Photos by Michael Patrick

  • The new football training facility includes this large player's lounge where they can relax or study without leaving the facility. The Haslam practice field is just outside the windows of the lounge. The 145,000-square foot building includes an amphitheater-style team room, coaches offices, position meeting rooms, a dining hall, a 7,000-square foot locker room, a 22,000-square foot, multi-level weight room as well as a new training room and hydrotherapy area. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley, center, stands in his office in the state-of-the-art Football Training Center. Dooley says it will be one of the most modern and functional buildings of its kind in the SEC when completed in Summer 2012. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley stands in his office in the state-of-the-art Football Training Center which will be one of the most modern and functional buildings of its kind in the SEC when completed. Dooley gave a tour of the facility to the News Sentinel Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Dooley said the project is scheduled for completion in Summer 2012. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley gave the News Sentinel a tour of the new state-of-the-art multi-level football training center Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Dooley said the project which cost over $45 million is scheduled for completion in Summer 2012. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley gives the News Sentinel a tour of the new weight room facility Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. This is the shower area of the locker rooms which includes, roomy, custom-built and ventilated lockers with electrical outlets for charging portable devices like cellphones, iPods and laptops. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Dooley is very proud of his new 'crows nest' on the roof of the new football training facility where he can view the entire Haslam training field or have practices video taped. Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley gave the News Sentinel a tour of the new weight room facility Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Exterior of the Football Training Center which joins with the Brenda Lawson Athletic Center and Neyland-Thompson Sports Center. Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley gave the News Sentinel a tour of the new weight room facility Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley gave the News Sentinel a tour of the new football training facility Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Dooley started the tour in the current indoor facility which opened in 1989. The new facility is connected to the south end of the current facility and when opened and occupied by football the north and east sides will be renovated to accommodate others sports programs currently housed in the Stokley Athletic Center. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley gives the News Sentinel a tour of the new weight room facility Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Dooley said the construction for McKenzie Lawson Athletic Center Addition is expected to be completed before next season begins. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • The 22,000-square foot, multi-level weight room area of the new football training facility at UT. Head football coach Derek Dooley gave the News Sentinel a tour of the new facility Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Dooley said the construction should be completed by the summer of 2012. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley explains the entrance recruits will use when they visit the facility. Dooley was giving a tour of the new football weight room facility to the News Sentinel Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Dooley said the Football Training Center will join with the Brenda Lawson Athletic Center and Neyland-Thompson Sports Center and also include an updated football hall of fame area. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL UT defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri talks to the media on Wednesday at the Neyland-Thompson Sports Complex.
  • MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL Ralph Weekly, co-head coach of the Tennessee softball team, poses Monday near the pitcher's mound at Lee Softball Stadium.
  • The K-25 Building in Oak Ridge, was used to enrich uranium for national defense and commercial nuclear power purposes until it closed in 1964. It was the first building to enrich uranium through gaseous diffusion. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • A dump truck uses haul road while returning after dumping waste from the K-25 demolition site Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • John Trembley's name remains on the University of Tennesse wall of individual awards by student swimmers Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center on campus. Trembley came to UT in 1971 as the nation's top swimming prospect. The Vols were undefeated from 1971-74. During an All-America career, Trembley won or was a member of nine NCAA championship efforts. Trembley was also named SEC Coach of the Year in 2011, the sixth time he had been honored (1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001). (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Michael Patrick/News Sentinel Tennessee freshman Jarnell Stokes goes in for a layup during practice Monday at Pratt Pavilion.
  • Michael Patrick/News Sentinel Tennessee freshman Jarnell Stokes goes in for a layup during Monday at Pratt Pavilion.
