2025-2026 Tennessee Volunteers

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2025-2026 Tennessee Volunteers Roster

#	Player	Class	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Birth City	Nationality	High School/Prep School
77	Amaree Abram	Sr	G	6-4	195	May 22, 2004	Houston (TX)	United States	Southern California Academy of Sciences
10	Nate Ament	Fr	F	6-9	190	Dec 10, 2006	Manassas (VA)	United States	Highland School
3	Bishop Boswell	So	G	6-4	203	Sep 15, 2005	Charlotte (NC)	United States	Myers Park High School
6	DeWayne Brown II	Fr	C	6-9	255	-	Hoover (AL)	United States	Hoover High School
35	Ethan Burg	So	G	6-3	187	Sep 4, 2002	N/A	Israel	N/A
23	Jaylen Carey	Jr	C	6-8	265	-	Fort Lauderdale (FL)	United States	NSU University School
21	Campbell Duncan	So	F	6-6	200	Oct 16, 2005	Austin (TX)	United States	Anderson High School
13	J.P. Estrella	Jr	C	6-11	250	Sep 3, 2004	Scarborough (ME)	United States	Brewster Academy
1	Amari Evans	Fr	F	6-5	211	Jul 24, 2006	Pittsburgh (PA)	United States	Overtime Elite
4	Clarence Fondeur-Massamba	Fr	PG	6-5	185	Dec 14, 2005	Paris	France	The Rock High School
0	Ja'Kobi Gillespie	Sr	SG	6-1	186	Mar 10, 2004	Greeneville (TN)	United States	Greenville High School
24	Troy Henderson	Fr	G	6-1	180	-	Lancaster (VA)	United States	John Marshall High School
7	Grant Hurst	Sr	G	6-2	208	Jun 28, 2002	Cleveland (TN)	United States	Cleveland High School
34	Felix Okpara	Sr	C	6-11	235	Apr 20, 2004	Lagos	Nigeria	Link Academy
11	Gavin Paull	So	G	5-11	158	Aug 9, 2005	Austin (TX)	United States	Westlake High School
12	Cade Phillips	RS-Jr	PF	6-9	221	Aug 16, 2004	Jacksonville (AL)	United States	Link Academy

Season	Record	Conference Rank	Conference Tournament	Post-Season Tournament
2025-2026	25-12 (11-7)	4th (SEC)	3rd Rnd	NCAA 4th Rnd
2024-2025	30-8 (12-6)	4th (SEC)	Runner Up	NCAA 4th Rnd
2023-2024	27-9 (14-4)	1st (SEC)	3rd Rnd	NCAA 4th Rnd
2022-2023	25-11 (11-7)	4th (SEC)	3rd Rnd	NCAA 3rd Rnd
2021-2022	27-8 (14-4)	2nd (SEC)	Champion	NCAA 2nd Rnd
2020-2021	18-9 (10-7)	4th (SEC)	4th Rnd	NCAA 1st Rnd
2019-2020	17-14 (9-9)	8th (SEC)	2nd Rnd	N/A
2018-2019	31-6 (15-3)	2nd (SEC)	Runner Up	NCAA 3rd Rnd
2017-2018	26-9 (13-5)	1st (SEC)	Runner Up	NCAA 2nd Rnd
2016-2017	16-16 (8-10)	9th (SEC)	2nd Rnd	N/A
2015-2016	15-19 (6-12)	12th (SEC)	3rd Rnd	N/A
2014-2015	16-16 (7-11)	10th (SEC)	3rd Rnd	N/A
2013-2014	24-13 (11-7)	4th (SEC)	4th Rnd	NCAA 3rd Rnd
2012-2013	20-13 (11-7)	5th (SEC)	3rd Rnd	NIT 1st Rnd
2011-2012	19-15 (10-6)	2nd (SEC)	2nd Rnd	NIT 2nd Rnd
2010-2011	19-15 (8-8)	7th (SEC)	2nd Rnd	NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010	28-9 (11-5)	3rd (SEC)	3rd Rnd	NCAA 4th Rnd
2008-2009	21-13 (10-6)	2nd (SEC)	Runner Up	NCAA 1st Rnd
2007-2008	31-5 (14-2)	1st (SEC)	3rd Rnd	NCAA 3rd Rnd
2006-2007	24-11 (10-6)	2nd (SEC)	1st Rnd	NCAA 3rd Rnd
2005-2006	22-8 (12-4)	2nd (SEC)	2nd Rnd	NCAA 2nd Rnd
2004-2005	14-17 (6-10)	8th (SEC)	2nd Rnd	N/A
2003-2004	15-14 (7-9)	8th (SEC)	1st Rnd	NIT 1st Rnd
2002-2003	16-13 (8-8)	5th (SEC)	2nd Rnd	NIT 2nd Rnd

