Once a Vol, Always a Vol! The Proud Men of the Volunteer Nation
As the longest-serving member of the Tennessee administrative staff, Gus Manning (pictured on right) has been with the department for 54 years, holding posts as sports information director and senior associate athletic director, among many others. He now works as an executive assistant to the athletic director. He is a member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, and the Knoxville Football Officials Hall of Fame. He was married to the late Margaret Bussell Manning, and is the father of one son, Sammy. He is a proud grandfather of three.Haywood Harris (pictured on left) has been a steadying force in the UT Sports Information Office since General Robert R. Neyland appointed him sports information director in 1961. Harris, a 1951 UT graduate, is a renowned writer who came to the university after stints at The Charlotte Observer and The Knoxville Journal. He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America’s Hall of Fame, the Tennesee Sports Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Sportswriter Association Hall of Fame, and the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. He retired from UT in 2000, but continues employment on a part-time basis as executive assistant to the athletic director. Harris and his wife, Carolyn, have three children and four grandchildren.Manning and Harris co-authored Six Seasons Remembered, The National Championship Years of Tennessee Football, which is available for purchase through UT Press.