Kim Caldwell’s third year at Tennessee is already taking shape, and the Lady Vols are letting fans see a little of the work behind the curtain.
Tennessee Athletics opened up summer practice sessions for a behind-the-scenes look at the offseason, with a camera crew documenting the Lady Vols as Caldwell guides a roster that has been completely overhauled. The video is now available on YouTube.
This is not a team trying to tweak a few pieces. Tennessee lost every player from last season’s roster, along with an incoming signing, and the staff responded by bringing in 13 transfers and two freshmen. Caldwell also reshaped her coaching staff, parting ways with Gabe Lazo and Roman Tubner and adding Bill Ferrara from Florida State and Isoken Uzamere from Georgia.
The message from the new group is clear: there’s work to do, and they’re eager to show the program can get back on track after a deflating finish to the 2025-26 season.
Tennessee has already put a few dates on the calendar for the upcoming season, starting with a road trip to Belmont on Nov. 17 in Nashville. The Lady Vols and Bruins are tied 6-6 in the series, and Tennessee’s most recent win in the matchup came in a 68-58 home victory on Nov. 13, 2025.
The schedule also includes a Dec. 3 trip to Virginia Tech for the ACC-SEC Challenge. Tennessee leads that series 8-4, though the most recent meeting went to the Hokies, 73-64, in the Sweet 16 on March 25, 2023.
Another confirmed date sends the Lady Vols to Nashville again on Dec. 18 for a neutral-site game against Baylor. Tennessee trails that series 2-6, and the last meeting ended in an 88-66 loss on Dec. 4, 2016, in Knoxville.
One more matchup is on the board without a date yet: UCLA in Knoxville. Tennessee owns an 18-4 edge in that series, but the Bruins took the most recent meeting, 99-77, on Nov. 30, 2025, on the road.
Beyond those confirmed games, Tennessee’s SEC home slate will include Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Oklahoma, Ole Miss and South Carolina. On the road, the Lady Vols are set to visit Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
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