Tennessee Athletics officially entered a new era with Adidas this week as the Vols’ athletic department shifts to the iconic three-stripe brand for its uniforms and merchandise for the next 10 years. Tennessee had been with Nike since 2015, but announced the switch to Adidas last summer and officially made the move this week.
While Vol fans anxiously await the full drops next week, Tennessee Athletics dropped a teaser video on Thursday morning to get the hype train rolling. Adidas also released a reveal video just minutes before that showed VFL Peyton Manning unveiling Vol Football’s new home jersey.
Check out both videos below:
Three-stripe living.
In the perfect shade of orange.
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— Tennessee Athletics (@Vol_Sports) July 2, 2026
Tennessee’s teaser video includes athletes such as Braylon Staley, TK Keys, Juke Harris, Tyler Lundblade, Terrence Hill, Kayin Lee, Edwin Spillman, Avery Mills, Naomi White, Kaylene Smikle, and others.
Straight from The Sheriff’s mouth @Vol_Sports
Welcome to the \\\ family pic.twitter.com/c9y4Riom6y
— adidas US Football (@adidasFballUS) July 2, 2026
More From RTI: This Aspect of Tennessee’s Change to Adidas Will Have a Bigger Impact Than Uniforms
Tennessee is reportedly using a multi-day rollout for the uniform reveals next week. According to Knox News’ Adam Sparks, Tennessee will unveil the orange uniforms on July 6, white uniforms on July 7, Summitt Blue uniforms on July 8, and Dark Mode uniforms on July 9.
“We’re fortunate, had a partner that wanted to make us their flagship school,” Tennessee HC Josh Heupel said about the switch to Adidas last August. “That’s going to happen in a lot of different ways and going to be a benefit to our football program. But this athletic department as a whole too. Had an opportunity to come talk to some other guys and I think everybody’s really excited that, again, we’re going to be the flagship school for them and it’s going to provide a lot of unique opportunities for our players both on and off the field.”
Tennessee previously partnered with Adidas from 1995-2015 during a stretch that saw Tennessee football win the 1998 National Championship and the Lady Vols’ basketball program win National Championships in 1996, 97, 98, 2007 and 08. Tennessee made the switch to Nike beginning July 1, 2015, and wore the famous swoop while winning the 2024 College World Series.
Stay tuned to Rocky Top Insider for photos and videos of the next wave of Tennessee Athletics’ Adidas uniforms.
