As Tennessee embarks on its fourth coaching search in ten years, here’s a quick look at Vols coaching candidate Joe Moorhead.
Joe Moorhead’s coaching experience (43 years old)
College assistant at Georgetown, Akron, UConn, and Penn State. Hired to be Nittany Lions offensive coordinator in 2016 after serving as Fordham head coach from 2012-15.
GRT taxonomy of college football coaches: Great Coordinator
Why the Tennessee Vols might want Joe Moorhead
He’s arguably the best offensive coordinator in college football. With the struggles Tee Martin has experienced this year at USC and with Brent Venables looking for an ideal scenario for his first coaching gig, if the Vols go in the direction of an assistant, why not Moorhead? UT’s fans likely would go crazy, but Moorhead has head coaching experience and can develop offenses and put up points.
Why the Tennessee Vols might not want Joe Moorhead
Tennessee needs somebody to galvanize its fan base and unify everybody, and this wouldn’t be it. Moorhead has zero experience coaching in the South and very little head coaching experience, period. He’s going to get a chance to be a head coach soon, but should that be in the SEC? Likely no, and he’d be way, way down the list.