The women's program competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

[4] The Tennessee Lady Volunteers women's cross country program began competing in 1974 and within three years reached their first AIAW Championship Tournament appearance.

Under Clark 14 female cross country athletes won 31 All-South Region awards and 23 All-SEC honors.

Besides his 5 team appearances in the NCAA Championships, Clark saw individuals Jackie Areson (2008, 2009, 2010), Sarah Bowman (2008), Brittany Sheffery (2011), and Katie Van Horn (2009, 2010).

The Lambert Acres Golf Club was previously the site of home cross country meets for the Volunteers from 1998 to 2013.

[13] In 2014, the Vols moved much closer to home with the opening of the new Cherokee Farm Cross Country Course on Alcoa highway across the Tennessee River from the main UT campus.

The course was designed specifically for viewers to use the small loop, where it is ensured that runners have to pass the same point at least three times in a race.