The Tennessee Volunteers men's Swimming and Diving program represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers are currently coached by Matt Kredich. The Vols host their swim meets in the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center which was newly built in 2008. The Vols compete in the SEC where they have won 10 SEC team titles, 173 individual titles and 45 relay crowns. Over the past 75 years of competition the Vols have produced numerous All-Americans, 24 Olympians, scored in 53 consecutive NCAA Championship meets, won 45 individual NCAA titles and won 1 NCAA National Title.
The Vols are currently led by 12th year head coach Matt Kredich who was hired on April 12, 2012. He had previously served as the Lady Volunteer Swimming and Diving head coach beginning in 2005. He replaced long-time head coach and former UT swimmer John Trembley who was fired as head coach for embezzlement and inappropriate behavior on university grounds on January 3, 2012.
Decade of dominance When Ray Bussard was hired in 1968 as head coach for the Vols swimming & diving team the team hadn't competed at the NCAA level since 1959 and had never won a team SEC championship. In only his second year as head coach, Bussard won the school's first SEC title for men's swimming & diving and would go on to compete in the NCAA tournament. Beginning in the 1970s, Tennessee won the 400m-freestyle relay at the SEC Championships ten straight years. During that ten-year span, Tennessee earned five straight 800m-freestyle relay titles and won the 400m medley crown nine out of 11 times. In 1978, the team won the NCAA championship. On the first day of the championship meet, the Vols jumped out to a 24-point lead which they did not relinquish. The title was not only a first for a team from the Southeastern Conference but also a first for any team in the South. When Bussard retired in 1988, he finished with a 252–20 overall record and a .926 winning percentage, making him the winningest swimming and diving coach in Tennessee history. He left the school having earned NCAA Coach of the Year in 1972 and 1978, as well as SEC Coach of the Year in 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, and 1978. In 2008, Bussard was inducted in the American Swimming Coaches Association's Hall of Fame.
Head coaches Source # Coach Years Seasons Record SECTitles NCAATop 10 NCAATop 5 NCAATitles Won Lost %1Burney Slater1934-19374158.652 ––––2Godfrey Novelty 1938-194252618.598––––3Karl Bahret1947-195362013.606––––*Karl Bahret1958-1959234.429––––4Ray Bussard1968-19882125220.926810815John Trembley1989-20122328265.8132165–6Matt Kredich2013–present129243.681–2–– Total72690171.801 1028131