Player	Award / Honor
Nate Ament	NABC Central District First Team
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	NABC Central District First Team
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	NCAA Midwest All-Region Team
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	USBWA Player of the Week (Dec 21, 2025)
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	First Team All-SEC (Coaches)
Nate Ament	Second Team All-SEC (Coaches)
Felix Okpara	SEC All-Defensive Team
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	SEC Newcomer of Year (AP)
Nate Ament	SEC All-Freshman Team
Nate Ament	SEC Player of the Week (Jan 26, 2026)
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	SEC Player of the Week (Dec 22, 2025)
Nate Ament	SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb 2, 2026)
Nate Ament	SEC Freshman of the Week (Dec 1, 2025)
Nate Ament	SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb 23, 2026)
Nate Ament	SEC Freshman of the Week (Nov 17, 2025)
Nate Ament	SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb 9, 2026)
Nate Ament	SEC Freshman of the Week (Nov 10, 2025)
Nate Ament	All-SEC Second Team (AP)
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	All-SEC Second Team (AP)

Player	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	37	34.7	18.4	2.8	5.4	2.1	0.2	2.3
Nate Ament	35	29.7	16.7	6.3	2.3	1.0	0.6	2.3
J.P. Estrella	33	18.3	10.0	5.4	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.9
Felix Okpara	35	26.8	8.0	6.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	1.0
Jaylen Carey	37	18.5	7.4	6.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.9
Bishop Boswell	34	26.5	6.2	4.4	3.1	1.2	0.1	1.6
DeWayne Brown II	35	14.7	4.8	3.6	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.9
Amari Evans	35	14.4	4.1	3.2	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.6
Cade Phillips	10	16.8	3.8	4.0	0.4	0.2	1.1	0.7
Amaree Abram	25	10.5	3.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3
Ethan Burg	30	11.1	2.6	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.7
Troy Henderson	26	7.5	1.9	0.5	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.3
Clarence Fondeur-Massamba	11	3.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.2
Gavin Paull	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Grant Hurst	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Campbell Duncan	1	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Staff Member	Position	Start Season	Previous Job
Rick Barnes	Head Coach	2015-2016	Head Coach (Texas, 1998 to 2015)
Justin Gainey	Associate Head Coach	2022-2023	Assistant Coach (Tennessee, 2021 to 2022)
Gregg Polinsky	Assistant Coach	2022-2023	Senior Director of Player Personnel (Detroit Pistons, 2020 to 2022)
Bryan Lentz	Assistant Coach	2024-2025	Director of Player Development (Tennessee, 2020 to 2024)
Amorrow Morgan	Assistant Coach	2025-2026	Assistant Coach (California, 2023 to 2025)
Steve McClain	Assistant Coach	2025-2026	Assistant Coach (Texas, 2023 to 2025)
Luke Schapker	Director of Video Operations	2025-2026	Video Coordinator (Tennessee, 2021 to 2025)
Danny White	Athletic Director	2021-2022	Athletic Director (UCF, 2016 to 2021)
Dave Lawson	Director of Strength and Conditioning	2014-2015	N/A
Garrett Medenwald	Director of Sports Performance	2020-2021	Strength and Conditioning Coach (Tennessee, 2015 to 2020)
Lucas Campbell	Director of Player Personnel	2025-2026	Assistant Coach (Tennessee, 2024 to 2025)
Mary-Carter Eggert	Director of Basketball Operations	2015-2016	Assistant Director of Media Relations (Tennessee, 2012 to 2015)
Riley Collins	Assistant Director of Player Development	2024-2025	Graduate Assistant (Tennessee, 2023 to 2024)
Justin Caldwell	Player Development Coordinator	2024-2025	Head Coach (Glenville State, 2018 to 2023)
Jason McVeigh	Director of Sports Medicine	2014-2015	N/A
Chad Newman	Athletic Trainer	1995-1996	N/A