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 Tom Black Track

 


   Located in the center of campus, diagonally across Volunteer Blvd. from Tom Black Track, the Stokely Athletics Center is the home of University of Tennessee track & field indoor practices and meets. The facility is host to a pair of intercollegiate competitions, the Tennessee All-Comers Meet and the Tennessee Indoor Invitational.


   Dedicated in 1958 as the UT Armory Fieldhouse with a seating capacity of 7000, it was later renamed in honor of the late William B Stokely Jr., whose generosity resulted in renovations that brought the total number of seats to 12,700. The track is 150 meters long and seats 9249 when set up for Track & Field competitions. Prior to the 2000 track and field season, the floor of the Stokely Center was completely replaced, providing the facility with a much-improved training and competition surface.


   In addition to track and field, the arena portion of the building is also the home of Lady Vol volleyball and serves as a back-up practice site for the Tennessee women's and men's basketball teams. Stokely was the primary competition and practice facility used by both the men's basketball team (1967-87) and Head Coach Pat Summitt's six-time national champion women's squad from 1976-87.


   The building also continues to house the offices of the Women's and Men's Athletics Departments as well as Army and Air Force ROTC. For the past 25 years, the bulk of the Women's Athletics Department offices have been housed in Stokely, including Academics, Athletic Training, Compliance, Event Management, Media Relations, and Strength & Conditioning. The Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Track & Field, and Volleyball Coaches also call Stokely home.

 

 

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