2017-18 will mark Beth Alford-Sullivan's fourth season as the director of track and field and cross country at the University of Tennessee. Overall, Tennessee has claimed seven NCAA Champions, 13 SEC Champions, 34 SEC Medals and 66 All-American honors during Alford-Sullivan's first three seasons on Rocky Top. When Alford-Sullivan was tabbed to lead the men's and women's programs, she became the first woman to lead a men's program in any sport in SEC history. 

During the 2017 season, the Tennessee men tied for 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championship and finished in a tie for seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championship. These are the third and fourth consecutive top-10 finishes for the men's team. Overall, the program has posted five top-10 finishes at a NCAA meet in the last two years. Student-athletes on the 2017 squad accounted for nine school records and appeared 73 times on the school's all-time top-10 lists.