Yearly record Sources Season Coach MeetRecord SECMeet NCAAMeet Southeastern Conference1934Burney Slater1-3 ––1935Burney Slater3-1––1936Burney Slater7-3––1937Burney Slater4-1––1938Godfrey Novotny8-25th (10)–1939Godfrey Novotny4-54th (3)–1940Godfrey Novotny4-6-1T-5th (10)–1941Godfrey Novotny6-22nd (44)–1942Godfrey Novotny4-3–– 1943-1946 No Team1947Karl Bahret3-1––1948Karl Bahret0-3––1949Karl Bahret7-0––1950Karl Bahret2-4––1951Karl Bahret3-15th (8)–1952Karl Bahret1-15th (12)–1954Karl Bahret4-3––1955-1957 No Team1958Karl Bahret1-2––1959Karl Bahret2-2––1960-1967 No Team1968Ray Bussard9-12nd (383.5)–1969Ray Bussard13-1 1st (508)32nd (2)1970Ray Bussard10-02nd (519)9th (65)1971Ray Bussard12-02nd (548)6th (126)1972Ray Bussard12-0 1st (620)3rd (170)1973Ray Bussard12-0 1st (676)2nd (294)1974Ray Bussard13-0 1st (633)3rd (240)1975Ray Bussard16-0 1st (612)4th (174)1976Ray Bussard15-1 1st (649)2nd (237)1977Ray Bussard11-2 1st (511)3rd (182)1978Ray Bussard12-1 1st (525)1st (307)1979Ray Bussard11-22nd (484.5)4th (221)1980Ray Bussard9-33rd (325)11th (221)1981Ray Bussard9-54th (270)T-17th (18)1982Ray Bussard11-14th (288)T-29th (5)1983Ray Bussard9-14th (299)13th (36)1984Ray Bussard13-04th (291)22nd (10)1985Ray Bussard11-14th (439)21st (28)1986Ray Bussard17-02nd (532.5)12th (78)1987Ray Bussard15-03rd (516.5)T-14th (69)1988Ray Bussard12-13rd (461.5)23rd (32.5)1989John Trembley14-3 1st (764.5)9th (160)1990John Trembley13-12nd (754)8th (195)1991John Trembley13-02nd (600)5th (249)1992John Trembley9-44th (475)11th (150)1993John Trembley12-13rd (549)8th (170)1994John Trembley12-123rd (596)9th (150.5)1995John Trembley16-22nd (676.5)6th (230)1996John Trembley22-3 1st (846)5th (311.5)1997John Trembley26-02nd (680)5th (235.5)1998John Trembley9-63rd (515)4th (233)1999John Trembley9-12nd (700)7th (171)2000John Trembley7-33rd (637)T-7th (171)2001John Trembley21-02nd (632.5)3rd (330.5)2002John Trembley14-14th (476)12th (144)2003John Trembley12-34th (455)16th (86)2004John Trembley12-44th (369)8th (140)2005John Trembley6-76th (303)17th (50)2006John Trembley14-24th (715.5)11th (128)2007John Trembley12-34th (349.5)11th (128)2008John Trembley14-43rd (562)9th (172)2009John Trembley7-33rd (584)8th (144)2010John Trembley7-34th (417.5)17th (56)2011John Trembley7-43rd (602.5)12th (106.5)2012John Trembley5-54th (459)22nd (34)2013Matt Kredich6-44th (787.5)16th (59)2014Matt Kredich6-46th (713)15th (98)2015Matt Kredich12-84th (918)14th (111)2016Matt Kredich6-6-16th (745)7th (188)2017Matt Kredich3-116th (770.5)20th (55)2018Matt Kredich11-2-14th (899)11th (123)2019Matt Kredich10-43rd (917)11th (105)2020Matt Kredich9-36th (817)N/A2021Matt Kredich3-23rd (850.5)20th (48)2022Matt Kredich11-2T-2nd (938)18th (72.5)2023Matt Kredich9-23rd (1035.5)7th (216.5)2024Matt Kredich6-45th (992)6th (231) Total 690-171-3 101 Note: The 2020 season was canceled after the SEC Championships due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the NCAA Championships were not held.
NCAA Individual & Relay champions The Vols have won 46 NCAA Individual, Relay, and Diving NCAA titles all time.
