Record:  (215-98 … 22 years, 1949-70; team titles - 1) ...

 LON VARNELL — (deceased) Basketball CoachRecord:  (215-98 … 22 years, 1949-70; team titles - 1) ...Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame...Sewanee's all-time leader in basketball wins (215)...1966 CAC Champions…Sewanee was first American college team to play in Europe (summer, 1951)...Tigers toured with the Harlem Globetrotters part of the summer…53-4 on the tour…Sewanee beat Ga. Tech, 67-66; Jan. 12, 1955…Founder of Varnell Enterprises, a sports and entertainment venture...Lon set up a fall baseball tour in the mid 1950's with two teams of black big league players who barnstormed throughout the South...Players included Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Don Newcombe, Joe Black, Ernie Banks, Roy Campanella, etc.