The 2025 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represents the University of Tennessee in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Volunteers play their home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. This was Tennessee's final season with Tony Vitello as their head coach, as he went on to be hired as manager of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants following the season.
Previous season The Volunteers finished 60–13 and 22–8 in the SEC, good for first place in the East division. They won the SEC Tournament, Knoxville Regional and Super Regional, and College World Series.
Preseason Preseason SEC awards and honors The Vols had six players named to SEC preseason teams Preseason All-SEC First Team Player No. Position Class Dean Curley 1 SS Sophomore Nate Snead 7 RP Junior Liam Doyle 12 SP Junior
Preseason All-SEC Second Team Player No. Position Class Gavin Kilen 6 2B Junior Hunter Ensley 9 OF RS-Senior Andrew Fischer 11 3B Junior
Coaches Poll The SEC Coaches poll was released on February 2, 2025. Tennessee was predicted to finish second in the SEC. SEC coaches poll 1 Texas A&M 228 (10) 2 Tennessee 215 (1) 3 Arkansas 214 (3) 4 LSU 204 (1) 5 Florida 183 (1) 6 Georgia 165 7 Vanderbilt 156 8 Texas 146 9 Mississippi State 112 10 Kentucky 102 11 Oklahoma 101 12 Auburn 100 13 Alabama 98 14 South Carolina 61 15 Ole Miss 60 16 Missouri 31
Personnel Roster
Coaching staff 2025 Tennessee Volunteers coaching staff Name Position Seasons atTennessee Tony Vitello Head coach 8 Frank Anderson Assistant Coach/Pitching 8 Josh Elander Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 8 Ross Kivett Assistant Coach 1 Ricky Martinez Director of Player Development 1 Parker Serrano Student Assistant Coach 2 Quentin Eberhardt Director of Baseball Sports Performance 8
Offseason Signing Day Recruits The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for Tennessee in 2025. Pitchers Tegan Kuhns Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg Area Aidan Hayse Shorewood, Illinois Joliet Catholic Academy Tate Strickland Powder Springs, Georgia Harrison (GA) Brayden Krenzel Dublin, Ohio Dublin Jerome Anson Seibert Overland Park, Kansas Blue Valley Southwest Nic Abraham Elk Grove, California Franklin (CA) Ben Martin Kennesaw, Georgia Allatoona Stratton Scott Knoxville, Tennessee Farragut Ryler Smart Pearland, Texas Pearland Andrew DuMont St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis University Hitters Manny Marin Hialeah, Florida Westminster Christian (FL) Jay Abernathy Atlanta, Georgia North Cobb Chris Newstrom Phoenix, Arizona Chaparral (AZ) Brooks Wright Knoxville, Tennessee Bearden (TN) Jaxon Walker Loudon, Tennessee Loudon (TN) Robinson Martin Memphis, Tennessee Houston (TN) Jack Jones Prairie Village, Kansas Shawnee Mission East Brennon Seigler Knoxville, Tennessee Farragut Dane Morrow Louisville, Kentucky Trinity (KS) Utility Levi Clark Marietta, Georgia George Walton Comprehensive Beau Revord Jefferson City, Tennessee Jefferson County (TN)
2024 MLB draft
#1 #8 Christian Moore INF Los Angeles Angels #1 #34 Blake Burke 1B Milwaukee Brewers #2 #60 Billy Amick 3B Minnesota Twins #2 #65 Dylan Dreiling OF Texas Rangers #3 #76 Drew Beam RHP Kansas City Royals #4 #134 Kavares Tears OF San Diego Padres #5 #138 AJ Causey RHP Kansas City Royals #8 #229 Aaron Combs RHP Chicago White Sox
Schedule and results
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 14th4:30 p.m. || vs * || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || || || || None || SECN+ || 6,212 || 1–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 15th2:00 p.m. || vs Hofstra* || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || || || Tristan Nemjo (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,249 || 2–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 16th11:00 a.m. || vs Hofstra* || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 13–1 (7)|| || || None || SECN+ || 4,814 || 3–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 18th4:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 29–4 (7) || Nic Abraham (1–0) || || None || SECN+ || 4,271 || 4–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 21st2:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 5–1 || Liam Doyle (2–0) || Miller Riggins (1–1) || || SECN+ || 4,741 || 5–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | February 22nd2:00 p.m. || vs Samford* || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 7–3 || Nate Snead (1–0) || Joseph Lee (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,106 || 6–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 23rd1:00 p.m. || vs Samford* || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 11–1 (7) || Austin Hunley (2–0) || Josh Leerssen (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,142 || 7–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 25th4:30 p.m. || vs || No. 3 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 7–5 || Tegan Kuhns (1–0) || Reese Young (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,129 || 8–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 28th4:05 p.m. || vs Oklahoma State*Astros Foundation College Classic || No. 3 || Daikin ParkHouston, Texas || W 5–2 || Dylan Loy (1–0) || Gabe Davis (0–1) || Nate Snead (1) || Astros.com || 11,502 || 9–0 || —
