Big Orange TipOff

Past Meetings & Speakers

Tennessee Lady Vols Head Basketball Coach Pat Head Summitt with Big Orange Tipoff Club Board of Directors members, from Left to Right, Christy Gabriel, Jewell Tindell, Mike Turner, Kelly Pesterfield, Mark Hancock, Justin Cazana, & UT Intern Angie Taylor.

The Big Orange Tipoff Club Board of Directors with our Keynote Speaker for our 2010 Inaugural Luncheon, star UT forward All-American Bernard King, the SEC’s greatest player ever. From Left to Right, Christy Gentry Gabriel, Mike Todd, Barry Smith, Kelly Pesterfield, Voice of the Vols John Ward, John Mark Hancock, Big Orange booster Ed Balloff, Bernard King, Mike Turner, Jewell Tindell, Larry Smith, and Justin Cazana.

Former University of Tennessee Head Football Coach Lane Kiffin, our featured speaker at our weekly luncheon at Calhoun’s on the River in Downtown Knoxville, with the Big Orange Tipoff Club Board of Directors, after speaking to an overflow standing-room-only crowd of members & media on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, just after Coach Kiffin’s first UT recruiting class was signed. From Left to Right are Mike Turner, Justin Cazana, Mark Hancock, Kelly Pesterfield, Coach Lane Kiffin, Barry Smith, Jewell Tindell, Neil Bishop, & Larry Smith.

The Big Orange Tipoff Club Board of Directors with Speaker & Former Big Orange Basketball Star Dane Bradshaw at our Inaugural Luncheon Meeting for the 2009 Season on Wednesday, January 7 at Calhoun’s on the River in Downtown Knoxville.

2008 Big Orange Tipoff Club Board of Directors with Former LSU Men’s Head Basketball Coach Dale Brown, the featured speaker at our Wednesday, January 30, 2008, luncheon meeting at Calhoun’s on the River Downtown.
From Left to Right, Media & Public Relations Director John Mark Hancock, Charles W. Morgan, Lloyd B. Richardson, Michael J. Turner, Coach Brown, Kelly Pesterfield, Treasurer Barry J. Smith, Christy Gentry Gabriel, Historian R. Larry Smith, & James Darlington – Photo By Bud Fields, Knoxville, Official Photographer of the Big Orange Tipoff Club.

Members of the Big Orange Tipoff Club Steering Committee with Former Georgia Head Basketball Coach Hugh Durham and Former Tennessee Head Basketball Coach Don DeVoe, after DeVoe introduced Durham as the featured speaker at our January 23, 2007, luncheon meeting at Calhoun’s on the River. From Left to Right, Charles W. Morgan, Barry J. Smith, Hilary Phillips, J. Mark Hancock, Coach Durham, Coach DeVoe, Michael J. Turner, Lloyd B. Richardson, & R. Larry Smith. – Photo By Megan Ellis of Megan Ellis Photography, Knoxville, Official Photographer of the Big Orange Tipoff Club.

Tennessee Head Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl at the Big Orange Tipoff Club on Tuesday, February 6, 2007, just prior to Tennessee’s big nationally-televised win over the LSU Tigers – From Left to Right, Big Orange Tipoff Club Steering Committee Members Barry Smith, Christy Gentry, Coach Pearl, Mark Hancock, Hilary Phillips, Lloyd Richardson, Larry Smith, and Charles Morgan.

Former UT & NBA Star Tom Boerwinkle Featured Speaker on Tennessee-Kentucky Gameday at the Big Orange Tipoff Club, on Tuesday, February, 13, 2007, Just Prior to the 89-85 victory by the Volunteers over the Wildcats – From Left to Right, Big Orange Tipoff Club Steering Committee Members John Mark Hancock, Charles Morgan, Larry Smith, Boerwinkle (a true 7-footer, as you can see), Lloyd Richardson, Christy Gentry, and Barry Smith – Photo by Megan Ellis