List of Tennessee Volunteers head basketball coaches

The following is a list of Tennessee Volunteers Men's head basketball coaches. The Volunteers have had 21 men's basketball coaches in their 110-season history.

Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 1908–10 Robert C. Whitaker 2 9–13 1910–11 Alex Stone 1 7–9 1911–16 Zora Clevenger 5 151–72 1916–17 John R. Bender 1 10–5 1917–19 R.H. Fitzgerald 2 5–15 1919–21 John R. Bender (2nd time) 2 29–10 1921–26 Mark Banks 5 52–33 1926–35 W.H. Britton 9 80–73 1935–38 Blair Gullion 3 47–19 1938–47^ John Mauer 8 126–40 1947–59 Emmett Lowery 12 169–110 1959–62 John Sines 3 26–45 1962–77 Ray Mears 15 278–112 1977–78 Cliff Wettig 1 11-16 1978–89 Don DeVoe 11 204–137 1989–94 Wade Houston 5 65–90 1994–97 Kevin O'Neill 3 36–47 1997–01 Jerry Green 4 89–36 2001–05 Buzz Peterson 4 61–59 2005–11 Bruce Pearl 6 145–61 2011–14 Cuonzo Martin 3 63–41 2014–15 Donnie Tyndall 1 16–16 2015–present* Rick Barnes 11 242-112 Totals 21 men's coaches 113 seasons 1921-1171 An asterisk (*) denotes a season currently in progress. ^ – Tennessee didn't field a team in the 1943–44 season.

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