| Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 1969 |
| University | University of Tennessee |
| Athletic director | Danny White |
| Head coach | Duane Ross[1][2] (May 2022-present season) |
| Conference | SEC |
| Location | Knoxville, TN |
| Indoor track | Stokely Athletic Center (Until 2012) (Capacity: 12,700) New Indoor Track Facility (2023- )[3] |
| Outdoor track | Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium (Capacity: 7,500) |
| Nickname | Lady Volunteers |
| Colors | Orange and white[4] |
| NCAA Indoor National Championships | |
| 2005, 2009 | |
| NCAA Outdoor National Championships | |
| 1981* | |
| NCAA Indoor National Runner up | |
| 1981*, 1982*, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 2010 | |
| NCAA Outdoor National Runner up | |
| 1982, 1984 | |
| NCAA Indoor Tournament Appearances | |
| 1981*, 1982*, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
| NCAA Outdoor Tournament Appearances | |
| 1976*, 1977*, 1978*, 1979*, 1980*, 1981*, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 Asterisk = AIAW | |
| Conference Indoor Championships | |
| 1984, 2005, 2007, 2009 | |
| Conference Outdoor Championships | |
| 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 | |
The Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field program represents the University of Tennessee in the sport of track and field. The indoor and outdoor programs compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Lady Vols host their home outdoor meets at the newly renovated Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium, located on the university's Knoxville, Tennessee campus. They formally held meets indoors at Stokely Athletic Center until the arenas demolition in 2012, but will soon have a new indoor track facility sometime in the 2020s.[5] The team is led by current head coach Duane Ross who took over the program after the firing of Beth Alford-Sullivan in May 2022.
Along with all other UT women's sports teams, it used the nickname "Lady Volunteers" (or the short form "Lady Vols") until the 2015–16 school year, when the school dropped the "Lady" prefix from the nicknames of all women's teams except in basketball.[6] In 2017 the university announced the return of the “Lady Volunteer” name.[7]
Throughout the program's history, the Lady Vols have produced 23 NCAA Indoor Individual Champions, 14 NCAA Outdoor Individual Champions, won 8 conference titles, and 3 team national championships. While not as successful historically as the Tennessee men's program, the Lady Vols have appeared in 33 NCAA Indoor Championships (4th most in SEC) and 37 Outdoor Championships (3rd most in SEC). Additionally, the program has finished as national runner up 7 times in Indoor Track and 2 times in Outdoor Track, and produced 4 Olympic Medalists.[8]
- ^ "Tennessee athletics parts ways with track and field director Beth Alford-Sullivan".
- ^ "Tennessee tabs Duane Ross, NCAA coach of the year in 2021, to lead track and field program".
- ^ "Focused on the Future, White Launches "My All" Campaign".
- ^ "General Information". UTSports.com. June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ "Focused on the Future, White Launches "My All" Campaign".
- ^ Megargee, Steve (June 26, 2015). "Tennessee set to make move to a lone 'Lady Vols' team". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ "University of Tennessee announces return of Lady Vols logo for all sports".
- ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_indoor_champs_records/2021-22/D1Women.pdf [bare URL PDF]