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1926Buckeyes
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Please god, make it happen. One and done again after he leaves to go to UCF. Then they rehire Butch Davis. Actually, rehire the guy who made a big deal out of the orange pants. Was that the 2nd-to-last coach?
Anybody want to tell them the bad news?
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Looks like they are slumming for Sonny Dykes now 
63-59 career record. Got fired from Cal after going 19-30 in 4 years.
63-59 career record. Got fired from Cal after going 19-30 in 4 years.
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
I think they can get Coach Kilmer out of retirement
Pretty sure Jon Voight didn't even act in that movie. That's actually his personality
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
I think they can get Coach Kilmer out of retirement
I'd go with Coach Klein, a proven winner at the college level....
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Seriously, this is just embarrassing. I mean: Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Vanderbilt. You beat those 4 teams and win the 3/4 shit no conference games you have, you are 7-0 (4-0) before you even think about any difficult games you play. Yet they can’t get anyone with a pulse and a useful record of coaching at any level to go there. It staggers the imagination.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Tennessee Coach search: Every name on the internet
Joe Brady
The Panthers offensive coordinator currently has +2500 odds on Sportsline and everyone’s new favorite internet game of “who’s that guy exiting the Tennessee jet,” has Vol Twitter wondering if it’s Brady. The 31-year old has been reportedly courted by many programs during this recent coaching cycle, but it looks like he’ll stick with Matt Rhule and call plays for the Panthers in 2021.
Jamey Chadwell
The Coastal Carolina head coach had the college football playoff debaters all riled up when he led his No. 9 Chanticleers to an 11-0 regular season before ultimately falling to Hugh Freeze’s (we’ll get to him in a moment) Liberty Flames in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl. Chadwell is a Caryville, Tennessee native whose son, Jameson Heath Chadwell, is named after VFL Heath Shuler. Despite signing an extension that keeps him at CCU until the 2027 season, if the Tennessee job is offered to him, I have a hard time believing he would turn it down. Chadwell also has some baggage, having to vacate wins at Charleston Southern.
Bill Clark
“Build” was the buzzword of the hour during Danny White’s introductory press conference, and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who embodies the word more than the UAB head football coach. Just one year after their football program was shut down for two years, Clark led the Blazers to an 11-3 season. He was awarded the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award for his work rebuilding the program.
Sonny Dykes
ESPN’s Chris Low said on 104.5’s 3HL radio show the SMU head coach is a candidate to watch, and I think it’s safe to say CLow knows his stuff. The offensive-minded head coach has experience coaching in the Power 5 and in 2019, led the Mustangs to their first 10-win season since 1984.
Tony Elliott
The Clemson offensive coordinator’s name has been thrown out there in both the NFL and college ranks. Reportedly, Mike Vrabel gauged his interest in the Titans offensive coordinator position. Most recently, Elliot was a candidate for the South Carolina head coaching vacancy, but turned them down. He’s far and away one of the top assistant coaches in all of college football and won the Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant coach in 2017.
Luke Fickell
Tennessee fans may have some apprehension for hiring another Cincinnati head coach after Butch Jones, but did Jones ever coach the Bearcats to a No. 8 national ranking at the end of the season? Fickell is primed to make the jump to a Power 5 program after going 31-6 over the past three seasons. In fact, the Eagles looked at Fickell this off-season as well.
PJ Fleck
Star Tribune columnist Chip Scoggins’ reported on Monday that Fleck isn’t interested. Coaches have said that before and ended up in positions they reportedly “weren’t interested in,” so let’s give Fleck his due. He led the Gophers to a 26-19 record over the last four seasons, including two bowl victories. In 2019, they defeated Auburn in the Outback Bowl for their 11th win, their most in a season in 115 years.
James Franklin
People ’round here know Franklin as the former Vanderbilt head coach who brought the Dores some of their best football years before leaving for Penn State. UT Chancellor Donde Plowman made it abundantly clear that “integrity” was one of the most important qualities in the Vols next head coach, which may rule out Franklin for his mishandling of the situation involving multiple players being charged with rape during his time on West End and the lawsuit filed against him for alleged hazing at Penn State.
Hugh Freeze
Shoot, did I already use the integrity bit on the last guy? Bump for Freeze. I know fans see the 10-1 record at Liberty and his success at Ole Miss, but I have a hard time believing the Tennessee brass and the SEC would welcome Freeze to Knoxville after his role in the Rebel’s two-year bowl ban.
