1818–29 Samuel Witherspoon Doak, D.D. 1829–44 Tusculum College (1844–68) Samuel Witherspoon Doak, D.D. 1844–64 William Stephenson Doak, D.D. 1865–68 Greeneville and Tusculum College (G&T) (1868–1908) William Stephenson Doak, D.D. (1868–82) Alexander M. Doak (acting) 1882–83 Jeremiah Moore, D.D. 1883–1901 Samuel A. Coile, D.D. 1901–07 Washington and Tusculum College (W&T) (1908–1912) Charles O. Gray, D.D. 1907–12Tusculum College (1912–2018) Charles O. Gray, D.D. 1912–31 Charles A. Anderson, D.D. 1931–42 John McSween, D.D. 1942–44 Jere A. Moore (acting) 1944–46 George K. Davies, Ph.D. 1946–50 Leslie K. Patton (acting) 1950–51 Raymond C. Rankin, D.D. 1951–65 Douglas C. Trout, Ph.D. 1965–68 Charles J. Ping (acting) 1968–69 Andrew N. Cothran, Ph.D. 1969–72 Thomas G. Voss, Ph.D. 1972–78 Earl R. Mezoff, Ed.D. 1978–88 Robert E. Knott, Ph.D. 1989–2000 Thomas J. Garland (interim) 2000 Dolphus E. Henry III, Ph.D. 2000–07 Russell L. Nichols, Ph.D. (interim) August 2007–April 2009 Nancy B. Moody, DSN April 2009 – 2017 James L. Hurley, Ed.D. 2017–2019Tusculum University (2018–present)' James L. Hurley, Ed.D. 2017–2019 Greg Nelson, Ph.D. (acting) 2019–2020 Scott Hummel, Ph.D. 2020–present Academics Tusculum is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, baccalaureate and Master degrees. It also maintains institutional memberships with the American Council on Education, the Council of Independent Colleges, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the Council for Opportunity in Education, the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association, the Tennessee State Board of Education, the Appalachian College Association, the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities, the American Association of University Women, the American Medical Association, and the New York State Board of Regents. Athletics Tusculum athletic teams are nicknamed as the Pioneers. The university is a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the South Atlantic Conference since the 1998–99 academic year. Tusculum fields 24 recognized varsity sports teams: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, cheerleading, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track & field and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, beach volleyball, bowling, cross country, cheerleading, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball. Although most of those sponsored sports compete in NCAA D-II in the SAC, two teams compete as de facto NCAA Division I members. In women's bowling, a sport added in 2019–20 in which the NCAA holds a single championship open to members of all three NCAA divisions, the Pioneers are