| Year | Class | Mile Run Champion | Score | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Class AA | Bryan Woods Harding Academy |
4:18.4 | |
| 1980 | Class AAA | Jim Ailshie Dobyns Bennett |
4:16.7 | |
| 1980 | Class A | Jack Burton David Lipscomb |
4:17.6 | |
| 1979 | Carey Waltrip Coffee County |
4:15.3 | ||
| 1978 | Darrell Clemmons Westwood |
4:16.8 | ||
| 1977 | Chuck Brown Sullivan East |
4:15.7 | ||
| 1976 | Nay Harrison Montgomery Central |
4:16.3 | ||
| 1975 | Louie DeLorenzo Bearden |
4:18.7 | ||
| 1974 | Mark Dorsey Ridgeway |
4:19.9 | ||
| 1973 | Jay Woods Raleigh Egypt |
4:18.1 | ||
| 1972 | Tom Garrison Antioch |
4:18.5 | ||
| 1971 | Mark Brown Science Hill |
4:17.6 | ||
| 1970 | Larry Nee Tullahoma |
4:15.8 | ||
| 1969 | Myles Maillie Hillsboro |
4:25.5 | ||
| 1968 | John Mohundro Memphis Overton |
4:18.6 | ||
| 1967 | John Mohundro Memphis Overton |
4:20.9 | ||
| 1966 | Gordon Wilson Millington |
4:21.9 | ||
| 1965 | Gordon Wilson Millington |
4:23.3 | ||
| 1964 | Andy Russell Union City |
4:19.9 | ||
| 1963 | Andy Russell Union City |
4:23.0 | ||
| 1962 | Jim Smith Hillsboro |
4:27.2 | ||
| 1961 | Mickey Shelton Knoxville East |
4:39.5 | ||
| 1960 | Coppley Vickers Fulton |
4:35.5 | ||
| 1959 | Paul Lowery Nashville Isaac Litton |
4:39.6 | ||
| 1958 | Lexie Lednum Bartlett |
4:37.1 | ||
| 1957 | Curtis Sanders Oak Ridge |
4:35.7 | ||
| 1956 | Tandy Rice Franklin |
4:34.2 | ||
| 1956 | Joslin Knoxville |
4:51.1 | ||
| 1955 | Jerry Read Memphis Central |
4:38.9 | ||
| 1954 | Jerry Read Memphis Central |
4:38.0 | ||
| 1953 | Thompson Treadwell |
4:41.2 | Memphis | |
| 1952 | Robertson Memphis South Side |
4:46.1 | Oak Ridge | |
| 1951 | Cox Whitehaven |
4:39.5 | Cookeville | |
| 1950 | Ikerd Whitehaven |
4:43.4 | Nashville | |
| 1949 | Norville Crockett County |
4:44.0 | Memphis | |
| 1948 | Paris Memphis Central |
4:34.6 | Johnson City | |
| 1947 | Trent Knoxville |
4:45.4 | Memphis | |
| 1942 | Charles Riley Whitehaven |
4:36 | Memphis | |
| 1941 | J.B. Hayes Nashville Tennessee Ind. School |
4:47.5 | Cookeville | |
| 1940 | Mack Martin Nashville East |
4:44 | ||
| 1939 | Mack Martin Nashville East |
4:56 | ||
| 1938 | Joslin Knoxville |
4:48.2 | Cookeville | |
| 1937 | Joslin Knoxville |
4:40.5 | Knoxville | |
| 1935 | Ward Knoxville |
4:46 | Nashville | |
| 1933 | Word Webb School of Knoxville |
4:44.1 | Nashville | |
| 1931 | Wallacks Farragut |
4:43 |