Phil Fulmer
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 1, 1950 Winchester, Tennessee |
| Playing career | |
| 1968–1971 | Tennessee |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972–1973 | Tennessee (student coach) |
| 1974–1978 | Wichita State (OL/LB) |
| 1979 | Vanderbilt (assistant) |
| 1980–1988 | Tennessee (OL) |
| 1989–1992 | Tennessee (OC/OL) |
| 1992–2008 | Tennessee |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 152–52 |
| Bowls | 8–7 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 National (1998) 2 SEC (1997, 1998) SEC Eastern Division (1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007) |
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| Awards | |
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AFCA Coach of the Year (1998) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1998) George Munger Award (1998) Home Depot Coach of the Year Award (1998) Sporting News College Football COY (1998) SEC Coach of the Year (1998) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2012 (profile) |
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Phillip Edward Fulmer, Sr. (born September 1, 1950) is a former American football player and coach. He served as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1992 to 2008, compiling a 152–52 record. He is best known for coaching the Volunteers in the first ever BCS National Championship Game in 1998, defeating Florida State University. Fulmer was the Volunteers' 20th head football coach.
At the end of his tenure at Tennessee, Fulmer had the second-highest number of wins of any head coach in Tennessee history, 21 behind Robert Neyland. Fulmer also was the third coach in Tennessee history to win a claimed national championship. His 1997 and 1998 teams won consecutive SEC championships. Despite a decline in the later years of his career, he was considered by many to be an icon of college football, especially one of institutional loyalty. In recognition of his accomplishments at Tennessee, Fulmer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
Fulmer currently serves as a special assistant to the athletic director at East Tennessee State University.
Fulmer was born in Winchester, Tennessee where he attended Franklin County High School. Fulmer enrolled at the University of Tennessee as a student in 1968. He promptly joined the football team as an offensive guard. While playing for the Volunteers, Fulmer garnered All-Southeastern Conference honors at offensive guard. Fulmer helped Tennessee to a 30–5 record from 1969–1971, where he played for coaches Doug Dickey (who returned to UT as athletic director and hired Fulmer as the Volunteers' coach) and Bill Battle. The Volunteers captured the SEC championship with a 9–2 record in 1969, went 11–1 and won the Sugar Bowl in 1970, and finished as Liberty Bowl champions with a 10–2 record in 1971.
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