+Individual & Diving1970David Edgar50 Freestyle20.931970David Edgar100 Freestyle46.061971David Edgar50 Freestyle20.301971David Edgar100 Freestyle44.691972David Edgar50 Freestyle20.4421972David Edgar100 Freestyle45.0031973John Trembley50 Freestyle20.3371973John Trembley100 Freestyle45.0901973John Trembley100 Butterfly48.6881974John Trembley50 Freestyle20.2341974John Trembley100 Butterfly48.7181975Lee Engstrand400 Individual Medley3:57.801976Matt Vogel100 Butterfly48.951976Lee Engstrand200 Individual Medley1:50.131976Jim Kennedy1-Meter Diving514.291978Andy Coan50 Freestyle20.291978Andy Coan100 Freestyle44.101979Andy Coan100 Freestyle43.421979Andy Coan200 Freestyle1:35.621979Andy Coan50 Freestyle19.921989Mel Stewart200 Butterfly1:44.301991Mel Stewart200 Butterfly1:41.781993Tripp Schwenk200 Backstroke1:42.061994Evan Stewart3-Meter Diving614.651995Evan Stewart3-Meter Diving655.401996Ricky Busquets100 Freestyle42.641996Jeremy Linn100 Breaststroke53.041997Jeremy Linn100 Breaststroke53.321997Jeremy Linn200 Breaststroke1:55.271998Jeremy Linn100 Breaststroke53.011999Michael Gilliam100 Backstroke47.122001Michael Gilliam100 Backstroke45.972003Phillip Jones3-Meter Diving649.702004Phillip Jones1-Meter Diving388.652016Liam Stone1-Meter Diving453.702018Zhipeng (Colin) ZengPlatform Diving466.352019Zhipeng (Colin) Zeng1-Meter Diving405.402023Jordan Crooks50 Freestyle18.32
+Relay1972Tom Lutz, Ken Knox, David Edgar, John Trembley400 Freestyle Relay3:01.1181973Ken Knox, Tom Lutz, Keith Gilliam, John Trembley400 Freestyle Relay3:00.3631973Kevin Priestley, Rick Seywert, John Trembley, Tom Lutz400 Medley Relay3:22.9861974Kevin Priestly, Rick Seywert, John Trembley, Tom Lutz400 Medley Relay3:22.7881978Bob Sells, Andy Coan, John Ebuna, John Newton400 Freestyle Relay2:55.661979John Ebuna, John Newton, Marc Foreman, Andy Coan400 Freestyle Relay2:54.741996Craig Gilliam, Jeremy Linn, Jim Rumbaugh, Ricky Busquets200 Medley Relay1:25.851996Craig Gilliam, Jeremy Linn, Jim Rumbaugh, Ricky Busquets400 Medley Relay3:09.97
Conference Individual Event Champions
The Vols have won 227 total SEC individual, relay, and diving titles throughout their history.
50 Freestyle15100 Freestyle14200 Freestyle7500 Freestyle101650 Freestyle5100 Backstroke17200 Backstroke9100 Breaststroke10200 Breaststroke12100 Butterfly12200 Butterfly8200 Individual Medley5400 Individual Medley81-Meter Diving203-Meter Diving19Platform Diving9200 Freestyle Relay4400 Freestyle Relay14800 Freestyle Relay7200 Medley Relay8400 Medley Relay14
Tennessee Volunteers Olympians The University of Tennessee has had 24 Olympians represent Tennessee's swimming and diving program since the 1970s. Since that time they have earned 11 medals including two individual gold medalists and five gold medals earned as part of a relay. The following list include all of the former and current Olympic participants.
As of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Medalists Athlete Country Olympics Event Medal David Edgar 1972 Munich free relay Gold Jeremy Linn 1996 Atlanta medley relay Gold 100 m breaststroke Silver Tripp Schwenk 1996 Atlanta medley relay Gold 200 m backstroke Silver Melvin Stewart 1992 Barcelona 200 m butterfly Gold medley relay Gold free relay Bronze Matt Vogel 1976 Montreal 100 m butterfly Gold medley relay GoldGraham Windeatt1972 Munich1500 metre freestyleSilver
Participants Athlete Country Olympics Octavio Alesi 2008 Beijing 2012 London Andrew Bree 2000 Sydney 2008 Beijing Ray Brown 1992 Barcelona Ricardo Busquets 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens Gabi Chereches 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney George Du Rand 2008 Beijing J.R. de Souza 1992 BarcelonaLyubomir Epitropov2020 TokyoMichael Houlie2020 Tokyo Lars Jorgensen 1988 Seoul Paulo Machado 2004 Athens Geri Mewett 1992 Barcelona Barry Murphy 2012 London Jonas Persson 2008 Beijing Kyle Smerdon 2000 Sydney Evan Stewart 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney Jevon Tarantino 2008 Beijing Sal Vasallo 1988 Seoul
See also
Tennessee Volunteers women's swimming and diving Swimming at the Summer Olympics
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