Coaching rumor thread "Daily Cliff's Notes" **INFO ONLY - No Discussion Please**

[l2dab16]

@TheSportsDrive "VOLSQUEST reports that Hart will meet w/ OSU Head Coach Mike Gundy today and will meet with FSU Head Coach Jimbo Fisher tomorrow (Monday)."

[bcartervol98]

@ClayTravisBGID: Looks like Vol coaching search now down to five names: Jimbo, Gundy, Strong, Golden, Fedora.

[XVol64]

TennFATZ is saying there is a Press Conference tomorrow.

[spudvol]

Josh Newberg ‏@joshnewberg247

RT @mcmurphyespn: Skip Holtz fired after 3 seasons at USF, sources told @espn

[tclowers23]

BabyVol on Scout.com still saying it's Gruden.

[Majorvol23]

12:46pm est on 12/02 - It was posted on VQ that Babyvol is still making a guarantee on scout that it will be Gruden... Even stating, if he's wrong, he will never post again.

tifwiw

[GoBigOrangeVols]

Pete Roussel ‏@coachingsearch
Don't be surprised if former UNC head coach Butch Davis ends up landing the head coaching job at Tennessee. Coaching Search Ticker | CoachingSearch.com

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[GoBigOrangeVols]

Jim Dunaway ‏@jimdunaway
RT @PMARSHONAU: Alabama DC Kirby Smart to interview in Auburn coaching search Alabama DC Kirby Smart to interview in Auburn coaching search … via @247Sports

I think its relevant

[thevorlon]

@ClayTravisBGID: May interview again as well. Vols could have had him in 08. RT @NRestivo: Why not Gary Patterson?

[msanford52]

Originally Posted by Majorvol23

12:46pm est on 12/02 - It was posted on VQ that Babyvol is still making a guarantee on scout that it will be Gruden... Even stating, if he's wrong, he will never post again.

tifwiw

per babyvol on TOS

Posted: Today 12:43 PM
This will be my last post til probably this coming weekend
There has been a reason I've posted everything I have. I'll explain it all after the announcement.
Just trust what I told u guys early on about media being a smokescreen.....well they weren't only one being a smokescreen. It's a great time to be a Vol. If what I told you early on is wrong I'll leave the board and u will never have to hear from me again.

[erob0812]

Adam Hoge ‏@AdamHogeCBS
Reliable source tells me Tennessee has at least reached out to Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema. Would be stunned if he left #Badgers tho.

This guy covers the Big Ten for 670 the score here in Chicago.

[mustacheattack]

Someone close to Bielema tells me that Bielema hasn't talked to Tennessee. Still digging there.

Also, I'm told Gundy picked up Tennessee at the airport in Stillwater this morning and the rumor is that Oklahoma State gave Tennessee formal permission late last evening after State arrived home from Waco.

Can't confirm whether Tennessee is still there or not at this point.

-Hubbs

[Buffett Vol]

Rucker:
We don’t think Tennessee has met or will meet today with Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher.

FIsher and his Seminoles played in the ACC Championship Game last night. We know they didn’t get back to Tallahassee until approximately 4 a.m., and we know they had a staff meeting at 1 p.m., and we know they have their annual team banquet tonight.

Given that timeline and what we’re hearing a UT meeting today with Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy meeting, it doesn’t look like the Vols are going to meet with Fisher today.

We’ve also been told that Fisher is not planning to go to New York City for Tuesday night’s National Football Foundation Hall of Fame banquet. We haven’t been able to confirm that, but one person close to Fisher told us he didn’t think Fisher would be going to New York. That would still leave Monday and Wednesday or beyond as possibilities for a meeting with Fisher, but we haven’t been able to confirm anything else.

It’s worth remembering that while we think UT would like to have this search settled by the end of this week, we’ve also recently heard that UT athletic director Dave Hart told at least one person we know that he wasn’t necessarily in a hurry with this hire, and that he wanted to make sure UT got the right guy for the job. That doesn’t necessarily jive with Hart telling prominent UT boosters that they wouldn’t have to wait long after the season finale against Kentucky to know who would be the Vols’ next coach ... but, when you think about it, late this week would still seem to be a middle ground that wasn’t “too long” but wasn’t hurried.

We’re continuing to dig into all of this, and we’ll definitely have more updates today, tonight and in the morning.

[JCP201]

Benjamin Allbright ‏@NFLDraftMonster
Whispers abound that both major Oklahoma schools could be looking for new HCs sooner than people think.

[VolNExile]

Originally Posted by nikesportsfan

Vandy's James Franklin Rebuffs Multiple Offers, Set to Sign Extension With Vanderbilt : Outkick The Coverage

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Indeed, over the past two and a half weeks multiple sources tell OKTC that Franklin has been contacted by representatives from all three major job SEC openings, Auburn, Tennessee, and Arkansas to gauge his interest in interviewing for those job.

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