Smokey (mascot)

Smokey
Smokey IX
University	University of Tennessee
Conference	SEC
Description	Bluetick Coonhound
First seen	1953
Hall of Fame	2008
Website	utsports.com/sports/2017/6/14/history-traditions-html.aspx

Smokey is the mascot of the University of Tennessee sports teams. These teams, named "The Volunteers" and nicknamed "the Vols", use both a live and a costumed version of Smokey.

There is a Bluetick Coonhound mascot who leads the Vols onto the field for football games. Starting with the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Smokey XI leads the charge. The Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity cares for the hound on the University of Tennessee campus. There is also a costumed mascot that appears at every Vols game and has won several mascot championships.