The Tennessee Lady Volunteers volleyball is the team that represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers (or "Vols") compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Volunteers play their home matches in the Thompson–Boling Arena on the university's campus, and are currently led by 9th-year head coach Eve Rackham.

Along with all of the 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. In late 2017 the university reinstated the “Lady Volunteer” nickname for all women's sports teams.

History Rob Patrick era From 1997 until his retirement in 2017, Rob Patrick led the Lady Vols to 9 NCAA Tournaments, 2 SEC Championships, an SEC Tournament, and 11 20+ win seasons. One highlight of the Rob Patrick campaign came in 2004, when the Lady Vols set program records in wins (32), win percentage (.914), and claimed the SEC regular season and tournament championships. This success culminated in a #12 national seed and an NCAA Sweet 16 berth. The Lady Vols finished the 2004 season with a final record of 32-3 (15-1 SEC). The success rolled into 2005 as the Lady Vols made their deepest postseason appearance with their first and only NCAA Final Four appearance. Despite his accomplishments, the Lady Vols struggled during his final two years finishing a combined 29-29 and 12–24 in SEC play by the time Patrick retired in 2017.Volleyball Handbook 2022

Eve Rackham-Watt era On January 10, 2018, former athletic director Phillip Fulmer announced Eve Rackham as the new head coach for the Lady Volunteers. In her first season as head coach, Rackham led the largest single season turnaround in program history, taking a team that finished 12-15 (5-13 SEC) the previous season to 26-6 (16-2 SEC) with a 2nd place SEC finish. Additionally, Rackham ended a 5-year postseason drought in 2018, and guided the Lady Vols to back-to-back NCAA tournaments for the first time since 2012 by qualifying in 2021 and 2022.

Yearly Record

The University of Tennessee first fielded a women's varsity volleyball team in the fall of 1958 and first kept recordings of games in 1973. Since then, the Volunteers have won four Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships.

Year Head coach Overall recordSECRecord SECstanding Winning percentage Postseason1973Kaye Hart (1st)38-6——.8642nd Region II 1974 Kaye Hart (2nd) 8-14— — .364 — 1975 Diane Hale (1st) 17-8-6— — .645 — 1976 Jodie Lambert (1st) 22-13-4— — .615 — 1977 Bud Fields (1st) 7-11-3— — .405 4th Region II 1978 Bud Fields (2nd) 20-14-3— — .581 — 1979 Bob Bertucci (1st) 34-114-2 2nd .756 5th Region II 1980 Bob Bertucci (2nd) 40-174-1 2nd .696 2nd Region II 1981 Bob Bertucci (3rd) 34-223-0Champions .607 NCAA First Round 1982 Bob Bertucci (4th) 31–72-0Champions .816 NCAA Regional Semifinal 1983 Bob Bertucci (5th) 31–103-2 2nd .756 NCAA Regional Semifinal 1984 Bob Bertucci (6th) 25–115-1Champions .694 NCAA Regional Semifinal 1985 Bob Bertucci (7th) 12–243-3 4th .333 — 1986 Bob Bertucci (8th) 22–132-3 5th .629 — 1987 Sandy Lynn (1st) 18-184-3 3rd .500 — 1988 Sandy Lynn (2nd) 23–125-2 2nd .657 — 1989 Sandy Lynn (3rd) 13–155-3 4th .464 — 1990 Sandy Lynn (4th) 12–174-4 T–3rd .414 — 1991 Julie Hermann (1st) 12–174-10 8th .414 — 1992 Julie Hermann (2nd) 13–148-6 5th .481 — 1993 Julie Hermann (3rd) 18–137-7 5th .581 NCAA Second Round 1994 Julie Hermann (4th) 10–212-12 11th .323 — 1995 Julie Hermann (5th) 7-250-14 5th (East) .219 — 1996 Julie Hermann (6th) 17–166-8 4th (East) .515 — 1997 Rob Patrick (1st) 15–195-9 4th (East) .441 — 1998 Rob Patrick (2nd) 19–107-7 4th (East) .655 — 1999 Rob Patrick (3rd) 19–138-6 2nd (East) .594 — 2000 Rob Patrick (4th) 23–109-5 3rd (East) .700 NCAA First Round 2001 Rob Patrick (5th) 16–117-7 3rd (East) .593 — 2002 Rob Patrick (6th) 20–118-8 4th (East) .645 — 2003 Rob Patrick (7th) 22–910-6 2nd (East) .710 — 2004 Rob Patrick (8th) 32–315-1Champions .914 NCAA Regional Semifinal 2005 Rob Patrick (9th) 25–913-3 2nd (East) .735 NCAA Final Four 2006 Rob Patrick (10th) 19–1210-10 3rd (East) .613 NCAA First Round 2007 Rob Patrick (11th) 11–186-14 5th (East) .379 — 2008 Rob Patrick (12th) 22–1015-5 3rd (East) .688 NCAA First Round 2009 Rob Patrick (13th) 24–8 16-4 T–2nd (East) .750 NCAA Second Round 2010 Rob Patrick (14th) 25–715-5 2nd (East) .781 NCAA Second Round 2011 Rob Patrick (15th) 28–419-1Champions .875 NCAA Second Round 2012 Rob Patrick (16th) 22–815-5 2nd (East) .733 NCAA First Round 2013 Rob Patrick (17th) 9-231-17 11th .391 — 2014 Rob Patrick (18th) 8-241-17 13th .333 — 2015 Rob Patrick (19th) 21–127-11 T–8th .636 — 2016 Rob Patrick (20th) 17–147-11 T–7th .548 — 2017 Rob Patrick (21st) 12–155-13 T–11th .444 — 2018 Eve Rackham (1st) 26–616-2 2nd .813 NCAA Second Round 2019 Eve Rackham (2nd) 15–139-9 T–7th .536 — 2020 Eve Rackham-Watt (3rd) 12–812-8 5th .600 — 2021 Eve Rackham-Watt (4th) 20–1011-7 4th .667 NCAA Second Round2022Eve Rackham-Watt (5th)17-1411-7T–4th .548NCAA First Round2023Eve Rackham-Watt (6th)26-515-3T–2nd .839NCAA Regional Semifinal2024Eve Rackham-Watt (7th)15–128-8T-6th.556NCAA Second Round 2025 Eve Rackham-Watt (8th) 20–8 10–5 4th .714 NCAA First Round Total 8 1044–675–16 362–295 5 .607 22

All-Americans

Tennessee has 17 All-Americans including two AVCA All-America first team selections

Kristen Andre, 2004, 2005 Sarah Blum, 2006 April Chapple, 1984 Leslie Cikra, 2011 Nikki Fowler, 2008, 2009, 2010 Chloe Goldman, 2009 Leah Hinkey, 2010 DeeDee Harrison, 2011 Kayla Jeter, 2010 Julie Knytych, 2004, 2005 Amy Morris, 2004, 2005 Ellen Mullins, 2012 Michelle Piantadosi, 2004 Mary Pollmiller, 2011 Beverly Robinson, 1982 Kelsey Robinson, 2011, 2012 Yuliya Stoyanova, 2005, 2006

See also List of NCAA Division I women's volleyball programs

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