Best & Worst Of Every Tennessee Head Coach

[37620VOL]

Fulmer's low point 2008 Wyoming

I agree weren't we about 30-point favorites?

 

[Jeff Clark]

I agree weren't we about 30-point favorites?

I'm not sure

 

[UTK]

How is Fulmers low point not a combination of Wyoming/Pruitt?

Keeping it as a coach I assume, but at the time the Vandy loss was more embarrassing than Wyoming in my opinion. Because Fulmer already knew it was over at that point

 

[MAD]

A lot of you said Majors 1985 Sugar Bowl against Miami.

Was looking so forward to 86.

#8 in the country, facing a bad Mississippi State team on national tv. Lost that game.(losing 5 of 6 games at one point) Not sure what went wrong that season with such high expectations.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Keeping it as a coach I assume, but at the time the Vandy loss was more embarrassing than Wyoming in my opinion. Because Fulmer already knew it was over at that point

The 2006 and 2007 seasons weren't too bad

 

[VOLfrombama]

Pruitt's high point is the one on top of his head

 

[Jeff Clark]

Best of Jeremy Pruitt: 2018 Kentucky
Worst of Jeremy Pruitt: 2019 Georgia State

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Majors
Highpoint - Miami 1985 Sugar Bowl
Low point - USCe 1992

Fulmer
Highpoint - FSU 1998 BCS Title Game
Lowpoint - Vandy 2005

Kiffin
Highpoint - Georgia 2009
Low point - Ole Miss 2009

Dooley
Highpoint - NC State 2012
Low point - Kentucky 2011

Butch
Highpoint - Florida 2016
Low point - Vandy 2016

Pruitt
Highpoint - Auburn 2018
Low point - GA State 2019

I would argue Fulmer losing to Wyoming at home as the lowest point

 

[Jeff Clark]

General Neyland Best: 1939 Orange Bowl 17-0 win over Oklahoma
General Neyland Worst: 1947 Loss to Ole Miss 43-13

Bowden Wyatt: Best 1956 6-0 win over Georgia Tech
Bowden Wyatt: Worst 1958 14-6 loss to Chattanooga

Doug Dickey: Best 1967 24-13 win over Alabama
Doug Dickey: Worst 1964 7-0 loss to Vanderbilt

Bill Battle: Best 1970 24-0 win over Alabama
Bill Battle Worst: 1976 38-28 loss to 3-8 Auburn

Johnny Majors: Best 1986 Sugar Bowl 35-7 win over Miami
Johnny Majors: Worst 1986 25-21 loss to 5-6 Army

Phil Fulmer: Best 1999 Fiesta Bowl 23-16 win over FSU
Phil Fulmer: Worst 2008 13-8 loss to Wyoming

Lane Kiffin: Best 45-19 win over Georgia
Lane Kiffin: Worst 37-14 loss to Virginia Tech 2009 Peach Bowl

Derek Dooley: Best 2011 45-23 win over Cincinnati
Derek Dooley: Worst 2011 10-7 loss to Kentucky

Butch Jones: Best 2016 38-28 win over Florida
Butch Jones: Worst: 2017 42-24 loss to Vanderbilt

Jeremy Pruitt: Best 2018 24-7 win over Kentucky
Jeremy Pruitt: Worst 2019 38-30 loss to Georgia State

 

[ftsandersvol]

These kind of lists are fun but always subjective.

And quite depressing.

 

[MAD]

General Neyland Best: 1939 Orange Bowl 17-0 win over Oklahoma
General Neyland Worst: 1947 Loss to Ole Miss 43-13

Bowden Wyatt: Best 1956 6-0 win over Georgia Tech
Bowden Wyatt: Worst 1958 14-6 loss to Chattanooga

Doug Dickey: Best 1967 24-13 win over Alabama
Doug Dickey: Worst 1964 7-0 loss to Vanderbilt

Bill Battle: Best 1970 24-0 win over Alabama
Bill Battle Worst: 1976 38-28 loss to 3-8 Auburn

Johnny Majors: Best 1986 Sugar Bowl 35-7 win over Miami
Johnny Majors: Worst 1986 25-21 loss to 5-6 Army

Phil Fulmer: Best 1999 Fiesta Bowl 23-16 win over FSU
Phil Fulmer: Worst 2008 13-8 loss to Wyoming

Lane Kiffin: Best 45-19 win over Georgia
Lane Kiffin: Worst 37-14 loss to Virginia Tech 2009 Peach Bowl

