A news conference was called for 11 a.m. Tuesday.
"My family and I love the University of Tennessee, and we love Knoxville," Hamilton said in a statement. "We have poured out our lives over the last 19 years to try to make this a better community, a better athletic program and a better university."
Hamilton did not say in his statement why he was resigning, though he has faced criticism for the coaches he hired and fired during the past three seasons and for NCAA violations committed by those coaches that resulted in a major investigation into recruiting.
During his eight-year tenure, Hamilton fired coach Phillip Fulmer and replaced him with Lane Kiffin, who left the Volunteers after one season to coach at Southern California. Hamilton also hired and fired men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl, who turned the Vols' program around, but was accused by the NCAA of lying during its investigation.
Hamilton has said several times since revealing in September that the NCAA was investigating Tennessee's basketball and football programs that the violations the Vols were facing were the result of a few coaches acting on their own accord.
Tennessee has since been charged with 12 major violations, and Hamilton and other athletic officials will meet with the NCAA's Committee on Infractions on Saturday.
"The University of Tennessee's athletic programs have experienced great success under Mike Hamilton's leadership," Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said. "Mike has led our teams to success on and off the field. Mike is a man of high integrity and deep faith. His contributions to our campus and its faculty, staff and students will live on for many decades, especially his positive influence on our student-athletes. We will miss him."
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