Will Healy
Remember him? The 35-year old Chattanooga native coached Austin Peay to a 7-1 OVC record, setting a school record for most wins ever in a season. In 2016, his recruiting class was ranked top 5 in FCS football and No. 1 in 2017. His first year in Charlotte saw the 49ers reach a bowl game. The 2020 season was highly-impacted by COVID with Charlotte only playing 6 games and going 2-4.
Tom Herman
The recently-fired Texas football coach has a .71 winning percentage and has never lost a bowl game (5-0). He won’t be cheap and could opt to sit back and enjoy his $15.4 million buyout. He has Power 5 experience galore with stints at Iowa State and Ohio State before coming to Texas.
Lane Kiffin
Maybe some fans need to get a full night’s sleep on their torch-stained mattresses because really? Kiffin? I understand more than a decade has passed, but fool me once right? Let’s do what Kiffin is currently doing on Twitter right now and entertain the idea, just for fun. After a 5-5 season, Kiffin would do to Ole Miss what he did to Tennessee. Before heading to Oxford, he won two C-USA Titles with Florida Atlantic, totaling a 26-13 record in three seasons with the Owls.
Lance Leipold
White hired Leipold in Buffalo, so they’re tight. Before making the jump to Division I, he won six DIII titles at Wisconsin-Whitewater. Since captaining the Bulls in 2015, he has taken the program from a 5-win season in year one, a 2-win season in year two to a 24-10 record over the past three seasons.
Gus Malzahn
I mentioned buyout figures with Tom Herman, but Tommy ain’t got nothin’ on Gus. Malzahn will collect $21.45 million from Auburn after being let go following the 2020 season. Does the 55-year-old want to hang out with his two daughters and wife Kristi for a bit or does the National Champion want to jump right back into the SEC grind?
Billy Napier
The Cookeville, TN native and former quarterback has put the “Ragin” in Rajun’ Cajun for Louisiana football since taking over in 2018. In his three seasons at the helm, he has gone 28-11. His squads have earned trips to three-straight bowl games and won two of them. Napier has experience in the Southeastern Conference with two stints at Alabama, once as an analyst and once as the wide receivers coach.
Bill O’Brien
The Vols are looking for some leadership, what better than a former NFL General Manager? It’s hard to express sarcasm over the internet, so here’s your alert – that was sarcastic. Ok, but BOB did lead the Texans to four Division Championships in six seasons before being fired after four games in 2020. Did I forget to mention he’s also currently the offensive coordinator at Alabama?
Scott Satterfield
Power 5 experience is an attractive plus to Satterfield who has been the head coach at Louisville for the past two seasons. Before then, he went 51-24 at Appalachian State, winning three conference titles and three (out of three) Bowl games. His Mountaineers won 9-plus games each of his last four years and went 7-1 in conference. He took the Cardinals to an 8-5 season in his first year at the helm but regressed in year two with a 4-7 record in 2020.
Kevin Steele
The current acting head coach of the Vols joined the program as a defensive assistant a week before Jeremy Pruitt was fired. He was rumored to be in the running for the Auburn job after Malzhan’s departure and was a finalist for the Vols job in 2017. Do the Vols want to go with another SEC coordinator? He is a VFL, but his head coaching record while at Baylor is 9-37.
Entire article: https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-coach-search-every-name-on-the-internet/
OK, who ya got?
Fleck has already said he wasn't interested, per: https://saturdaytradition.com/minne...ly-not-interested-in-taking-job-at-tennessee/
Joe Brady
The Panthers offensive coordinator currently has +2500 odds on Sportsline and everyone’s new favorite internet game of “who’s that guy exiting the Tennessee jet,” has Vol Twitter wondering if it’s Brady. The 31-year old has been reportedly courted by many programs during this recent coaching cycle, but it looks like he’ll stick with Matt Rhule and call plays for the Panthers in 2021.
Jamey Chadwell
The Coastal Carolina head coach had the college football playoff debaters all riled up when he led his No. 9 Chanticleers to an 11-0 regular season before ultimately falling to Hugh Freeze’s (we’ll get to him in a moment) Liberty Flames in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl. Chadwell is a Caryville, Tennessee native whose son, Jameson Heath Chadwell, is named after VFL Heath Shuler. Despite signing an extension that keeps him at CCU until the 2027 season, if the Tennessee job is offered to him, I have a hard time believing he would turn it down. Chadwell also has some baggage, having to vacate wins at Charleston Southern.
Bill Clark
“Build” was the buzzword of the hour during Danny White’s introductory press conference, and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who embodies the word more than the UAB head football coach. Just one year after their football program was shut down for two years, Clark led the Blazers to an 11-3 season. He was awarded the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award for his work rebuilding the program.
