The 2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee" or "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team was coached by head football coach Phillip Fulmer, in his 16th and final season as head coach. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the SEC. The 2008 campaign followed of a 10–4 2007 season, which saw the Vols win the Eastern Division of the conference and the Outback Bowl. This season marked the ten year anniversary, of Tennessee's 1998 BCS National Championship. On November 3, Fulmer announced that, after winning some 150 games over his career, he will step down from coaching his alma mater at the end of the season.