Inductees

Bob Carroll is the winningest football coach in the history of the University of Tennessee at Martin. During his coaching tenure from 1957 to 1974, UTM made the transition from…

All Erselle D. “Red” Cavette ever wanted was the chance to play. Born October 5, 1905 on a small farm in Mississippi, Cavette went to school in a one-room, one-teacher…

Fran Chandler was born in Jackson, Tennessee. Except for her college years, she has lived there all her life. She attended Jackson Central-Merry High School were she was runner-up in…

Coach Mack Chandler was considered by many to be the “iron man” of high school basketball coaches. In his 31 years as a head coach of varsity boys and girls…

Chandra Cheeseborough’s first exposure to the track program at Tennessee State University and Coach Ed Temple came during her junior year in high school. Growing up in Jacksonville, Fla, Chandra…

Elbert Olney “Bowser” Chest officiated his first basketball game as an eighteen-year-old Hume-Fogg High School student; some thirty years later, in 1953, he worked his final college game, an Auburn-Alabama…

“Gentleman, scholar, athlete.” No other phrase seems as appropriate in describing former Tennessee and NFL standout, Ed Cifers. The talented Kingsport native was the first player east of Knoxville to…

It’s hard enough to be considered great in one sport, let alone two. Robert Gale Cifers was a standout in both football and track & field. A native of Kingsport,…

Mike Clary built one of the most successful athletic legacies in the nation during his long and distinguished career at Rhodes College. For over four decades, he was dedicated to…

When Charles M. Clement passed away in 1976 at the age of seventy-seven, he was listed in the Greenville, South Carolina, telephone directory as “Foots Clement.” His size fourteen shoes…

Chad Clifton, a native of Martin, TN, was an all-around athlete at Westview High School, lettering four times in football and three times in basketball. In his senior football season, he was named…

Reggie Cobb was a dynamic running back whose powerful style and playmaking made him a standout in Tennessee football history. A Knoxville native, Cobb starred at Central High School before…

There were shining stars aplenty during southern football’s climb to national prominence in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Josh Cody, a 225-pound, slashing tackler and blocker for…

Mike Cody, a lawyer by profession, has been involved with athletics throughout his life. A graduate of Memphis East High School, he captained Mustang basketball and track teams. Following graduation,…

A native of Shelbyville, Tennessee, Charlie Coffey came to the University of Tennessee to play football for General Robert Neyland. While at UT he played guard for the Vols, lettered…

Praised by General Robert Neyland for his toughness, Leonard Coffman was the fearless fullback on some of the best football teams that ever wore UT orange. Neyland, who judged fullbacks…

Jimmy Cole grew up in Memphis starring in every sport at Messick High School. During his high school career, Jimmy earned 14 varsity letters in football, basketball baseball and track….

The 2021 season is the 19th as head coach at Vanderbilt for Tim Corbin. During his tenure Corbin has turned the Commodores into a national power, leading Vanderbilt to two…

Gone are the days of three-sport collegiate athletes. At the University of Mississippi, one can trace the end of that era to the year 1956, when senior Eddie Crawford, a…

Terry Crisp is from Parry Sound, Ontario and had a shining career as an NHL player and head coach before becoming the beloved sports analyst for the Nashville Predators he’s…