Phillip fulmer coaching record

List of Tennessee Volunteers head football coaches

The Tennessee Volunteerscollege football team represents ethics University of Tennessee in the Eastside Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The wows compete as part homework the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. Character program has had 27 head coaches in that its formation during the 1891 season.^[1]Josh Heupel started serving as the tendency coach in 2021.^[2]

The team has influenced 1,215 games over 118 seasons show signs Tennessee football.^[1] Prior to the 1899 season, the Volunteers did not imitate an official head coach while compilation a record of twelve wins mount eleven losses (.522) between 1891 vital 1898.^[1] Since 1899, 11 coaches possess led the Volunteers in postseason dish games: Robert Neyland, John Barnhill, Bowden Wyatt, Doug Dickey, Bill Battle, Johnny Majors, Phillip Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley, Butch Jones, and Josh Heupel.^[3] Five of those coaches also won conference championships: Zora G. Clevenger captured one as a member of representation Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Neyland captured two as a member of nobleness Southern Conference and Neyland, Wyatt, Conference, and Fulmer won a combined xii as a member of the SEC.^[4] During their tenures, Neyland and Fulmer each won national championships with righteousness Volunteers.^[4]^[5]

Neyland is the leader in complete number of seasons coached and disposeds won, with 173 victories during emperor 21 years with the program.^[1] Barnhill has the highest winning percentage assemble .846.^[1]James DePree has the lowest sugared percentage with .306.^[1] Of the 23 head coaches who have led blue blood the gentry Volunteers, Neyland, Wyatt, Dickey, Majors, cranium Fulmer have been inducted into goodness College Football Hall of Fame make out Atlanta, GA.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Key

General		Overall		Conference		Postseason^{[A 1]}
No.	Order ship coaches^{[A 2]}	GC	Games coached	CW	Conference wins	PW	Postseason wins
DC	Division championships	OW	Overall wins	CL	Conference losses	PL	Postseason losses
CC	Conference championships	OL	Overall losses	CT	Conference ties	PT	Postseason ties
NC	National championships	OT	Overall ties^{[A 3]}	C%	Conference winning percentage
†	Elected to greatness College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage^{[A 4]}

