Companies are shutting their doors every day. Americans are losing jobs at an alarming rate. Retirement accounts are dwindling down to nothing leaving people wondering how they'll ...

Not many Tennessee basketball players will tell you that it was a football game that put them over the top in their recruitment by the Vols. But, Jon Higgins says that football played a huge part in his decision to ...

As I watched Phillip Fulmer make his way through the "T" Saturday night for the final time, it brought back many memories. It took me all the way back to the first time I was introduced to Tennessee football.

Jordan Howell is concerned about a legacy that will be left with Tennessee basketball. It's not his legacy that he's worried about, it's the legacy of his best friend, Chris Lofton.

It's funny how things can change so quickly. For weeks all you heard around town was, "it's time for a change." At the water cooler, "when will they get rid of Phillip Fulmer and bring in a younger coach?"

Don't ever use the phrase "overachiever," when you talk about Dane Bradshaw. It's a phrase that neither he nor men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl like to hear when talking about the former Vol.

Amidst the doldrums of a disappointing football season for Tennessee, we're reminded over and over and over again about what happened 10 years ago. The commercials that play say, "Perfection." The highlights appearing on the Jumbotron at Neyland Stadium remembering ...

If you watch a Philadelphia Eagles game, you will very likely hear Omar Gaither's name called a number of times. The former University of Tennessee player has quickly turned from fifth-round pick to starting linebacker.

Raynoch Thompson's football career ended when Hurricane Katrina hit his hometown of New Orleans. "I was playing for the Green Bay Packers when the Hurricane hit," Thompson said. "I didn't hear from my mom for a few days, so I ...

Running back Montario Hardesty has had an up-and-down career at Tennessee. But, nothing like his summer before this season.

If Caeden Price ever needs an agent, she should look no farther than her father. Because the 8-year-old has a pretty-sweet soccer deal in place right now thanks to former University of Tennessee receiver Peerless Price.

Former University of Tennessee running back Reggie Cobb remembers two of his toughest years of football.

David Leaverton won't be watching Tennessee's game at UCLA Monday night. It's not because of the bad memories the former UT punter has from the last trip to the Rose Bowl for the Vols. It's because he'll be in Puerto ...

If there's anyone who knows how Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton is feeling right about now, it's former UT quarterback Tee Martin. "This time 10 years ago we were just a week away from the season opener against Syracuse," Martin said ...

The Tennessee women's basketball program has been built by Pat Summitt. We've all heard the number over the past year, seven national titles. But, only 14 women can say they helped Summitt get the very first one.

Buzz Peterson found himself cheering for Tennessee last Saturday night against Memphis. Some UT fans might find that surprising, considering that Peterson was fired three years ago as men’s basketball coach and replaced by Bruce Pearl.

When Mike Hamilton took over as Tennessee's athletic director in 2003, I asked him what he wanted his legacy to be when his time was done 20 to 30 years from now. He told me that he wanted the athletic ...

With the success of Tennessee basketball these days comes discussions of when the program was at its best before now. Former Vol Kirk Naler says that time was when Don DeVoe was coach at UT.

James Wilhoit wanted to play for Tennessee since he was a young boy growing up in middle Tennessee. His family had made it a part of their lives to watch every UT football game on TV.

Two things come to my mind when I remember former University of Tennessee forward C.J. Black. First, is his infectious smile that lit up the entire arena when he made a great play. The second, is what I termed the, ...

It sounds odd to say that former Tennessee men's basketball player Aaron Green is improving his coaching resume this year by not coaching, but that exactly what he's doing.

Del Baker sees action for Tennessee during the 1999-2000 basketball season. He was recruited by Kevin O'Neill but played for Jerry Green and Buzz Peterson.

Let me start by saying that I’m a college football purist. I’m a big fan of the bowls and what they mean to the history of the game. But, with the season we just enjoyed, why does it have to ...

Former point guard Tony Harris loved his time at Tennessee. “I feel like we revived the program when I was there,” Harris said. “During our era, from 1997 to 2001, we went to four straight NCAA tournaments and paved the ...

It was the second quarter of the National Championship game against Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 4, 1999. Tennessee was leading 14-6 when David Leaverton let a punt go into the Tempe, Ariz., night. Running under the ...

"Joan Cronan is living a dream. It's a dream that she first dreamt when she was 12 years old in southwest Louisiana.

Football is a business for former UT lineman Fred Weary. Six years into his career with the Houston Texans and Weary is in a contract year.

University of Tennessee fans are spoiled rotten, spoiled with teams that fight for championships every year. And, here we are again with a football team fighting for an SEC championship and fans are calling for the head coach’s head.

The best way to learn what a coach has to deal with is to be a coach yourself. That’s what former Tennessee offensive lineman Jarvis Reado is discovering these days. Reado is the offensive line coach at Austin-East High School ...

Offensive lineman Cosey Coleman gets set to block against Arkansas during Tennessee’s dramatic 28-24 win during the 1998 season. Coleman started all 13 games for the Vols that season.

Those who know former University of Tennessee defensive back Andre Lott will laugh when they hear what he calls himself these days.

Former Tennessee football coach Johnny Majors says he is glad to be home in Tennessee but hasn’t gotten over circumstances of his leaving.

Former University of Tennessee offensive lineman Reggie Coleman, like many other former Vols, says he's a big fan of Coach Phillip Fulmer.

The preseason practices had come to an end for the Tennessee football team in August of 2006 and the welcome back barbecue was fast approaching. Former UT offensive lineman David Ligon remembers it like it was yesterday.

The relationship between James “Mitch” Mitchell and the Tennessee football program began in 1997. At the time, Mitchell was a volunteer chaplain for the Tennessee Titans when they were located for the season in Memphis and went by Oilers.

When Anthony Hancock was at the University of Tennessee, he heard the crowd cheer for him 106 times. He carried those 106 catches 1,826 yards up and down the field for the Vols. Twelve times he carried one of those ...