The Chuck Rohe Track Era Websites exist to preserve the legacy of and facilitate the communications among the athletes and friends of the University of Tennessee Track & Field and Cross Country programs for the years in which Chuck Rohe was head coach (Fall 1962---Spring 1972, including the athletes recruited by Rohe who were freshman in 1971-1972).
In 1962 the University of Tennessee hired a young track coach, Chuck Rohe. The next nine years, along with the Stan Huntsman era to follow, began the most successful era of SEC track & field and cross-country dominance in the school's history. This website is dedicated to Chuck by his UT athletes of that era, with appreciation for the life principles he instilled in us all.
University of Tennessee Cross-Country 1962-1972
1964 National Champions USTFF Cross Country, Chicago, Illinois
3rd Place Team 1965 NCAA Cross Country
Championships, Lawrence, Kansas

Dual Sports Athletes

Richmond Flowers
In 1965 head football coach, Doug Dickey and track & field coach, Chuck Rohe began a successful recruiting partnership in search of dual-sport athletes wishing to excel in both track & field and football while at UT. 
The athletes of the successful Rohe-Dickey recruiting partnership were Dick Evey, Richmond Flowers, Tom
Jernigan, Karl Kremser, Chick McGeehan, Chip Kell, Stan Trott and Andy Bennett. This led to a long list of future football-track athletes who went on to the NFL careers.... (More)

Tom Black Track At
Laporte Stadium

The Tom Black Track at La Porte Stadium is an eight-lane, 
Olympic-style oval with dual sets of runways for jumping and
pole vault events. There are 7,500 permanent seats and a
press pavillion adjacent to the track. The track is marked for all
collegiate and Olympic metric events and can handle the
steeplechase, javelin and hammer throw.