KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – For the first time since early March, Tennessee football will hold an official practice as the Volunteers open preseason workouts on Monday afternoon in preparation for the 2020 season.
In addition, dates for the 2020 schedule, which begins Sept. 26, will be unveiled on SEC Network at 7 p.m. ET Monday. The Week 1 schedule of games will be announced at 3 p.m. ET on The Paul Finebaum Show. Tennessee’s 10-game conference-only slate includes home games against Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri and Texas A&M and road tilts against Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
Earlier this month, the SEC announced a Sept. 26 start date as the league and its 14 members continue to monitor developments related to COVID-19.
Third-year head coach Jeremy Pruitt‘s Vols return 16 starters and 51 letterwinners from a team that carries a six-game winning streak into the fall. Monday will serve as Tennessee’s first practice since March 12. The Vols got two practices in during the spring prior to the COVID-19 shutdown.
Tennessee has spent much of the month conducting walkthroughs, meetings and strength and conditioning activities. Monday marks the first day for SEC schools to conduct their first allowable practice.
Pruitt will address members of the media via Zoom following practice and the archived video and quotes will be available on utsports.com.
-UT Athletics