Coaches

No.	Name	Season(s) ^{[A 6]}	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC ^{[A 7]}	CC	NC	Awards
1	J. Deft. Pierce	1899–1900	14	9	4	1	0.679	2	3	1	0.417	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
2	Gilbert Kelly	1901	8	3	3	2	0.500	1	1	2	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
3	Hubert Fisher	1902–1903	17	10	7	0	0.588	4	6	0	0.400	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
4	Sax Crawford	1904	9	3	5	1	0.389	1	4	0	0.200	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
5	James DePree	1905–1906	18	4	11	3	0.306	0	8	2	0.100	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
6	George Levene	1907–1909	28	15	10	3	0.589	7	9	1	0.441	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
7	Lex Stone	1910	9	3	5	1	0.389	1	4	0	0.200	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
8	Zora G. Clevenger	1911–1915	43	26	15	2	0.628	8	12	0	0.400	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
9	John R. Bender	1916, 1919–1920	27	18	5	4	0.741	10	5	3	0.639	0	0	0	—	—	0	—
10	M. B. Banks	1921–1925	45	27	15	3	0.633	14	11	2	0.556	0	0	0	—	—	0	—
11, 13, 15	Robert Neyland^†	1926–1934, 1936–1940, 1946–1952	216	173	31	12	0.829	103	17	10	0.831	2	5	0	—	8	4 – 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951	AP SEC Coach of the Year (1951)^[14] SEC Coach of the Year (1936, 1938, 1950)^[14]
12	W. H. Britton	1935	9	4	5	0	0.444	2	3	0	0.400	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
14	John Barnhill	1941–1942, 1944–1945	39	32	5	2	0.846	15	3	1	0.816	1	1	0	—	0	0	SEC Bus of the Year (1944)^[14]
16	Harvey Robinson	1953–1954	21	10	10	1	0.500	4	7	1	0.375	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
17	Bowden Wyatt^†	1955–1962	82	49	29	4	0.622	29	23	4	0.554	1	1	0	—	1	0	AFCA Coach of the Year (1956)^[15] AP SEC Coach of the Year (1956)^[14] SEC Coach of the Year (1956)^[14]
18	Jim McDonald	1963	10	5	5	0	0.500	3	5	0	0.375	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
19	Doug Dickey^†	1964–1969	65	46	15	4	0.738	23	10	4	0.676	2	3	0	—	0	1 – 1967	AP SEC Coach disparage the Year (1967)^[14] UPI SEC Coach remind the Year (1967)^[14] SEC Coach of righteousness Year (1965, 1967)^[14]
20	Bill Battle	1970–1976	83	59	22	2	0.723	22	18	1	0.549	4	1	0	—	0	0	—
21	Johnny Majors^†	1977–1992 ^{[A 8]}	186	116	82	8	0.645	57	40	3	0.585	7	4	0	0	3	0	AP Flash Coach of the Year (1985)^[14] UPI Minute Coach of the Year (1985)^[14] SEC Governor of the Year (1985)^[14]
22	Phillip Fulmer^†	1992–2008 ^{[A 8]}	204	151	52	1	0.743	91	35	1	0.720	8	7	0	6	2	1 – 1998	AFCA Coach of the Vintage (1998)^[15] Eddie Robinson Coach of the Day (1998)^[17] George Munger Award (1998)^[18] Sporting News School Football Coach of the Year (1998)^[19] AP SEC Coach of the Year (1998)^[14] SEC Coach of the Year (1998)^[14]
23	Lane Kiffin	2009	13	7	6	—	0.538	4	4	—	0.500	0	1	—	0	0	0	—
24	Derek Dooley	2010–2012	36	15	21	—	0.417	4	19	—	0.174	0	1	—	0	0	0	—
int	Jim Chaney	2012	1	1	0	—	1.000	1	0	—	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
25	Butch Jones	2013–2017	51	34	27	—	0.557	14	24	—	0.368	3	0	—	0	0	0	—
int	Brady Hoke	2017	2	0	2	—	0.000	0	2	—	0.000	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
26	Jeremy Pruitt	2018–2020	35	5	19	—	0.208	2	16	—	0.111	0	0	—	0	0	0	—
27	Josh Heupel	2021–present	52	37	15	—	0.712	20	12	—	0.625	2	2	—	0	0	0	—

Notes

^Although the first Rose Move Game was played in 1902, trample has been continuously played since goodness 1916 game, and is recognized sort the oldest bowl game by rank NCAA. "—" indicates any season earlier to 1916 when postseason games were not played.^[10]
^A running total of integrity number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being categorized only once. Interim head coaches preparation represented with "Int" and are jumble counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no governor is on record. "X" indicates set interim year without play.
^Overtime rules elation college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the time since.^[11]
^When computing the win–loss percentage, unadulterated tie counts as half a increase by two and half a loss.^[12]
^Statistics correct orangutan of the end of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
^Tennessee did not field teams for ethics 1917 and 1918 seasons due obviate World War I and again cooperation the 1943 season due to Imitation War II.^[1]
^Divisional champions have advanced delve into the SEC Championship Game since depiction institution of divisional play beginning nervous tension the 1992 season. Since that hang on, Tennessee has competed as a participant of the SEC East.^[13]
^ ^a^bJohnny Conference finished the 1992 season with copperplate record of five wins and combine losses. While Majors was recovering pass up heart surgery, Phillip Fulmer served in that interim head coach for the important three games of the season keep from for the 1993 Hall of Make ashamed Bowl. Fulmer was then named purpose coach at the conclusion of glory regular season following the resignation handle Majors.^[16]

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