Sonny Dykes
ESPN’s Chris Low said on 104.5’s 3HL radio show the SMU head coach is a candidate to watch, and I think it’s safe to say CLow knows his stuff. The offensive-minded head coach has experience coaching in the Power 5 and in 2019, led the Mustangs to their first 10-win season since 1984.
Tony Elliott
The Clemson offensive coordinator’s name has been thrown out there in both the NFL and college ranks. Reportedly, Mike Vrabel gauged his interest in the Titans offensive coordinator position. Most recently, Elliot was a candidate for the South Carolina head coaching vacancy, but turned them down. He’s far and away one of the top assistant coaches in all of college football and won the Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant coach in 2017.
Luke Fickell
Tennessee fans may have some apprehension for hiring another Cincinnati head coach after Butch Jones, but did Jones ever coach the Bearcats to a No. 8 national ranking at the end of the season? Fickell is primed to make the jump to a Power 5 program after going 31-6 over the past three seasons. In fact, the Eagles looked at Fickell this off-season as well.
PJ Fleck
Star Tribune columnist Chip Scoggins’ reported on Monday that Fleck isn’t interested. Coaches have said that before and ended up in positions they reportedly “weren’t interested in,” so let’s give Fleck his due. He led the Gophers to a 26-19 record over the last four seasons, including two bowl victories. In 2019, they defeated Auburn in the Outback Bowl for their 11th win, their most in a season in 115 years.
James Franklin
People ’round here know Franklin as the former Vanderbilt head coach who brought the Dores some of their best football years before leaving for Penn State. UT Chancellor Donde Plowman made it abundantly clear that “integrity” was one of the most important qualities in the Vols next head coach, which may rule out Franklin for his mishandling of the situation involving multiple players being charged with rape during his time on West End and the lawsuit filed against him for alleged hazing at Penn State.
Hugh Freeze
Shoot, did I already use the integrity bit on the last guy? Bump for Freeze. I know fans see the 10-1 record at Liberty and his success at Ole Miss, but I have a hard time believing the Tennessee brass and the SEC would welcome Freeze to Knoxville after his role in the Rebel’s two-year bowl ban.
Will Healy
Remember him? The 35-year old Chattanooga native coached Austin Peay to a 7-1 OVC record, setting a school record for most wins ever in a season. In 2016, his recruiting class was ranked top 5 in FCS football and No. 1 in 2017. His first year in Charlotte saw the 49ers reach a bowl game. The 2020 season was highly-impacted by COVID with Charlotte only playing 6 games and going 2-4.
Tom Herman
The recently-fired Texas football coach has a .71 winning percentage and has never lost a bowl game (5-0). He won’t be cheap and could opt to sit back and enjoy his $15.4 million buyout. He has Power 5 experience galore with stints at Iowa State and Ohio State before coming to Texas.
Lane Kiffin
Maybe some fans need to get a full night’s sleep on their torch-stained mattresses because really? Kiffin? I understand more than a decade has passed, but fool me once right? Let’s do what Kiffin is currently doing on Twitter right now and entertain the idea, just for fun. After a 5-5 season, Kiffin would do to Ole Miss what he did to Tennessee. Before heading to Oxford, he won two C-USA Titles with Florida Atlantic, totaling a 26-13 record in three seasons with the Owls.
Lance Leipold
White hired Leipold in Buffalo, so they’re tight. Before making the jump to Division I, he won six DIII titles at Wisconsin-Whitewater. Since captaining the Bulls in 2015, he has taken the program from a 5-win season in year one, a 2-win season in year two to a 24-10 record over the past three seasons.
Gus Malzahn
I mentioned buyout figures with Tom Herman, but Tommy ain’t got nothin’ on Gus. Malzahn will collect $21.45 million from Auburn after being let go following the 2020 season. Does the 55-year-old want to hang out with his two daughters and wife Kristi for a bit or does the National Champion want to jump right back into the SEC grind?
Billy Napier
The Cookeville, TN native and former quarterback has put the “Ragin” in Rajun’ Cajun for Louisiana football since taking over in 2018. In his three seasons at the helm, he has gone 28-11. His squads have earned trips to three-straight bowl games and won two of them. Napier has experience in the Southeastern Conference with two stints at Alabama, once as an analyst and once as the wide receivers coach.
