Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Tennessee
NCAA Division I · SEC · TN
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Tennessee actually signed: 21 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 11 international signees. What it takes, straight from the results.
Tennessee is a 28,883-student public campus in Knoxville, TN and competes in the SEC. Devin West leads a staff of 8 covering 4 event groups.
Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.
The Tennessee program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- SEC
- Campus
- Knoxville, TN
- Enrollment
- 28,883 students
- T&F operating budget
- $5.9M men · $4.9M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
+4 more events with real signee standards — 3200m, 800m, Discus, Shot Put
Everything above is the free slice. Members get the rest of Tennessee’s class — names, marks, budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
+8 more events with real signee standards — 3200m, 800m, Long Jump, Pole Vault, Triple Jump, Discus, Javelin, Shot Put
Full access unlocks every event in Tennessee’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Tennessee
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws.
- Devin WestAssociate Head Coach
- Duane RossHead Coach and Director of Track & Field
- Justin DuncanHead Cross Country CoachDistance
- Baylee MiresAssistant Coach (XC/Distance)Distance
- Hadrien ChoukrounAssistant Coach (Sprints & Hurdles/Jumps)Jumps
- Jeff ChakouianAssistant Coach (Throws)Throws
- Kyle EllisAssistant Coach (Vertical Jumps)Jumps
- Ron GarnerAssistant Coach (Sprints & Hurdles)Sprints & Hurdles
Direct, verified contact info for the full Tennessee staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in Tennessee's 2025-26 class
19 of the 21 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 2 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: NJ · TX · W. Va. · OH
+ 7 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Signed out of: NC · IL · TX · NE
+ 2 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 19 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
Drop in your PRs and BeastMatch checks them against real signing history at Tennessee and 980+ other programs, in seconds — free, no account.
These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
Tennessee permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Tennessee NIL rules →
More SEC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Tennessee recruits against.
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- South Carolina recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events Tennessee signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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