Here’s a look at the winningest coaches in the history of Tennessee Vols football.
The Vols began playing football in 1891 and have had 27 head coaches.
Josh Heupel begins his fourth season as Tennessee football coach in 2024.
Robert Neyland (173-31-12)
Gen. Robert Neyland had three stretches as Tennessee football coach (1926-34, 1936-40 and 1946-52) and he left twice for service in the U.S. Army. In his 21 seasons, the Vols won four national championships – 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951 – and seven conference championships.
Neyland’s teams shut out their opponents in 109 of 216 games, and the 1939 team did not allow a point during the regular season.
Tennessee’s football stadium was named after Neyland in 1962.
Phillip Fulmer (152-52-0)
Phillip Fulmer was a star Vols offensive lineman from 1969-71 and was a Tennessee assistant from 1980-92.
He spent 17 seasons as Tennessee football head coach from 1992 to 2008 and led the Vols to the 1998 national championship, the program’s last title. The Vols won SEC titles in 1997 and 1998.
Fulmer was Tennessee’s athletics director from 2017-21.
Johnny Majors (116-62-8)
Johnny Majors was a star Tennessee football back who was runner-up in the 1956 Heisman Trophy voting. After coaching Pittsburgh to the 1976 national championship, Majors left for Tennessee for the 1977 season and was the Vols coach until 1992.
Majors led the Vols to three SEC championships – 1985, 1988 and 1990. Tennessee won two Sugar Bowls and one Cotton Bowl under Majors.
Bill Battle (59-22-2)
Battle joined Tennessee’s football staff as an assistant in 1966 and replaced Doug Dickey as head coach in 1970 when he was 28 years old.
Bill Battle coached the Vols through the 1976 season. Battle’s 1970 team won the Sugar Bowl and finished fourth in the final rankings, the Vols’ highest finish between 1968 and 1984.
Bowden Wyatt (49-29-4)
Bowden Wyatt played end and kicker on Robert Neyland’s first Tennessee football national championship team in 1938.
Bowden returned to Tennessee as football coach from 1955-62. Bowden’s 1956 team won the SEC and finished second in the national rankings after losing in the Sugar Bowl.
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