BREAKING: Heupel Fills Tennessee’s Offensive Coordinator Vacancy
Tennessee is promoting quarterback’s coach Joey Halzle to be its newest offensive coordinator, ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported and Tennessee later announced Thursday morning. Halzle replaces Alex Golesh who left Knoxville after two years to become the new head coach at South Florida. Halzle has been on Tennessee’s staff each of the last two years […]
Josh Heupel Talks Offensive Coordinator, Tight End Coaching Searches
Despite losing two-year offensive coordinator and tight end’s coach Alex Golesh after the regular season, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel isn’t too worried about the outlook ahead for his Volunteer offense. Ever since his arrival in Knoxville, the offensive scheme has been Heupel’s project – from the passing game to the running game, Heupel’s fingerprints […]
Everything Josh Heupel Said as Orange Bowl Approaches
Tennessee head coach and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney met with the media on Thursday morning for one final press conference ahead of the Orange Bowl. Both discussed a wide range of topics on the bowl game, recruiting and the transfer portal, opt-outs and more. Everything Heupel said during the press conference is below. Tennessee […]
Names To Know As Josh Heupel Searches For A New Offensive Coordinator
Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel is looking for a new offensive coordinator after South Florida hired Alex Golesh as its newest head coach Saturday night. Golesh spent three years with Heupel — one at UCF and two at Tennessee — before earning his own opportunity to be a head coach. The 39-year old Ohio State […]
ESPN Analyst Takes a Dig at Vols QB Hendon Hooker During Debate Segment
Tuesday night’s episode of SEC Now on ESPN brought out one of the more head-scratching hot takes to cross the media wire this college football season. During the episode, SEC analyst and former Georgia lineman in the late 90s, Matt Stinchcomb, criticized Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker for a selfish nature inside of the Tennessee program. […]
Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker Has an Open Playbook in Year Two
Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker has more control of the playbook here in his second year in the Josh Heupel offensive system. Despite how dynamic Tennessee’s quarterback was while finishing the season as the SEC’s highest-rated quarterback, it was just Hooker’s first year in the system, and he didn’t even begin the year as the starter. […]
What Opposing SEC Coaches Are Saying About Hendon Hooker
Despite a 31-touchdown, three-interception output from Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker in his debut season in Knoxville last year, opposing SEC coaches aren’t jumping out of the gates to crown him as one of the most talented quarterbacks in the league. Instead, they’re complimenting the offense that Josh Heupel and his offensive staff, led by Alex […]
‘It’s Extremely Rare’: Hooker, Milton Fostering Strong Relationship
Joe Milton III and Hendon Hooker battled to be the 2021 Tennessee starting quarterback throughout the summer and fall camp approaching Josh Heupel’s first season. Anyone reading this knows what happens next. Milton won the starting job, struggled in the season opener and in the first quarter of the Vols’ week two matchup against Pitt […]
How Joey Halzle Unlocked Hendon Hooker’s Potential Using Basketball
Something clicked for Hendon Hooker during the 2021 year. After spending three years at Virginia Tech, Hooker decided to enter his name into the transfer portal in December of 2020. Less than one month later, Hooker announced that he would be transferring to Tennessee. But even after transferring to Knoxville, Hooker wasn’t going to be […]
How Much Can Hendon Hooker Improve In Second Year In Heupel’s System?
Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel rejuvenated the Volunteer football program in his first season as head coach and quarterback Hendon Hooker played a larger role in that than anyone else. The Virginia Tech transfer spent his first five quarters in Knoxville on the bench as starting quarterback Joe Milton III missed open receiver after open […]