Bill O’Brien
The Vols are looking for some leadership, what better than a former NFL General Manager? It’s hard to express sarcasm over the internet, so here’s your alert – that was sarcastic. Ok, but BOB did lead the Texans to four Division Championships in six seasons before being fired after four games in 2020. Did I forget to mention he’s also currently the offensive coordinator at Alabama?
Scott Satterfield
Power 5 experience is an attractive plus to Satterfield who has been the head coach at Louisville for the past two seasons. Before then, he went 51-24 at Appalachian State, winning three conference titles and three (out of three) Bowl games. His Mountaineers won 9-plus games each of his last four years and went 7-1 in conference. He took the Cardinals to an 8-5 season in his first year at the helm but regressed in year two with a 4-7 record in 2020.
Kevin Steele
The current acting head coach of the Vols joined the program as a defensive assistant a week before Jeremy Pruitt was fired. He was rumored to be in the running for the Auburn job after Malzhan’s departure and was a finalist for the Vols job in 2017. Do the Vols want to go with another SEC coordinator? He is a VFL, but his head coaching record while at Baylor is 9-37.
Entire article: https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-coach-search-every-name-on-the-internet/
OK, who ya got?
Fleck has already said he wasn't interested, per: https://saturdaytradition.com/minne...ly-not-interested-in-taking-job-at-tennessee/
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Hmmm, lets have a look?
Joe Brady: You serious, Clark? The guy's name was popping up for NFL HC vacancies already. He's likely an NFL HC in the near future. No chance he's interested in such a damaged program. Zero. Zilch.
Jamey Chadwell: Seems to be a name that's getting noticed. But, as it says, he's already had problems with the NCAA. Maybe he takes the Vols job if he feels 2020 was him peaking? So...maybe? Though I doubt it.
Bill Clark: I've never heard of him, but reading about him, it seems he's done some nice things at UAB. So...maybe?
Sonny Dykes: Has done alright at SMU (22-14), but bombed out at Cal and that job isn't nearly as pressurized as Tennessee. I see him as another Derek Dooley-type hire, so I could see it...possibly.
Tony Elliott: One of those hot coordinator names that is going to be a HC soon. Have to think he would hold out for better options that Tennessee, though. I'd say slim-to-no chance.
Luke Fickell:
PJ Fleck: Seems to have lost some of the sizzle he had after last season, but Tennessee is, at best, a lateral move...maybe not even that with NCAA heat. Not happening.
James Franklin: Unless there's behind the scenes strife in Rythmic Slappy Valley, it ain't happening. And he could do MUCH better than Tennessee if that were the case.
Hugh Freeze: Again, Tennessee is already in hot water with the NCAA. Would they be dumb enough to bring on a coach who got nuked at Ole Miss? Maybe, but again, I think Freeze will eventually have better options that Knoxville.
Will Healy: Never heard of him, so...maybe?
Tom Herman: If there weren't looming NCAA issues, I could MAYBE see it happening, but I expect he has better options, even if it's sitting out a year and collecting his buyout.
Lane Kiffin: The new Jon Gruden? Ain't happening.
Lance Leipold: His name always seems to pop up, but he never gets hired by anybody. Again, though, is going to Knoxville and staring at NCAA trouble better than going back to Buffalo and rolling the dice on yourself again? I don't think so.
Gus Malzahn: Without NCAA crap, maybe? I'm thinking he sits a year on his buyout and gets another HC job next season, or maybe he takes an OC job somewhere.
Billy Napier: Has done very well at Louisiana the past two seasons. Will probably have better options.
Bill O'Brien: Will rehab under Saban for a year and get a better job.
Scott Satterfeld: Has been "meh" at Louisville, 12-12 record. Still, it's a lateral move to Tennessee. Don't see it.
Kevin Steele: Already in place. Probably the most likely choice.
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Yeah, any of those 3 would be nice. But, that job is a nuclear wasteland right now. Their roster is already getting gutted with transfers. They have ZERO commits for 2022. They have to compete with MUCH better programs for recruits. They have a fan base that expects to compete for SEC titles and isn't anywhere near doing so. And now they have looming NCAA issues to boot. That's about as unattractive as it gets.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Yeah but as I previously posted (if Tennessee's expectations are reasonable for 2 - 3 rebuilding years) I still think it would be great opportunity for Elliot. Hell, both Alabama and Florida only have 1 commitment for 2022, Tennessee's 0 commitments for 2022 is not a big deal yet. A good coach could fix a bad recruiting years with a few transfers too. Lots of schools have had NCAA issues and got through them. Like Bucklion posted below, with the right nonconference schedule you can easily get 7 or more wins.
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