Derek Dooley: Best 2011 45-23 win over Cincinnati
Derek Dooley: Worst 2011 10-7 loss to Kentucky

Butch Jones: Best 2016 38-28 win over Florida
Butch Jones: Worst: 2017 42-24 loss to Vanderbilt

Jeremy Pruitt: Best 2018 24-7 win over Kentucky
Jeremy Pruitt: Worst 2019 38-30 loss to Georgia State

Now do Heupel

 

[Jeff Clark]

Now do Heupel

Josh Heupel: Best 45-42 win over Kentucky
Josh Heupel: Worst 41-17 loss to Georgia

 

[Volosaurus rex]

Good list, I agree with most of this. I would probably say Army in ‘86 was Majors low point, but it could be USC, that game was brutal.

I would say Memphis for Fulmer.

With Majors, it's a bit hard to say, since we were up and down throughout much of his tenure. The 0-6 start to 1988 also was horrible but the '86 Sugar Bowl definitely was his crowning achievement.

With respect to Dickey, the "Archie Who?" 38-0 massacre knocked us out of an Orange Bowl berth, I believe, vs Notre Dame. Conversely, we led in the 'bama game that year 34-0 before Dickey pulled all of his starters and the tidy bowl boys tacked on a couple of cosmetic touchdowns late. That was the game in which Steve Kiner absolutely chastised the Crimson Tide as he exited the game. He yelled at them, "Look at that old man (Bryant). He looks pitiful. There was a time when those crimson jerseys meant something." I asked Fulmer about that once and he said, "The funny thing is Steve actually said that."

 

[NorCalVol67]

A lot of you said Majors 1985 Sugar Bowl against Miami.

Was looking so forward to 86.

#8 in the country, facing a bad Mississippi State team on national tv. Lost that game.(losing 5 of 6 games at one point) Not sure what went wrong that season with such high expectations.

I was at that State game, that was terrible. If I remember correctly, they had an option style offense with a QB that could run. We couldn't stop them.

 

[Gladiator1]

Butch's highest point was getting let go. Highest paid Starbucks employee ever.

 

[perico]

How is Fulmers low point not a combination of Wyoming/Pruitt?

Wyoming was the week after he was fired. It was a fluke when the team was completely flat and playing with no passion.

Don’t get me wrong, it was embarrassing, but I don’t hold that one to the same level as Memphis 1996 bad.

 

[VAVol85]

Losing to North Texas State at home under Battle was a pretty depressing experience

 

[MAD]

Losing to North Texas State at home under Battle was a pretty depressing experience

This

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

Which one game was the high point and low point of every Tennessee Head Coach?

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Just the coaches I have experienced:

Doofus High Point: N/A
Doofus Low Point(s): LSU 2010, Kentucky 2011, Vandy 2012

B*tch High Point: UGA 2016
B*tch Low Point: South Carolina 2016 and the 16 games afterwards

Pruitt High Point: UK 2018
Pruitt Low Point: You already know

Heupel: Nothing but high points so far, all things considered. UGA game last year sucked, but we all expected it.

 

[joevol33]

Josh Heupel low point was walking into the mess last year.

High point is beating Florida, bama, and Georgia this year

 

[tnutater]

Dooley’s low point

End of 26 year streak over Kentucky

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He should have been left in Lexington in the parking lot.
Butch could have stayed in Ohio and Conehead was fine in Alabama.
I am currently concerned about new coach using Phil's prevent offense at the end of the Florida game. You do not have to have BVS to have been worried at the close of the game.
We should have won by 4 scores.

 

[Kylo]

Majors
Highpoint - Miami 1985 Sugar Bowl
Low point - USCe/Arky 1992

Fulmer
Highpoint - FSU 1998 BCS Title Game
Lowpoint - Memphis 96

Kiffin
Highpoint - Georgia 2009
Low point - Ole Miss 2009

Dooley
Highpoint - NC State 2012
Low point - Kentucky 2011

Butch
Highpoint - Florida 2016
Low point - Vandy 2016

Pruitt
Highpoint - Auburn 2018
Low point - GA State 2019

Mostly agreed. Changed a few.

 

[GAVol]

Dooley's high point - Most Monday press conferences.
Butch's low point - Most Monday press conferences.
Pruitt's low point - Every time he got to the part of a sentence where he had to achieve subject/verb agreement.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Butch's highest point was getting let go. Highest paid Starbucks employee ever.

I would wash cars for 35,000 dollars

 

[Shadynasty5]

I’m surprised no one has mentioned UGA 41-0 at home in 2017 with Butch…shut out at home against a team we beat the year before