Frank Boring, Jr., of Alcoa, TN, died December 12, 2011. Mr. Boring earned a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and played on the 1951 UT National Championship Football Team. He served his country in the U.S. army and was an educator and coach by profession.

A good night’s rest comes easy for former Tennessee Lady Vols standout Michelle Marciniak (’95), who has crafted bed sheets from the same breathable fabric that she once wore as a basketball coach at the University of South Carolina.

Roger Aubrey Coggins, of Knoxville, died August 27, 2011. After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he received a football scholarship to the University of Tennessee and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Following graduation, he began a high school teaching and coaching career, coaching football, basketball, [...]

Carl “Coach” Murphy Ellis, Jr., of Lakeland, FL, died July 30, 2011. He attended the University of Tennessee on a football scholarship and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. Following graduation, he coached at UT, Virginia Tech, and Mulberry High School.

Mix a passionate thirteen-man squad with a large fan base and a nail-biter ending and you’ve got yourself UT Knoxville’s 2011 National Champion paintball team.

Ronald “Ron” Stephen Jarvis, of Knoxville, died June 16, 2011. Ron was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. He was a letterman on the 63-67 Vols football team, which won the National Championship in 1967. He was a Captain in the [...]

Frank G. Kolinsky, of Knoxville, died May 9, 2011. He came to the University of Tennessee on a football scholarship and was a member of the 1956 SEC Championship team. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Following graduation from UT, he coached high school football in [...]

Joseph Hendee “Coach Joe,” of Knoxville, died April 24, 2011. Joe entered the University of Tennessee in 1978 as an Undergraduate Assistant with the Men’s Swimming and Diving Team. He remained with the team until his death, becoming the longest-tenured assistant coach in the history of men’s athletics at Tennessee. He completed his bachelor’s degree [...]

William H. “Bill” Wright, Jr., of Knoxville, died April 21, 2011. He accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of Tennessee but in 1943 was called into the Marines and assigned to the officer’s training program at Duke University. He received his 2nd Lt.’s Commission at Quantico, Virginia and served a year in the Central Pacific. [...]

Joseph C. Falco, of Stratford, CT, died April 5, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, attending on a football scholarship and was a letterman at defensive tackle. He was a former teacher and head football coach at Central High School [...]