Coaching History
Tennessee Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Tennessee.
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Coaches
25
Indexed Record
869-404-51
Best Win %
John Barnhill 84.6%
All-time coaching ledger
Records use fallback-adjusted coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are not included in the table totals.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Best SRS | Best Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Heupel | 2021-2025 • 5 seasons | 45-20 | 69.2% | 19.9 | #6 |
| Jeremy Pruitt | 2018-2020 • 3 seasons | 16-19 | 45.7% | 3.5 | — |
| Butch Jones | 2013-2017 • 5 seasons | 34-27 | 55.7% | 17.7 | #22 |
| Brady Hoke | 2017-2017 • 1 seasons | 0-2 | 0.0% | -7.3 | — |
| Derek Dooley | 2010-2012 • 3 seasons | 15-21 | 41.7% | 4.2 | — |
| Jim Chaney | 2012-2012 • 1 seasons | 1-0 | 100.0% | 4.2 | — |
| Lane Kiffin | 2009-2009 • 1 seasons | 7-6 | 53.8% | 11.2 | — |
| Phillip Fulmer | 1992-2008 • 17 seasons | 151-52-1 | 74.3% | 24.4 | #1 |
| Johnny Majors | 1977-1992 • 16 seasons | 116-62-8 | 64.5% | 22.7 | #4 |
| Bill Battle | 1970-1976 • 7 seasons | 59-22-2 | 72.3% | 28.3 | #4 |
| Doug Dickey | 1964-1969 • 6 seasons | 46-15-4 | 73.9% | 22.4 | #2 |
| Jim McDonald | 1963-1963 • 1 seasons | 5-5 | 50.0% | 8.8 | — |
| Bowden Wyatt | 1955-1962 • 8 seasons | 49-29-4 | 62.2% | 28.1 | #2 |
| Harvey Robinson | 1953-1954 • 2 seasons | 10-10-1 | 50.0% | 8.0 | — |
| Bob Neyland | 1926-1952 • 21 seasons | 173-31-12 | 82.9% | 27.1 | #1 |
| John Barnhill | 1941-1945 • 4 seasons | 32-5-2 | 84.6% | 21.6 | #7 |
| WH Britton | 1935-1935 • 1 seasons | 4-5 | 44.4% | -1.2 | — |
| Mark Banks | 1921-1925 • 5 seasons | 27-15-3 | 63.3% | 3.5 | — |
| John Bender | 1916-1920 • 3 seasons | 18-5-4 | 74.1% | -2.7 | — |
| Zora Clevenger | 1911-1915 • 5 seasons | 26-15-2 | 62.8% | 4.9 | — |
| Alex Stone | 1910-1910 • 1 seasons | 3-5-1 | 38.9% | -11.8 | — |
| George Levene | 1907-1909 • 3 seasons | 15-10-3 | 58.9% | -2.5 | — |
| JD DePree | 1905-1906 • 2 seasons | 4-11-3 | 30.6% | -10.3 | — |
| SD Crawford | 1904-1904 • 1 seasons | 3-5-1 | 38.9% | -10.7 | — |
| HE Fisher | 1902-1903 • 2 seasons | 10-7 | 58.8% | -7.3 | — |
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