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 1st12:05 p.m. || vs *Astros Foundation College Classic || No. 3 || Daikin ParkHouston, Texas || W 13–3 || Brayden Sharp (1–0) || Blaine Brown (0–1) || None || Astros.com || 16,226 || 10–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 2nd11:05 a.m. || vs Arizona*Astros Foundation College Classic || No. 3 || Daikin ParkHouston, Texas || W 5–1 || Brandon Arvidson (1–0) || Bailey Smith (0–1) || None || Astros.com || 9,439 || 11–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 4th6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 22–9 (7) || Dylan Loy (2–0) || Noah Arnett (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,070 || 12–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 5th5:30 p.m. || vs * || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 13–1 || Austin Breedlove (1–0) || Logan Schmidt (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 4,726 || 13–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 7th6:30 p.m. || vs * || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 12–0 || Liam Doyle (3–0) || James Capellupo (1–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,468 || 14–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 8th6:00 p.m. || vs St. Bonaventure* || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 11–1 (7) || Marcus Phillips (1–0) || Michael Salina (1–1) || None || SECN+ || 6,007 || 15–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 9th1:00 p.m. || vs St. Bonaventure* || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 13–2 (7) || Tegan Kuhns (2–0) || David James (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,701 || 16–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 11th4:30 p.m. || vs * || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 4–2 || Thomas Crabtree (1–0) || Evimael Quiles (0–1) || Ryan Combs (1) || SECN+ || 5,461 || 17–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 14th6:30 p.m. || vs No. 7 Florida || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 5–3 || Tanner Franklin (1–0) || Liam Peterson (4–1) || Nate Snead (2) || SECN+ || 6,298 || 18–0 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 15th3:30 p.m. || vs No. 7 Florida || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 10–0 (7) || Marcus Phillips (2–0) || Aidan King (3–1) || None || SECN || 5,575 || 19–0 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 16th1:00 p.m. || vs No. 7 Florida || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 7–4 || Dylan Loy (3–0) || Billy Barlow (1–1) || Nate Snead (3) || SECN+ || 5,579 || 20–0 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 18th5:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || L 6–7 (10)|| Andrew Cotten (1–0) || Tanner Franklin (1–1) || None || SECN+ || 6,331 || 20–1 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 20th7:30 p.m. || at No. 12 Alabama || No. 1 || Sewell-Thomas StadiumTuscaloosa, Alabama || L 5–6 || Zane Adams (4–0) || Liam Doyle (3–1) || Carson Ozmer (6) || ESPNU || 4,341 || 20–2 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 21st5:00 p.m. || at No. 12 Alabama || No. 1 || Sewell-Thomas StadiumTuscaloosa, Alabama || W 10–7 || Dylan Loy (4–0) || Riley Quick (4–1) || Tanner Franklin (2) || SECN+ || 5,800 || 21–2 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 22nd2:00 p.m. || at No. 12 Alabama || No. 1 || Sewell-Thomas StadiumTuscaloosa, Alabama || W 9–2 || Brayden Krenzel (1–0) || Bobby Alcock (3–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,800 || 22–2 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 25th6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 14–3 || Brandon Arvidson (2–0)|| Andrew White (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,779 || 23–2 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Mar 28th7:00 p.m. || at South Carolina || No. 1 || Founders ParkColumbia, South Carolina || W 11–7 || Liam Doyle (4–1)|| Jake McCoy (2–3) || None || SECN+ || 8,242 || 24–2 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 29th4:00 p.m. || at South Carolina || No. 1 || Founders ParkColumbia, South Carolina || W 7–5 || Nate Snead (2–0) || Brandon Stone (1–3) || None || SECN+ || 8,242 || 25–2 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 30th5:00 p.m. || at South Carolina || No. 1 || Founders ParkColumbia, South Carolina || W 7–2 || Brayden Krenzel (2–0)|| Matthew Becker (2–2) || None || SECN ||8,012 || 26–2 || 8–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 1st6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 7–1 || Michael Sharman (1–0) || Drew Mattox (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,839 || 27–2 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 4th7:00 p.m. || vs Texas A&M || No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 10–0 (7) || Liam Doyle (5–1) || Ryan Prager (2–2) || None || ESPNU || 6,544 || 28–2 || 9–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 5th (Game 1)3:00 p.m. || vs Texas A&M ||No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || L 3–9 || Justin Lamkin (2–3) || Marcus Phillips (2–1) || Weston Moss (1) || SECN+ || 5,650 || 28–3 || 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 5th (Game 2)7:00 p.m. || vs Texas A&M ||No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || L 6–17 (8) || Myles Patton (3–3) || Tegan Kuhns (2–1) || None || SECN+ || 6,074 || 28–4 || 9–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 8th6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 5 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 10–2 || Austin Breedlove (2–0)|| Trey Power (1–2) || None || SECN+ || 5,081 || 29–4 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 11thTBD p.m. || at No. 6 Ole Miss || No. 5 || Swayze FieldOxford, Mississippi || W 3–2 || Liam Doyle (6–1) || Hunter Elliott (5–1) || Dylan Loy (1) || SECN+ || 11,818 || 30–4 || 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 12th4:00 p.m. || at No. 6 Ole Miss || No. 5 || Swayze FieldOxford, Mississippi || L 5–8 || Riley Maddox (4–2) || Marcus Phillips (2–2) || Connor Spencer (3)|| SECN+ || 11,790 || 30–5 || 10–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 13th3:00 p.m. || at No. 6 Ole Miss || No. 5 || Swayze FieldOxford, Mississippi || W 10–8 || Nate Snead (3–0) || Brayden Jones (1–2) || None || SECN || 10,333 || 31–5 || 11–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 15th6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 13–3 (8)|| Andrew Behnke (2–0)|| Carson Brower (1–2)|| None || SECN+ || 5,305 || 32–5 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 18th6:30 p.m. || vs Kentucky || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee || W 8–2 || Liam Doyle (7–1)||Nate Harris (3–2) || None || SECN+ || 5,956 || 33–5 || 12–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"