Ahead of its first football game of the 2024 season on Saturday, Tennessee shared an update on mascot Smokey XI, the latest in the line of bluetick coonhounds set to make his debut this fall.

Tennessee mascot Smokey gets fans roused before the start of the NCAA college baseball game between Tennessee an Kentucky on April 20, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn.© Saul Young/News Sentinel ...

Here's why Smokey waits to run through the T before a football game between Tennessee and UTSA at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday, September 23, 2023.© Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel ...

The history of Smokey the Dog as University of Tennessee's mascot Solsbee is one of many former students who have played the iconic hound, and he won't be the last.

For Smokey, the University of Tennessee’s human costumed mascot, the winter break will be anything but a humdrum dog’s life. Besides trying to build up Vol fan excitement at the Music City ...

Smokey X is set to retire as the iconic University of Tennessee mascot. And Smokey XI, another bluetick coonhound, will make his debut in fall of 2022 as the latest top dog on campus.

Everything you need to know about University of Tennessee’s Smokey Smokey X began his mascot career in 2013. He is the first of a new bloodline born and raised in Tennessee.

Tennessee mascot Smokey gets fans roused before the start of the NCAA college baseball game between Tennessee an Kentucky on April 20, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. But who is Connor Solsbee?