Tennessee Volunteers men's swimming and diving

For the Tennessee women's swimming and diving team, see Tennessee Volunteers women's swimming and diving.

Tennessee Volunteers
Founded	1934
Athletic director	Danny White
Head coach	Matt Kredich (12th season)
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Location	Knoxville, TN
Home pool	Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center (capacity 3,800)
Nickname	Tennessee Volunteers
Colors	Orange and white [1]
NCAA Champions
1978
NCAA Runner up
1973, 1976
NCAA Championship appearances
1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Champions
1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1996

Allan Jones Aquatic Center

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. ^[2] The Vols host their swim meets in the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center which was newly built in 2008. ^[3] 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. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

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. ^[8] 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. ^[9]

Head coaches

Source ^[10]

#	Coach	Years	Seasons	Record			SEC Titles	NCAA Top 10	NCAA Top 5	NCAA Titles
				Won	Lost	%
1	Burney Slater	1934-1937	4	15	8	.652	–	–	–	–
2	Godfrey Novelty	1938-1942	5	26	18	.598	–	–	–	–
3	Karl Bahret	1947-1953	6	20	13	.606	–	–	–	–
*	Karl Bahret	1958-1959	2	3	4	.429	–	–	–	–
4	Ray Bussard	1968-1988	21	252	20	.926	8	10	8	1
5	John Trembley	1989-2012	23	282	65	.813	2	16	5	–
6	Matt Kredich	2013–present	12	92	43	.681	–	2	–	–
Total			72	690	171	.801	10	28	13	1

Yearly record

Sources< ^{[10] [11]}

Season	Coach	Meet Record	SEC Meet	NCAA Meet
Southeastern Conference
1934	Burney Slater	1-3	–	–
1935	Burney Slater	3-1	–	–
1936	Burney Slater	7-3	–	–
1937	Burney Slater	4-1	–	–
1938	Godfrey Novotny	8-2	5th (10)	–
1939	Godfrey Novotny	4-5	4th (3)	–
1940	Godfrey Novotny	4-6-1	T-5th (10)	–
1941	Godfrey Novotny	6-2	2nd (44)	–
1942	Godfrey Novotny	4-3	–	–
1943-1946 No Team
1947	Karl Bahret	3-1	–	–
1948	Karl Bahret	0-3	–	–
1949	Karl Bahret	7-0	–	–
1950	Karl Bahret	2-4	–	–
1951	Karl Bahret	3-1	5th (8)	–
1952	Karl Bahret	1-1	5th (12)	–
1954	Karl Bahret	4-3	–	–
1955-1957 No Team
1958	Karl Bahret	1-2	–	–
1959	Karl Bahret	2-2	–	–
1960-1967 No Team
1968	Ray Bussard	9-1	2nd (383.5)	–
1969	Ray Bussard	13-1	1st (508)	32nd (2)
1970	Ray Bussard	10-0	2nd (519)	9th (65)
1971	Ray Bussard	12-0	2nd (548)	6th (126)
1972	Ray Bussard	12-0	1st (620)	3rd (170)
1973	Ray Bussard	12-0	1st (676)	2nd (294)
1974	Ray Bussard	13-0	1st (633)	3rd (240)
1975	Ray Bussard	16-0	1st (612)	4th (174)
1976	Ray Bussard	15-1	1st (649)	2nd (237)
1977	Ray Bussard	11-2	1st (511)	3rd (182)
1978	Ray Bussard	12-1	1st (525)	1st (307)
1979	Ray Bussard	11-2	2nd (484.5)	4th (221)
1980	Ray Bussard	9-3	3rd (325)	11th (221)
1981	Ray Bussard	9-5	4th (270)	T-17th (18)
1982	Ray Bussard	11-1	4th (288)	T-29th (5)
1983	Ray Bussard	9-1	4th (299)	13th (36)
1984	Ray Bussard	13-0	4th (291)	22nd (10)
1985	Ray Bussard	11-1	4th (439)	21st (28)
1986	Ray Bussard	17-0	2nd (532.5)	12th (78)
1987	Ray Bussard	15-0	3rd (516.5)	T-14th (69)
1988	Ray Bussard	12-1	3rd (461.5)	23rd (32.5)
1989	John Trembley	14-3	1st (764.5)	9th (160)
1990	John Trembley	13-1	2nd (754)	8th (195)
1991	John Trembley	13-0	2nd (600)	5th (249)
1992	John Trembley	9-4	4th (475)	11th (150)
1993	John Trembley	12-1	3rd (549)	8th (170)
1994	John Trembley	12-12	3rd (596)	9th (150.5)
1995	John Trembley	16-2	2nd (676.5)	6th (230)
1996	John Trembley	22-3	1st (846)	5th (311.5)
1997	John Trembley	26-0	2nd (680)	5th (235.5)
1998	John Trembley	9-6	3rd (515)	4th (233)
1999	John Trembley	9-1	2nd (700)	7th (171)
2000	John Trembley	7-3	3rd (637)	T-7th (171)
2001	John Trembley	21-0	2nd (632.5)	3rd (330.5)
2002	John Trembley	14-1	4th (476)	12th (144)
2003	John Trembley	12-3	4th (455)	16th (86)
2004	John Trembley	12-4	4th (369)	8th (140)
2005	John Trembley	6-7	6th (303)	17th (50)
2006	John Trembley	14-2	4th (715.5)	11th (128)
2007	John Trembley	12-3	4th (349.5)	11th (128)
2008	John Trembley	14-4	3rd (562)	9th (172)
2009	John Trembley	7-3	3rd (584)	8th (144)
2010	John Trembley	7-3	4th (417.5)	17th (56)
2011	John Trembley	7-4	3rd (602.5)	12th (106.5)
2012	John Trembley	5-5	4th (459)	22nd (34)
2013	Matt Kredich	6-4	4th (787.5)	16th (59)
2014	Matt Kredich	6-4	6th (713)	15th (98)
2015	Matt Kredich	12-8	4th (918)	14th (111)
2016	Matt Kredich	6-6-1	6th (745)	7th (188)
2017	Matt Kredich	3-11	6th (770.5)	20th (55)
2018	Matt Kredich	11-2-1	4th (899)	11th (123)
2019	Matt Kredich	10-4	3rd (917)	11th (105)
2020	Matt Kredich	9-3	6th (817)	N/A
2021	Matt Kredich	3-2	3rd (850.5)	20th (48)
2022	Matt Kredich	11-2	T-2nd (938)	18th (72.5)
2023	Matt Kredich	9-2	3rd (1035.5)	7th (216.5)
2024	Matt Kredich	6-4	5th (992)	6th (231)
Total		690-171-3	10	1

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 & Diving Year Name Event Time/Score 1970 David Edgar 50 Freestyle 20.93 1970 David Edgar 100 Freestyle 46.06 1971 David Edgar 50 Freestyle 20.30 1971 David Edgar 100 Freestyle 44.69 1972 David Edgar 50 Freestyle 20.442 1972 David Edgar 100 Freestyle 45.003 1973 John Trembley 50 Freestyle 20.337 1973 John Trembley 100 Freestyle 45.090 1973 John Trembley 100 Butterfly 48.688 1974 John Trembley 50 Freestyle 20.234 1974 John Trembley 100 Butterfly 48.718 1975 Lee Engstrand 400 Individual Medley 3:57.80 1976 Matt Vogel 100 Butterfly 48.95 1976 Lee Engstrand 200 Individual Medley 1:50.13 1976 Jim Kennedy 1-Meter Diving 514.29 1978 Andy Coan 50 Freestyle 20.29 1978 Andy Coan 100 Freestyle 44.10 1979 Andy Coan 100 Freestyle 43.42 1979 Andy Coan 200 Freestyle 1:35.62 1979 Andy Coan 50 Freestyle 19.92 1989 Mel Stewart 200 Butterfly 1:44.30 1991 Mel Stewart 200 Butterfly 1:41.78 1993 Tripp Schwenk 200 Backstroke 1:42.06 1994 Evan Stewart 3-Meter Diving 614.65 1995 Evan Stewart 3-Meter Diving 655.40 1996 Ricky Busquets 100 Freestyle 42.64 1996 Jeremy Linn 100 Breaststroke 53.04 1997 Jeremy Linn 100 Breaststroke 53.32 1997 Jeremy Linn 200 Breaststroke 1:55.27 1998 Jeremy Linn 100 Breaststroke 53.01 1999 Michael Gilliam 100 Backstroke 47.12 2001 Michael Gilliam 100 Backstroke 45.97 2003 Phillip Jones 3-Meter Diving 649.70 2004 Phillip Jones 1-Meter Diving 388.65 2016 Liam Stone 1-Meter Diving 453.70 2018 Zhipeng (Colin) Zeng Platform Diving 466.35 2019 Zhipeng (Colin) Zeng 1-Meter Diving 405.40 2023 Jordan Crooks 50 Freestyle 18.32

Relay Year Name Event Time 1972 Tom Lutz, Ken Knox, David Edgar, John Trembley 400 Freestyle Relay 3:01.118 1973 Ken Knox, Tom Lutz, Keith Gilliam, John Trembley 400 Freestyle Relay 3:00.363 1973 Kevin Priestley, Rick Seywert, John Trembley, Tom Lutz 400 Medley Relay 3:22.986 1974 Kevin Priestly, Rick Seywert, John Trembley, Tom Lutz 400 Medley Relay 3:22.788 1978 Bob Sells, Andy Coan, John Ebuna, John Newton 400 Freestyle Relay 2:55.66 1979 John Ebuna, John Newton, Marc Foreman, Andy Coan 400 Freestyle Relay 2:54.74 1996 Craig Gilliam, Jeremy Linn, Jim Rumbaugh, Ricky Busquets 200 Medley Relay 1:25.85 1996 Craig Gilliam, Jeremy Linn, Jim Rumbaugh, Ricky Busquets 400 Medley Relay 3:09.97

Conference Individual Event Champions

See also: List of Southeastern Conference champions § Swimming and diving

The Vols have won 227 total SEC individual, relay, and diving titles throughout their history. ^[10]

Event Titles 50 Freestyle 15 100 Freestyle 14 200 Freestyle 7 500 Freestyle 10 1650 Freestyle 5 100 Backstroke 17 200 Backstroke 9 100 Breaststroke 10 200 Breaststroke 12 100 Butterfly 12 200 Butterfly 8 200 Individual Medley 5 400 Individual Medley 8 1-Meter Diving 20 3-Meter Diving 19 Platform Diving 9 200 Freestyle Relay 4 400 Freestyle Relay 14 800 Freestyle Relay 7 200 Medley Relay 8 400 Medley Relay 14

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. ^{[12] [13]}

As of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Medalists

Athlete	Country	Olympics	Event	Medal
David Edgar	United States	1972 Munich	4 × 100 m free relay	Gold
Jeremy Linn	United States	1996 Atlanta	4 × 100 m medley relay	Gold
			100 m breaststroke	Silver
Tripp Schwenk	United States	1996 Atlanta	4 × 100 m medley relay	Gold
			200 m backstroke	Silver
Melvin Stewart	United States	1992 Barcelona	200 m butterfly	Gold
			4 × 100 m medley relay	Gold
			4 × 200 m free relay	Bronze
Matt Vogel	United States	1976 Montreal	100 m butterfly	Gold
			4 × 100 m medley relay	Gold
Graham Windeatt	Australia	1972 Munich	1500 metre freestyle	Silver

Participants

Athlete	Country	Olympics
Octavio Alesi	Venezuela	2008 Beijing
		2012 London
Andrew Bree	Ireland	2000 Sydney
		2008 Beijing
Ray Brown	Canada	1992 Barcelona
Ricardo Busquets	Puerto Rico	1992 Barcelona
		1996 Atlanta
		2000 Sydney
		2004 Athens
Gabi Chereches	Romania	1992 Barcelona
		1996 Atlanta
		2000 Sydney
George Du Rand	South Africa	2008 Beijing
J.R. de Souza	Brazil	1992 Barcelona
Lyubomir Epitropov	Bulgaria	2020 Tokyo
Michael Houlie	South Africa	2020 Tokyo
Lars Jorgensen	United States	1988 Seoul
Paulo Machado	Brazil	2004 Athens
Geri Mewett	Bermuda	1992 Barcelona
Barry Murphy	Ireland	2012 London
Jonas Persson	Sweden	2008 Beijing
Kyle Smerdon	Canada	2000 Sydney
Evan Stewart	Zimbabwe	1992 Barcelona
		1996 Atlanta
		2000 Sydney
Jevon Tarantino	United States	2008 Beijing
Sal Vasallo	Puerto Rico	1988 Seoul

See also

• Olympics portal

• Tennessee Volunteers women's swimming and diving
• Swimming at the Summer Olympics

References

1. "General Information". UTSports.com. June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
2. "Matt Kredich - Director of Swimming & Diving - Staff Directory". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
3. "Allan Jones Aquatic Center | The University of Tennessee". Jonesaquaticcenter.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
4. "Player Bio: John Trembley University of Tennessee Athletics". Utsports.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11.
5. Iorizzo, Pete (2012-05-13). "The rise and fall of John Trembley". Times Union. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
6. "Fired UT swim coach recounts abuse, addiction". Local3News.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
7. Keith, Braden (2012-05-04). "John Trembley Police Report; Documents Released". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
8. "University of Tennessee Athletics: Men's Swimming". Utsports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06.
9. "The ASCA Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
10. "Tennessee swimming & diving record book" (PDF). www.utsports.com. 2021–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
11. "2018-19 Record Book" (PDF). A.espncdn.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
12. "Men's Records" (PDF). Grfx.cstv.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
13. "Women's Records" (PDF). Utsports.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

External links

• Official website