NC State Wolfpack: Doeren Buzzing Around Tennessee Rumor Mill
Tennessee’s 2017 Season
Despite sweeping its non-conference competition, the Volunteers dropped all eight of its SEC games to finish the season 4-8 overall. Following Tennessee’s 50-17 loss to Missouri on November 11, Athletic Director John Currie fired then-head coach Butch Jones. Since then, the search for the next man to lead the program has been, to put it incredibly mildly, problematic.
When talks began circulating that Tennessee reached out to Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano, the job appeared to be all but set in stone. Then, the Volunteers’ fans reacted.
Volunteers fans marching to the university athletic center to protest UT's possible decision to hire Greg Schiano as its new head football coach pic.twitter.com/pyq1qhYjn5
— Donovan Long (@DonovanLongTV) November 26, 2017
I have reached out to @John_Currie and others in administration at UT expressing that WE as a TN Community do not approve of Schiano. #higherstandards
— Rep. Jason Zachary (@JasonZacharyTN) November 26, 2017
I’m just going to say this if we hire Greg Schiano as our next head coach my options will be open to which college program I will Be donating my TIME and MONEY to. (No disrespect to GS) but if UT leaders don’t take football serious then I will find the program that will!!!
— Hydra Headphones (@haynesworthiii) November 26, 2017
The vehement refusal to accept Schiano as the next Tennessee head coach resulted in Currie cancelling the deal. After that, multiple names have come up, including Doeren, as the next candidates to fill the position.