  • New recruit Jarnell Stokes warms up with teammates before practice Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 at Pratt Pavilion on campus. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • UT's new recruit Jarnell Stokes (5) waits in line to run a drill during practice Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 at Pratt Pavilion on campus. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • New recruit Jarnell Stokes during a scrimmage practice Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 at Pratt Pavilion on campus. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • UT new recruit Jarnell Stokes changes his shirt from orange to white as the coach hands out drill teams during practice Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 at Pratt Pavilion on campus. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • UT head coach Cuonzo Martin watching new recruit Jarnell Stokes during his first practice Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 at Pratt Pavilion on campus. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • UT's new basketball recruit Jarnell Stokes during warm ups before practice Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 at Pratt Pavilion on campus. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • UT assistant coach Jon Harris, center, gives new recruit Jarnell Stokes, second from left, direction during practice Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 at Pratt Pavilion on campus. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee's Curt Maggitt, left, and A.J. Johnson (45) stop Buffalo running back Branden Oliver during a game on Oct. 1 at Neyland Stadium
  • Tennessee wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers (21) celebrates his touchdown with his teammates during first half against the Cincinnati Bearcats in Neyland Stadium. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Danny Ray Brewer, left, former law enforcement officer charged in the shooting death of his wife, listens to his court appointed attorney, vision impaired Blount County Public Defender Mack Garner, in Blount County. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Another new day in Knoxville. Time for some new photographs to be made. Thank you for allowing me to come into and document your lives East Tennessee, Michael Patrick, Senior Photojournalist, Knoxville News Sentinel.
  • Tennessee Army National Guard Military Funeral Honors members Sgt. Joshua Butler, left, and Spc. Douglas Burchfield, center, fold the flag during a funeral service at the Oak Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery. At right Volunteer State Veteran's Honor Guard's chaplain Grover Wilson stands ready to talk to the family of Walter Crabtree. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • John Gammon guides a second grade class from Kings Academy as they tour the Marble Springs State Historic Site and home of Governor John Sevier Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Convicted school shooter Kenny Bartley Jr. gets a hug from his attorney Gregory P. Isaacs after Special Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood overturned his guilty plea in Campbell County. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Chris Justice, center in handcuffs, listens to officers as his sister, Fallon Seals, puts on and ties his shoes on the front porch of his grandmother's home where he was arrested Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 for sale and delivery of a Schedule II drug following indictments from the Claiborne County grand jury. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Little John Daly and his father, John, practiced putting on the green before John played on the opening day of the News Sentinel Open presented by Pilot Nationwide Tour at Fox Den Country Club. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Four new graves at the edge of New Friendship Baptist Church cemetery for the Black family. Parents Christopher and Pamela Hargis Black and their children Cody, 21, and Chelsea, 16, were killed when a tornado hit their residence just outside Ringold, Ga. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Fans leave the stands after heavy rain begins to fall in Neyland Stadium. About five minutes before the kickoff with the Montana Grizzlies in Neyland Stadium the game was delayed because of weather in the area. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Students and parents file up the old staircase, some with refreshments in hand, during the official grand opening of the Knox County STEM Academy in the Old L&N Station in Knoxville. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Dani Johnson, who visited Knoxville as part of ABC's 'Secret Millionaire' show, watches as Helen Ashe, left, and Ellen Turner read the inscriptions she wrote in her new book. Johnson returned to the Love Kitchen and worked in the kitchen serving meals for a while. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee running back Devrin Young leaps over MTSU's Marquise Branton during their game Saturday in Neyland Stadium. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Michael Patrick/News Sentinel Tennessee defensive end Malik Jackson tackles Vanderbilt running back Kennard Reeves during last season's game in Nashville.
  • File photo of LeRoy Thompson.
  • MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL Tennessee running back Marlin Lane carries the ball during the Vols' 24-0 victory over MTSU on Saturday at Neyland Stadium.
  • Michael Patrick/News Sentinel Tennessee wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers jumps for an errant pass by quarterback Justin Worley during the first half last Saturday against South Carolina at Neyland Stadium.
  • Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, left, talks with quarterback Justin Worley during first half of the Vols' 14-3 loss to South Carolina on Saturday night at Neyland Stadium.
  • Michael Patrick/News Sentinel Tennessee coach Derek Dooley gestures during the first half of the Vols' game Saturday at Neyland Stadium.
  • Tennessee wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers (21) just missed a pass in the end zone during first half action against South Carolina at Neyland Stadium Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • South Carolina tailback Brandon Wilds (22) runs the ball during first half action against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley watches as the Vols play during the first half against South Carolina at Neyland Stadium Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee place kicker Michael Palardy (1) watches as the ball sails through the uprights for three points during first half action against South Carolina at Neyland Stadium Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Tennessee head coach signals to his team during first half action against South Carolina at Neyland Stadium Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)

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