Chad Morris
Quick Bio: Chad Morris first gained popularity as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Clemson. And now he’s gone on and turned around an SMU program that had fallen by the wayside.
Pros: Morris showed at Clemson that he has offensive prowess. He helped coach some great quarterbacks with the Tigers, and he’s displayed an ability to rebuild a program at SMU.
Cons/Questions: Tennessee doesn’t need a rebuild any longer. Butch Jones was able to do that. How does Morris react when at a Power Five school as a head coach?
Frank Wilson
Quick Bio: Frank Wilson has Tennessee ties, SEC experience, and has made history at his current school. No wonder the UT-San Antonio coach is catching attention around the country.
Pros: Wilson was Tennessee’s wide receivers coach in 2009 and was on LSU’s staff from 2010-15 before he took the head coaching job of UTSA. He also coached at Ole Miss from 2005-07. He took UTSA to their first ever bowl appearance last season and is a win away from doing so again this year.
Cons/Questions: Wilson has SEC experience and has coached at Tennessee before. And despite making history at UTSA, his numbers there aren’t exactly eye-popping. He’s just 11-11 as a head coach. He probably needs some more experience before he’s ready for a big time job.
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My opinion is: Be careful who you wish for, you might get them! We all know Jon Gruden knows a lot about football but how much does he know about being a College Football Coach? We need a person who is a dynamic coach that will take these recruits to the next level. We already have the talent in place, we just need to have a coach that knows how to develop them. So, Mr. Currie, please be careful and choose the right coach this time! I love Tennessee Vols football and just want it back to the glory days. Go Big Orange!
I don’t get the reluctance to welcome Jon Gruden back to The Hill. Any leader making anything much more complicated than meat loaf has to delegate much of what gets done to assistants. Does Jon Gruden know how to win football games? I think he does. Will elite players flock to K-town to play for him? I think they will. Can Coach Gruden attract good assistants? He must have to win a Super Bowl.
He is the guy if the university will finally show it cares about winning.
Bobby Petrine, T. Martin, new ideas, more disciplined better connected to the players. Able to instill Tennessee volunteers traditional into the game .and bring us back where we belong. I think recruting will still be good with either one of these as coaches?