On the Forty Acres, an Athletic Council of three professors, three alumni, and three students oversaw UT’s needs for intercollegiate men’s football, baseball, track and field, and later, tennis. (Women’s sports, including basketball, tennis, and field hockey, were added for a time in t...
(Women’s sports, including basketball, tennis, and field hockey, were added for a time in the 1900s before women’s physical training director Anna Hiss pulled back from intercollegiate competition.) Assisting the Athletic Council were student team mangers for each sport. As the football team ...