The Lady Vols are deep into summer work, and Tennessee gave fans a quick look behind the curtain with a practice highlight tape as Kim Caldwell’s new roster keeps taking shape.
The video featured several of the team’s newcomers, including Georgia transfer guard Rylie Theuerkauf, East Carolina transfer guard Kennedy Fauntleroy, Seton Hall transfer guard Jada Eads, Northern Arizona transfer guard Naomi White, international freshman guard Irene Oboavwoduo and Penn State transfer guard Shaelyn Steele.
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- Lady Vols Basketball (@LadyVol_Hoops) July 14, 2026
This is a heavily rebuilt Tennessee group heading into the next season. The Lady Vols have 13 transfers and two incoming freshmen on the roster, though a number of players are currently working back from injuries. Liberty guard transfer Avery Mills also recently suffered a serious knee injury.
Tennessee’s staff has changed, too, with two new assistant coaches joining the program in Isoken Uzamere from Georgia and Bill Ferrara from Florida State.
Uzamere said the early impression around the group has been strong.
“Man, it’s crazy,” Uzamere said. “So I’ve been looking at halftime speeches from like Coach Summitt and all of that.
And she said a phrase and it was offense sells tickets, defense wins games, and then rebounding wins championships. And I think we have a little bit of all of that, a little bit of offense, a little bit of defense, a little bit of rebounding.
So I’m excited for the 15, and they’re hungry, chip on their shoulder, feisty. So I’m excited about that.”
Tennessee is also starting to fill out its non-conference schedule. The Lady Vols have confirmed dates for Nov. 4 at Coppin State, Nov. 17 at Belmont, Dec. 3 at Virginia Tech and Dec. 18 against Baylor in Nashville. Games at UConn and home matchups with UCLA and MTSU have been announced, but dates for those contests have not yet been set.
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