List of Nashville Vols managers

The team sat out the 1962 campaign but returned for a final season in the South Atlantic League in 1963 before ceasing operations altogether.

Newt Fisher (1901 and 1902), Bill Bernhard (1908), Roy Ellam (1916), and Larry Gilbert (1940, 1943, 1948, and 1949) managed the Vols to win the Southern Association pennant.

Gilbert (1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1944), Rollie Hemsley (1949), Don Osborn (1950), and Hugh Poland (1953) led the team to win Southern Association playoff championships.

[11] He stayed on as manager until July 17, when former Toledo Mud Hens skipper Mickey Finn was hired to take his place.

[20] Hub Perdue, who hailed from nearby Bethpage and also pitched, began the 1921 season as manager,[21] but he was dismissed on June 25.

[33] Though Klugmann's 1931 team incurred a franchise-high 102 losses,[14] he was retained for the next season but was ultimately dismissed on July 7, 1932.

[34][35] The Vols entered into their first working agreement with a Major League Baseball team in 1934 when they became the Class A farm club of the New York Giants.

[39][40] Richbourg, who had stayed on the roster after his previous managerial tenure, returned to the role in an interim capacity for one game on June 6.

[40] Johnny Butler, previously in charge of the Decatur Commodores, was hired as a permanent replacement for the remainder of the season.

[40][41] Nashville began an affiliation with the Cincinnati Reds in 1936 at the same time that the Southern Association was elevated to Class A1 status.

[35] The 1939 season marked the beginning of one of the most successful periods, in terms of winning percentage and championships,[8][14] in team history under manager Larry Gilbert, who led from 1939 to 1948.

[8] The club operated without major league working agreements in 1941 and 1942,[45][46] but Gilbert led Nashville to win back-to-back playoff championships and Dixie Series in those seasons.

[47] Gilbert's men won two more playoff titles in 1943 and 1944, but the Dixie Series had been suspended due to World War II.

[49] Gilbert had led the Vols for 1,471 regular-season games over 10 seasons, making him the longest-tenured manager in team history.

Rollie Hemsley, Gilbert's successor as well as Vols catcher, managed the 1949 squad to win their eighth league pennant, seventh playoff championship, and fourth and final Dixie Series crown.

Pitcher Don Osborn led the team to an eighth playoff title in 1950 and continued in a solely managerial capacity in 1951.

[36] They were managed for the duration of the partnership by Hugh Poland, who previously led New York's Triple-A Ottawa Giants in 1951.

[63] Poor attendance and financial problems resulted in the team's board of directors voting unanimously to surrender the franchise to the league following the season.

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Larry Gilbert led the Vols to win four Southern Association pennants , six playoff championships , and three Dixie Series from 1939 to 1948.
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Newt Fisher (1901–1905) managed Nashville to win the first two Southern Association pennants in 1901 and 1902.
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Lance Richbourg managed the Vols over three periods (1934, 1935, and 1936–1937).
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Rollie Hemsley led Nashville to win their fourth and final Dixie Series in 1949.