Tennessee Volunteers cross country
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The Tennessee Volunteers men's cross country program represents the University of Tennessee
located in Knoxville, Tennessee
. The men's program competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division I and the Southeastern Conference
(SEC). The men's cross country team officially started in 1924.
program began competing in 1924. It wasn't until 1962 that the team gained it's first coach, Chuck Rohe. Under his guidance the Vols reached new heights winning multiple SEC regular season and tournament championships. Under his guidance the Vols reached their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1963 where they finished 5th, he would then lead the team to four more NCAA appearances until he left the team in 1968. The team would find even more success with the hire of Stan Huntsman who led UT to many trips to the NCAA Tournament and won the Volunteers their first and last national title. From 1962-2009 the team has amassed a 201-38-1 record in team dual meets earning them a .840 winning percentage.
for 13 seasons. The course serves as a 27-hole golf course,and is nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains
and boasts 9,525 yards. Since 1998 the course has hosted the Tennessee Invitational 10 times, the NCAA South Regional in 2002, 2006 and
2008, and Southeastern Conference for the 1998 SEC Championships.
*Note: records from 1924-1961 are inaccurate
Information Source: 2010 Tennessee Volunteers Cross Country Media Guide - History section
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!Year-by-Year Results
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{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|Year
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|Head Coach
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|Season Record
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|National
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|Winning Percentage
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|SEC Tournament Finish
|- align="center"
| 1962 || Chuck Rohe || 3-5 || - || .375 || 5th
|- align="center"
| 1963 || Chuck Rohe || 7-0 || 5th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1964 || Chuck Rohe || 9-0-1 || 11th || .950 || -
|- align="center"
| 1965 || Chuck Rohe || 7-0 || 3rd || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1966 || Chuck Rohe || 5-2 || 3rd || .714 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1967 || Chuck Rohe || 6-1 || 12th || .857 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1968 || Chuck Rohe || 6-0 || - || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1969 || Connie Smith || 5-2 || 18th || .714 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1970 || Connie Smith || 5-1 || - || .833 || 3rd
|- align="center"
| 1971 || Stan Huntsman || 4-2 || 21st || .667 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1972 || Stan Huntsman || 7-3 || 1st || .700 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1973 || Stan Huntsman || 5-0 || 13th || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1974 || Stan Huntsman || 8-0 || - || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1975 || Stan Huntsman || 4-0 || 16th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1976 || Stan Huntsman || 5-0 || 6th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1977 || Stan Huntsman || 10-1 || 8th || .909 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1978 || Stan Huntsman || 7-0 || 6th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1979 || Stan Huntsman || 4-0 || - || 1.000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 1980 || Stan Huntsman || 1-1 || 18th || .500 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1981 || Stan Huntsman || 2-1 || 19th || .667 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1982 || Stan Huntsman|| 2-1 || 13th || .667 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1983 || Stan Huntsman || 4-0 || 10th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1984 || Stan Huntsman || 5-0 || 3rd || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1985 || Doug Brown || 9-1 || 13th || .900 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1986 || Doug Brown || 5-0 || 14th || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1987 || Doug Brown || 2-1 || - || .667 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1988 || Doug Brown || 4-1 || 3rd || .800 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1989 || Doug Brown || 5-1 || 17th || .833 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1990 || Doug Brown || 4-0 || 7th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1991 || Doug Brown || 4-0 || 21st || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1992 || Doug Brown || 3-1 || - || .750 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1993 || Doug Brown || 3-4 || 18th || .429 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1994 || Doug Brown || 10-0 || 12th || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1995 || George Watts || 10-0 || 12th || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1996 || George Watts || 7-1 || - || .875 || 3rd
|- align="center"
| 1997 || George Watts || 2-6 || - || .250 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 1998 || George Watts || 4-0 || 21st || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1999 || George Watts || 1-0 || - || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 2000 || George Watts || 0-0 || - || .000 || 7th
|- align="center"
| 2001 || George Watts || 0-0 || 30th || .000 || 3rd
|- align="center"
| 2002 || George Watts || 0-0 || 31st || .000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 2003 || George Watts || 0-1 || - || .000 || 6th
|- align="center"
| 2004 || George Watts || 6-0 || - || 1.000 || 5th
|- align="center"
| 2005 || George Watts || 1-0 || 28th || 1.000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 2006 || George Watts || 0-0 || - || .000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 2007 || George Watts || 0-1 || - || .000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 2008 || George Watts || 0-0 || - || .000 || 5th
|- align="center"
| 2009 || George Watts || 0-0 || - || .000 || 6th
|- align="center"
|}
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
located in Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
. The men's program competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) Division I and the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
(SEC). The men's cross country team officially started in 1924.
Coaching staff
Upon entering the 2011-2012 school year George Watts had been a part of the University of Tennessee cross country team for 26 years and as head coach of the men's cross country team. Under his mentor he has developed 25 All-SEC citations, 13 All-SEC or All-South Region, three SEC All-Freshman honorees and three All-America performers. In July of 2011 it was announced that Watts had been released and that J.J. Clark would take over the men's cross country team effectively merging all of Tennessee's track & field and cross country programs.Team history
The Tennessee VolunteersTennessee Volunteers
The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association college sports teams at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mike Hamilton is the most recent Men's Athletic Director, but resigned on June 7, 2011, and Joan Cronan is the current Women's...
program began competing in 1924. It wasn't until 1962 that the team gained it's first coach, Chuck Rohe. Under his guidance the Vols reached new heights winning multiple SEC regular season and tournament championships. Under his guidance the Vols reached their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1963 where they finished 5th, he would then lead the team to four more NCAA appearances until he left the team in 1968. The team would find even more success with the hire of Stan Huntsman who led UT to many trips to the NCAA Tournament and won the Volunteers their first and last national title. From 1962-2009 the team has amassed a 201-38-1 record in team dual meets earning them a .840 winning percentage.
