By FITSNews || After prematurely reporting Thursday that the Tennessee Volunteers were hiring Duke head coach (and former UT offensive coordinator) David Cutcliffe to replace the departed (and detested) Lane Kiffin, the Knoxville News-Sentinel is taking another stab at that whole “journalism thing.”
This time, the paper is reporting that Tennessee will be hiring Louisiana Tech head coach Derek Dooley, son of legendary Georgia coach Vince Dooley and longtime offensive assistant to current Alabama head coach Nick Saban.
Who will the News-Sentinel anoint as the new Volunteers coach tomorrow?
Yeah … your guess is as good as ours …
Dooley has posted a 17-20 mark in three seasons at Lousiana Tech, including a 4-8 mark in 2009. Since 2008, he has also served as the school’s athletics director.
The Bulldogs play in the Western Athletic Conference, a.k.a. the “Wiggity Wiggity WAC.”
By Vol Fan January 15, 2010 at 3:42 pm
How far we have fallen. Whats up with people turning down one of the best football programs in the country?
By Philip January 15, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Well… at least since Dooley is a former Nelson Mullins associate, he should know how to screw his clients while taking home a big paycheck.
By SnakeMD January 15, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Ah, come on Philip. Nelson Mullins is some of Columbia’s finest. Only 98% of the attorneys just give the remaining 2% a bad name. College football has become like the NFL–its coaches are being driven and corrupted by the love of money. It seems like the most talented players are all jumping ship in their junior year to the pros. It’s everyman for themselves.
By Brian (pure Vols fan) January 15, 2010 at 8:14 pm
All of Vol nation question the Kiffin hire last year, and shortly there after… we were singing his praises. All you can do is get behind your school(team in my case) and their decisions.
ALSO! This guy not only coached under Saban during his good times at LSU and followed him to Miami(hello! NFL experience to sell the young kids!), but the guy was a lawyer for two years before all that! His (last) name is familiar to every true SEC fan. Remember what Vince Dooley did at Georgia? Derek Dooley is young, so he will probably be around a while. I also doubt accused his “dream job” at Georgia (they freakin love Mark Richt) is taken, and by the time it would be open… Dooley would have already invested way to much into Tennessee to help Georgia. By the time Richt is gone, Tennessee might need a new coach too, at this pace.
Tennessee could find themselves with an upgrade of a head coach (though everyone will miss Monte Kiffin). This guy brings class, brains, and praise from all the colleagues he previously had been around. He reportedly had the support of Will Muschamp AND Nick Saban. Anyone know who they are?
Go VOLS! Win some more games, and complete this years upsets. No more moral victories.
By The Douche January 15, 2010 at 10:36 pm
He used the word britches in his press conference. I’m sold!
By Steve V January 15, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Haha….screw you Tennessee! I feel bad for the fans, not the school. The AD is really screwing Smokey…err…the pooch on this one. 3 Coaches in three years and the one they fired is the only one with an over all winning record!
By Tom January 16, 2010 at 9:45 am
It reaaly speaks volumes about the sad current state of the UT program when a football coach chooses Duke over the Vols!
By political hack January 16, 2010 at 12:51 pm
It blows my mind that Tennessee is failing to throw money at the problem like all good academic/government institutions which would be the best fix. Alabama should be used as a case study for any of the programs wishing to regain their swagger on the gridiron; throw out $5 million a year and you will get what you need. But, the politics of this one seem to be right, everyone knows the Dooley name, he has the blessings of Saban and Crazy Muschamp, and he is a former Southern attorney. Tennessee is getting back to GOB at least as an attempt to redeem themselves for hiring sunshine Cali boy Kiffin.