A grand opening celebration will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, for the new James A. Haslam II Business Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The next day, the building will open for spring semester classes.
As part of the Jan. 6 grand opening, College of Business Administration Dean Jan Williams will host the invitation-only ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 p.m. in the atrium of the new building. Speakers will include UT President John Petersen, UT Knoxville Interim Provost Susan Martin and businessman Jim Haslam, a major UT …

Tennessee safety Eric Berry secured consensus All-America honors Saturday when the Football Writers Association of America named him to its first team.
Berry’s latest selection marks the third such nationally recognized All-America honor in the last nine days, clinching for UT’s sophomore sensation consensus status from the NCAA Statistics Service. The Sporting News and Associated Press have yet to release their teams, but Berry already stands as the 34th different Tennessee player to be named consensus All-America and the first since Michael Munoz in 2004.
Offensive lineman Antone Davis in 1990 was …

Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin confirmed Sunday that he will join his son at the University of Tennessee after the NFL season ends.
Monte Kiffin told the St. Petersburg Times that he will become Tennessee’s defensive coordinator. Lane Kiffin was named UT coach on Dec. 1.
“I made the decision last weekend and I went back and forth,” Monte Kiffin told the newspaper. “It was a very, very hard decision because of players, our fans. When you’ve been in a place since 1996, you don’t just jump ship. I’ve had …

With an eye to the future, a tip of the cap to the past and a few quips mixed in, Tennessee introduced Lane Kiffin as its new head football coach Monday afternoon at a press conference inside Neyland Stadium. 
 
 
Athletic director Mike Hamilton hailed the 33-year-old former Oakland Raiders head coach and Southern California offensive coordinator as an energetic coach and a charismatic recruiter.
“He has made a significant impression on me in the short time I have known him,” Hamilton said, “and I know he will have the same effect on …

 
As Phillip Fulmer exited the field for the last time as Tennessee coach, fans chanted his name, the game ball was thrust into his hands and he was hoisted to the shoulders of his players.
Fulmer would have preferred not to be saying goodbye, but at least he got a send-off he’ll never forget.
“We’ve had a great run. I wasn’t really ready for it to end, but it probably ended as well as it could,” said Fulmer, who after 17 years with the Vols is being pushed out of his job.
Tennessee gave him …

 In the middle of one of its worst seasons in history, Tennessee still found a way to beat instate rival Vanderbilt.
Eric Berry returned his seventh interception of the season for a touchdown to help the Vols beat the Commodores 20-10 on Saturday.
The win helped Tennessee (4-7, 2-5 Southeastern Conference) avoid a school-worst eight losses for at least one week while Vanderbilt (6-5, 4-4) missed a chance to capture its second five-win SEC season.
The Vols were hoping to honor Phillip Fulmer with wins over Vanderbilt and in the season finale against …

Tennessee couldn’t even beat heavy underdog Wyoming for outgoing coach Phillip Fulmer — on homecoming day no less.
In his first game since being forced to resign at the end of the season, Fulmer could only watch as Ward Dobbs returned an interception 24 yards to lead Wyoming to a 13-7 win over the Volunteers on Saturday.
Wyoming came in a nearly four-touchdown underdog, the lowest scoring team in major college football and languishing near the bottom of the Mountain West Conference.
It seemed like a perfect opportunity for a homecoming pick-me-up for …