Lambert Acres Golf Club
The Lambert Acres Golf Club has been the site of all cross country meets for the Tennessee VolunteersTennessee Volunteers
The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association college sports teams at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mike Hamilton is the most recent Men's Athletic Director, but resigned on June 7, 2011, and Joan Cronan is the current Women's...
for 13 seasons. The course serves as a 27-hole golf course,and is nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains or the...
and boasts 9,525 yards. Since 1998 the course has hosted the Tennessee Invitational 10 times, the NCAA South Regional in 2002, 2006 and
2008, and Southeastern Conference for the 1998 SEC Championships.
All-time season records (dual meets)
*Through June 24, 2011.*Note: records from 1924-1961 are inaccurate
Information Source: 2010 Tennessee Volunteers Cross Country Media Guide - History section
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!Year-by-Year Results
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|Year
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|Head Coach
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|Season Record
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|National
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|Winning Percentage
! style="background: #FF9933; color:#FFFFFF;"|SEC Tournament Finish
|- align="center"
| 1962 || Chuck Rohe || 3-5 || - || .375 || 5th
|- align="center"
| 1963 || Chuck Rohe || 7-0 || 5th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1964 || Chuck Rohe || 9-0-1 || 11th || .950 || -
|- align="center"
| 1965 || Chuck Rohe || 7-0 || 3rd || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1966 || Chuck Rohe || 5-2 || 3rd || .714 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1967 || Chuck Rohe || 6-1 || 12th || .857 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1968 || Chuck Rohe || 6-0 || - || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1969 || Connie Smith || 5-2 || 18th || .714 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1970 || Connie Smith || 5-1 || - || .833 || 3rd
|- align="center"
| 1971 || Stan Huntsman || 4-2 || 21st || .667 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1972 || Stan Huntsman || 7-3 || 1st || .700 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1973 || Stan Huntsman || 5-0 || 13th || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1974 || Stan Huntsman || 8-0 || - || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1975 || Stan Huntsman || 4-0 || 16th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1976 || Stan Huntsman || 5-0 || 6th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1977 || Stan Huntsman || 10-1 || 8th || .909 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1978 || Stan Huntsman || 7-0 || 6th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1979 || Stan Huntsman || 4-0 || - || 1.000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 1980 || Stan Huntsman || 1-1 || 18th || .500 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1981 || Stan Huntsman || 2-1 || 19th || .667 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1982 || Stan Huntsman|| 2-1 || 13th || .667 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1983 || Stan Huntsman || 4-0 || 10th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1984 || Stan Huntsman || 5-0 || 3rd || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1985 || Doug Brown || 9-1 || 13th || .900 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1986 || Doug Brown || 5-0 || 14th || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1987 || Doug Brown || 2-1 || - || .667 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1988 || Doug Brown || 4-1 || 3rd || .800 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1989 || Doug Brown || 5-1 || 17th || .833 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1990 || Doug Brown || 4-0 || 7th || 1.000 || SEC Champions
|- align="center"
| 1991 || Doug Brown || 4-0 || 21st || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1992 || Doug Brown || 3-1 || - || .750 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1993 || Doug Brown || 3-4 || 18th || .429 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1994 || Doug Brown || 10-0 || 12th || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1995 || George Watts || 10-0 || 12th || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1996 || George Watts || 7-1 || - || .875 || 3rd
|- align="center"
| 1997 || George Watts || 2-6 || - || .250 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 1998 || George Watts || 4-0 || 21st || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1999 || George Watts || 1-0 || - || 1.000 || 2nd
|- align="center"
| 2000 || George Watts || 0-0 || - || .000 || 7th
|- align="center"
| 2001 || George Watts || 0-0 || 30th || .000 || 3rd
|- align="center"
| 2002 || George Watts || 0-0 || 31st || .000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 2003 || George Watts || 0-1 || - || .000 || 6th
|- align="center"
| 2004 || George Watts || 6-0 || - || 1.000 || 5th
|- align="center"
| 2005 || George Watts || 1-0 || 28th || 1.000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 2006 || George Watts || 0-0 || - || .000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 2007 || George Watts || 0-1 || - || .000 || 4th
|- align="center"
| 2008 || George Watts || 0-0 || - || .000 || 5th
|- align="center"
| 2009 || George Watts || 0-0 || - || .000 || 6th
|- align="center"
|}
All-Americans
Tennessee has a total of 17 men's cross country All-Americans- Ron Addison, 1976
- Jamie Barnes, 1991
- Doug Brown, 1972, 1973
- Tony Cosey, 1994, 1995
- Rick Cummins, 1988
- Pat Davey, 1978
- Doug Ellington, 1998
- Stewart Ellington, 1994
- Alf Holmberg, 1951
- David Krafsur, 1985
- Glenn Morgan, 1989, 1990
- Rickey Pittman, 1981
- Bob Redington, 1965
- Zach Sabatino, 2005
- Doug Tolson, 1983, 1984
- George Watts, 1977
- Todd WilliamsTodd WilliamsTodd Michael Williams is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He last pitched for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League in , and is currently a free agent...
, 1988, 1989, 1990
See also
- Tennessee VolunteersTennessee VolunteersThe Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association college sports teams at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mike Hamilton is the most recent Men's Athletic Director, but resigned on June 7, 2011, and Joan Cronan is the current Women's...
- University of TennesseeUniversity of TennesseeThe University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
- NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship