The Tennessee Volunteers men's tennis team has won 9 Southeastern Conference Championships. Sam Winterbotham was named the 10th coach in Tennessee tennis history on October 24, 2006. He and his assistant Chris Woodruff joined forces when Tennessee was ranked No. 48 nationally, but the Vols quickly vaulted up the charts over a four-year span. Tennessee ended 2010 at No. 2 and has finished in the top 10 3 years in a row. Winterbotham managed to bring Tennessee back among the nation's elite tennis programs.