Well-known current and former faculty, staff, coaches, and administrators include:
- Dr. William Bass, professor
emeritus and founder of the Forensic Anthropology Center and the "Body
Farm"
- Philander Claxton, founder of the UT Department of
Education
- Jack Dongarra, computer science professor and creator of LINPACK and LAPACK
- Philip Fulmer, current
football coach of UT's Tennessee Volunteers
- Political sociologist John Gaventa
- Congressman and former professor Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.)
- Glenn Reynolds, law professor and author of the Instapundit weblog
- Pat Summitt, women's basketball head coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- William Sanders, professor of statistics