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Frank Boring, Jr. (1952)

Jan 31st, 2012 • Category: Obituaries

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.



Roger Aubrey Coggins (1950)

Sep 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

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, [...]



Ronald “Ron” Stephen Jarvis (1968)

Jun 21st, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

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 (1958)

Jun 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

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 C. Falco (1966)

Jun 2nd, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

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 [...]



Emmon Wayne Love (1974)

Oct 15th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Emmon Wayne Love, of Knoxville, died September 27, 2010. He attended the University of Tennessee, where he lettered in football from 1971 to 1973 and was a Football All-American. In 2003, Emmon was inducted into the Oak Ridge Sports Hall of Fame.



Landon Darty (1958)

Oct 7th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Landon Darty, of Dothan, AL, died September 12, 2010. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and played football while at the university. He began his career as a football coach in Florida and then moved to Marion Military Institute in Marion, Alabama. [...]



Steven Cyril DeLong (1965)

Aug 20th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Steven Cyril Delong, of Knoxville, died August 18, 2010. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. While at UT he had an outstanding football career, receiving All SEC and All American honors, as well as winner of the Outland Trophy as the [...]



It’s almost football time in Tennessee! It’s almost football time in Tennessee!

Aug 18th, 2010 • Category: Campus News

Open the season with a pregame tailgate featuring a rare faceoff between two UT campuses at Neyland Stadium.



Come back to class before each home football game Come back to class before each home football game

Aug 18th, 2010 • Category: Campus News

As football season begins, one of UT’s other game day traditions—the College of Arts and Sciences’ Pregame Showcase—kicks off another year. Twenty-one years after the showcase was created, it is still introducing football fans to some of UT’s most exceptional faculty members.