Numerous members have been star student-athletes, coaches, athletic directors, and commissioners. They include household names such as Peyton Manning and Pat Summit. They also include Olympians Shannon Vreeland and Dawn Staley (who is also a NCAA National Championship Coach). The list of leaders in athletics also includes trailblazers such as Val Ackerman, the Big East Commissioner who was also the first woman to receive a full athletics scholarship at the University of Virginia.
Valerie “Val” B. Ackerman
University of Virginia, 1979
Mitch Barnhart
University of Kentucky, 2017
William “Bill” R. Battle, III
University of Alabama, 1962
Frank M. Beamer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, 1967
Terry W. Bowden
Auburn University, 1994
Thomas” Tom” M. Bowen
University of Memphis, 2014
Paul “Bear” Bryant *
University of Kentucky, 1949
James “Jim” L. Caldwell
Wake Forest University, 1995
Robert Joshua Dobbs
University of Tennessee, 2016
Jillian “Jill” Anne Ellis
William & Mary, 2019
Mark A. Emmert
Louisiana State University, 2002
Wilbur H. Hutsell *
Auburn University, 1928
Robert “Bobby” L. Jackson
Samford University, 1960
Michael “Mike” W. London, Sr.
University of Richmond, 2009
Elisha Archibald “Archie” Manning
University of Mississippi, 1970
Peyton W. Manning
University of Tennessee, 1997
Dulymus “Deuce” J. McAllister
University of Holy Cross, 2020
Lee A. McElroy, Jr.
University at Albany, 2004
Arnold D. Palmer *
Wake Forest University, 1964
Gaylord Perry
Campbell University, 1978
James “Jim” E. Perry
Campbell University, 1978
Frank M. Reich, 1983
University of Maryland
Homer C. Rice
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1981
Myron L. Rolle
Florida State University, 2008
Adolph F. Rupp *
University of Kentucky, 1937
Orlando “Tubby” Smith
University of Kentucky, 2001
Stephen “Steve” O. Spurrier
University of Florida, 1991
Dawn M. Staley
University of South Carolina, 2017
Patrick “Pat” J. Sullivan
Auburn University, 1971
Patricia “Pat” S. Summitt *
University of Tennessee, 1978
Shannon N. Vreeland
University of Georgia
* Indicates deceased
