WVLT is reporting that Tennessee athletics director John Currie has been fired.
Currie was hired only eight months ago and had gained not insignificant amounts of goodwill by bringing back the Lady Vols logo and making a move on head football coach Butch Jones in the middle of a historically bad season. All of that was undone in a matter of weeks, however, with Currie’s handling of the search for a new football coach, which has featured a long series of missteps that has the various factions of Tennessee stakeholders at odds with one another.
Currie reportedly met with Chancellor Beverly Davenport this morning and learned of his fate during that meeting. No word yet on who will replace Currie, either permanently or temporarily for the purpose of concluding the coaching search.
[UPDATE] VolQuest is reporting that Phillip Fulmer has been more involved in the coaching search since last Sunday and that he’ll be assuming a greater role going forward.