Inductees

Dan McGugin coached at Vanderbilt thirty years in two terms, 1904-1917 and 1919-1934. In 1918 he served in the U.S. Army. His record was 197-55-19, earning him a place in…

“The people who ran for me ran simply because they loved the sport.” These words from Tennessee State University’s venerated track and field coach, Edward Temple, are certainly true for…

In this day and age of such specialized skills in the NFL, it is hard to remember when individual athletes played both offense and defense. William Patrick (Pat) McHugh was…

Reginald McKenzie Sr. was an all-state linebacker, a four-sport letterman and 1981 class valedictorian of Knoxville’s Austin-East High School.  McKenzie was recruited as a linebacker for the University of Tennessee….

Raleigh McKenzie attended Austin-East High School in Knoxville, where he played both linebacker and offensive line from 1977-80.  McKenzie was named the 11th-best recruit in Tennessee by the Knoxville News…

In the world of college basketball, Coach John B. McLendon Jr. is truly a legend. Credited as being the inventor of the fast break, McLendon led a campaign to integrate…

Mt. Olive, Mississippi, became a football recruiting hotspot the fall of 1990. Mt. Olive had a future star on its roster: Steve McNair. McNair was recruited heavily all over the…

Raised in Nashville and a graduate of Hillsboro High School, Meadors made the decision in the seventh grade that her future was coaching women’s basketball. She attended Middle Tennessee State…

How’s this for a monumental task – try building excitement as head basketball coach at a university where most fans thought the only sport ever invented was football. Enter Ray…

Julius “Chuck” Meriwether, a native of Nashville, is a graduate of Father Ryan High School. Meriwether attended Martin Methodist College and received his Bachelors’ degree in Health and Physical Education…

Although he passed away in 1983 at the young age of forty-seven, “Big John” Merritt left a football legacy which ranks him as one of the great coaches of our…

Bill Meyer came full circle. He was born in Knoxville, January 14, 1892, and he died there, March 31, 1957. In between he was a legendary baseball manager who made…

Don Meyer graduated with his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from the University of Northern Colorado. As a basketball and baseball standout, he was an All-America guard for former Bears men’s…

Sportswriter Stanley Woodward, in his 1952 “Football Magazine,” described John Michels as being “Inordinately quick, combative and hard-running,. . . an effective blocker on the line and one of the…

Cary Middlecoff made the most important career decision of his life in 1946. Just out of school, he chose to postpone a career as a dentist to try his hand…

In the game of softball, Clarence “Buck” Miller was a pitcher with overpowering speed. Attesting to his ability, Miller struck out more than 6,500 batters in his career and won…

A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, Hal Miller attended Dobyns-Bennett High School where he earned All-State, All-Southern and All-America honors in football. In 1947 he was a member of the D-B…

John Ed Miller grew up playing basketball in Union City, where he led to team to three straight state tournaments and became one of the region’s most sought-after prospects. After…

Tennessee fans with long memories will remember Edward Molinski as a hard-charging guard on University of Tennessee football teams from 1938 to 1940. Those teams compiled an astonishing 31-2 record…

Andrew Cecil Moore’s nickname, “Scrappy,” was hard-earned and well-deserved throughout thirty-six years as head coach at the University of Chattanooga. Consistently, Moore and his teams did what coaches and players…