Inductees

The University of Tennessee and Johnny Majors were described as a “perfect fit” ‘ a school with a rich tradition of quality football and a great athlete and coach with…

When your last name is Majors, chances are you know a thing or two about the game of football. Larry Majors, son of famed Coach Shirley Majors and the “First…

Shirley Majors did not like farming, but that seemed to be right where he was heading. Judging by the man, chances are he would have made a great one. Luckily…

When you grow up as the only girl in a family of six children, all of your brothers are football stars, your father is a football coach, and your mother…

It was while in elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio that Madeline Manning-Mims became interested in sports. She began running track, but did not show a promise of greatness until she…

As the senior member of the University of Tennessee Athletic Department staff, Gus Manning has served the Vol athletic program and Knoxville community faithfully for almost half a century. He…

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Peyton Manning began his collegiate career at the University of Tennessee in the first game of his freshman season. After QB Jerry Colquitt went…

Sterling Marlin may be NASCAR’s most diverse athlete. Before getting into racing, Marlin was a star football and basketball player at Spring Hill High School in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Still,…

Jim Marsalis was a defensive back that hailed from Pascagoula, Miss. After playing high school football at Carver High School he attended Tennessee State University, majoring in Physical Education. At…

Ed Martin built his legendary basketball coaching career one step at a time, and at each of those steps, he found remarkable success. The seeds were sewn in his first…

Margaret Matthews Wilburn realized her dream of standing on the Olympic podium wearing a medal around her neck when this world-class track athlete and three of her TSU Tigerbelle teammates…

A native of Aurora, Ill., John Mauer lost both parents by the age of 13 and was raised by a sister. With the support of a local businessman, John attended…

Early Maxwell gave so much to Tennessee sports throughout his sixty-one years. Whether as an athlete, sports writer, promoter, manager, or publicist, he always gave his all. Born in 1905…

Glenn McCadams was born in Huntingdon, Tenn., and his love for football began early in his life.  A graduate of Huntingdon High School, he played football until several injuries ended…

All little-leaguers dream of someday playing in the majors. They envision themselves hitting homers as the announcer yells: “Going… Going… That ball is outta here!” As a kid, Tim McCarver…

It was 1968, and the University of Tennessee’s Volunteers were playing their first game on artificial turf, dubbed “Doug’s Rug” for Vols Head Coach Doug Dickey. Tennessee vs. Georgia was…

Theodore “The Hound” McClain led Nashville’s Pearl High School basketball team to a 31-2 record during the first year that segregated schools for black students were allowed to participate in…

Darris McCord played football at the University of Tennessee from 1952 to 1954 and saw the end of the General Neyland era, finishing his collegiate days on the gridiron under…

In a small-town gym in northwest Tennessee, Ashley McElhiney started as a pee-wee player in the second grade and never looked back. Her skills were advanced and her grit unmatched….

General Bob Neyland, the revered head coach of some of the greatest teams ever produced at the University of Tennessee, said of Gene McEver: “[He] is probably the greatest football…