Tennessee VolunteersHead coach

Josh Heupel

84 Overall rating steady

Josh Heupel has led Tennessee since 2021, going 49-21 across 6 seasons with 5 bowl trips.

Record since 2021: 49-21
Seasons: 6
Bowl trips: 5

Coaching profile Updated weekly

Strategy & scheme

Offensive scheme16

Defensive scheme13

Game planning16

Situational management10

Leadership & results

Comeback factor20

Underdog edge12

Recent form14

Win rate16

Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from Josh Heupel's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.

Tennessee record by season

Josh Heupel Tennessee record by season since 2021
Season	Record	Result
2026	4-1	In progress
2025	8-5	Lost Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl
2024	10-3	Lost College Football Playoff First Round Game Presented by Allstate
2023	9-4	Won Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
2022	11-2	Won Capital One Orange Bowl
2021	7-6	Lost TransPerfect Music City Bowl

Records with Tennessee since 2021, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.

Josh Heupel: Tennessee head coach profile

Josh Heupel is the Tennessee head coach. This profile covers Josh Heupel's record and season-by-season results with Tennessee, and connects to the Tennessee program, the Big 12 teams and the live conference standings. Follow the race for the Big 12 Championship Game on the Big 12 title race page.

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Josh Heupel is the Tennessee head coach, in the job since 2021.