Champions are made and not born -- and no one knows that more than future Hall of Fame football coach Phillip Fulmer.  Fulmer, whose .745 winning percentage ranks in the top five in modern college football history; coached 18 All Americans and 92 NFL draft picks, including NFL MVP and future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning.

A conference champion player himself in the football-mad Southeastern Conference, Fulmer brought Tennessee's football program back to glory as a head coach, winning the school's first national championship in 41 years. Fulmer won two SEC titles as a head coach and led his squad to win or share the SEC East title seven times.

Fulmer built his program by motivating his teams to victories when the pressure was highest on the road in college football's toughest venues -- places like Miami, Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Athens, Gainesville, and the Rose Bowl. His motivation was rooted in his role as a principled mentor who pushed his young men to grow socially, spiritually, academically, personally, and athletically. This holistic approach earned Fulmer unprecedented recognition from his peers -- the second coach in history to earn the Eddie Robinson Coach of Distinction Trophy, the presidency of the American Football Coaches Association, and national, regional and conference coach of the year honors.

Known as a "players' coach" who pushed his young men from adolescence into manhood, Fulmer won big the right way -- without one single NCAA investigation of any kind.

Fulmer's family approach to football is mirrored in his own life; his wife Vicky has been by his side through thick and thin for 29  years and was beloved as the First Lady of Tennessee football. Four well-rounded Fulmer children became familiar sights on the sidelines for Tennessee fans. Coach Fulmer now spends game day Saturdays in New York as part of the studio crew for CBS College Sports, sharing a career's worth of insight and experience with college football fans. He's a partner in Northshore Capital Management and a public speaker in high demand, sharing his experiences as a CEO, a developer of leadership skills, and bringing a unique approach to crisis management.