Jeremy Pruitt works fast: VolQuest is reporting Southern Cal passing game coordinator Tyson Helton will be Tennessee’s new offensive coordinator. He will lead an offensive staff including Robert Gillespie staying on with running backs, and Colorado State offensive coordinator Will Friend coming aboard as offensive line coach, plus a familiar […]
Month: December 2017
The Bricks and The Ceiling
I’ve already been wrong about Jeremy Pruitt once. Fourteen months ago, #9 Tennessee and #1 Alabama played the highest-ranked Third Saturday in October ever. The Vols had just dropped 684 yards on Texas A&M, and touched up Georgia’s defenses for 920 yards and 70 points in their last two meetings […]
Reports: Tennessee Finalizing Deal with Alabama DC Jeremy Pruitt to be new Head Coach
After a coaching search that felt like it spanned generations, took years off lives, ended jobs, tarnished reputations, caused power struggles between a major university’s boosters and administrators — as well as power struggles between most orange-clad men and the wives angry that they’d become married to their F5 buttons […]
Current Tennessee coaching candidate blind taste test
Of the Tennessee coaching candidates who still appear to be in the running, who do you like when look only at their numbers and not their names?
Tennessee 77, Georgia Tech 70: Vols move to 6-1
The Vols move to 6-1 with an 77-70 win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Tennessee at Georgia Tech Preview
One more reason this weekend was a great time to take a breath on the coaching search: you can pay attention to the best thing on campus right now. The basketball Vols are 26th in Ken Pomeroy’s ratings, a far more valid early season rating than RPI…but, hey, the Vols […]
Feels Like Home
When Tennessee’s search came up empty in Raleigh on Thursday morning, it seemed like two options were available. The Vols could press pause, take a breath after the events of an unprecedented week, and reset the board. Or the Vols could press on, try to make a hire as quickly […]
Chaos’s Reward? The Return of Phillip Fulmer: Oh Captain, My Captain
More than nine years ago, an emotional Phillip Fulmer rode out of the Tennessee spotlight on the shoulders of his players after a career where he went 152-52. Though it had been a tumultuous final season, he exited with a win. On Friday, Fulmer came back in on his […]
Press conference live thread: Phillip Fulmer named athletic director
Live thread for the press conference announcing Phillip Fulmer as athletic director.
Report: Phillip Fulmer to be named athletic director this afternoon
According to Jimmy Hyams, Phillip Fulmer will be named athletic director this afternoon.