Greatest Vol assistant coach?

[OffTackleVol]

Donahue brought that gambling blitzing defense when he arrived. Did he have that exact same D at Bama?

Donahue was the secret behind the Bahr's success.........

 

[Tman44]

Cut and Chief

 

[madbamahater]

Dan Brooks, by far, is the greatest single assistant coach in Tennessee history. To me, it isn't even close with what he accomplished here and what he put into the NFL. Without Dan Brooks, the 1990s, early 2000s Vols do not happen

 

[wmcovol]

Donahue was the secret behind the Bahr's success.........

Bear & a group were driving by the stadium one night after dinner. Someone said “Bear, someone left a light on in the coaches office”. Bear replied “naw, that’s Donahue in there making me a legend”.

 

[IndianaVol]

Cutcliffe
Chief
Neyland (1 season)
John Barnhill

 

[OrangeInKy]

What position group did Coach Knuckle oversee?

How dare you, sir. He commanded that tight end room, ran a first class recruiting operation, and mastered Twitter. We may never see his kind again. Generational talent, Brian was.

 

[deezvols]

How dare you, sir. He commanded that tight end room, ran a first class recruiting operation, and mastered Twitter. We may never see his kind again. Generational talent, Brian was.

Tight end would’ve been my first guess

 

[Jax_Vol]

Who was the coordinator under Majors that introduced the offense we ran for two decades; under Majors and Fulmer?

When I cast my ballet for Coach Fulmer, was giving him credit for the bubble screen system.

 

[VolCalls]

Are we talking at the time, or based on their overall careers? If the latter, I'd throw Jon Gruden's name in there.

 

[Dartmouth Vol]

You’re right. Saunders was the guy that originally brought the concepts.

Saunders was outstanding for his year here; Harris was great as well! Credit to Al for his work with Alan Cockrell during 1982!

 

[firedog28]

Ken Donahue, if you watched the 1985 Sugar Bowl you saw a master at work on defense !

 

[#1fulmerite]

When I cast my ballet for Coach Fulmer, was giving him credit for the bubble screen system.

Oh now, you know that was Randy Sanders. Under direction of Fulmer.

 

[Jax_Vol]

Oh now, you know that was Randy Sanders. Under direction of Fulmer.

Ok. I've lost track of the timing from 30+ years ago.

Randy had it rocking until the defenses caught up with him. Then, was slow to change.

 

[05_never_again]

If you're talking in my lifetime as a fan (since the early 90s), it is Cutcliffe and there isn't even a close second.

 

[Capt Whiskey]

I didn’t see any mentions for DC Larry Lacewell. At UT for 2 years before heading to the Cowboys. Kicked off the “Decade of Dominance” in ‘90 and ‘91.

 

[JarFly]

Kippy Brown is at or near the top of my list.
George Cafego was the greatest ST coach ever
Of course Cutcliffe is a 1 of 1

 

[OrangeInKy]

I didn’t see any mentions for DC Larry Lacewell. At UT for 2 years before heading to the Cowboys. Kicked off the “Decade of Dominance” in ‘90 and ‘91.

Good pull, Larry Marmie is also slept on.

 

[greenbacknative]

Sunseri.... hands down. Helped change the direction of Vol Football in just one season !!

 

[Vol-e-ball]

Obviously, Me and all from my couch & for free. You just can't beat my price.

 

[S.C. OrangeMan]

I would imagine Cutcliff would probably be at the top.

Cutcliffe without a doubt.
Maybe Chavis for second.

Worst? Sunseri. I still have nightmares about "3rd and Sunseri".

 

[Volanta]

I heard Golesh was the bad cop and Huep was the good cop. I think every team needs that dynamic

 

[volhick]

Monte Kiffin

 

[livefaith]

Monte Kiffin has to be the most decorated in our history. As a pure Assistant.

You could say Gruden as GAC, for his resume' and UT hiring legends

Ed Orgeron with a National Title

Phillip Fulmer many wins and National Title too.

... I don't have to necessarily like it. Just identifying "greatest" measurably.

 

[WaywardVol]

We have had many great assistant coaches come across the hill. Who or whom do you think was our best assistant coach? Not including Fulmer.

Sal Sunseri.


Greatest turd.

 

[Jax_Vol]

Sunseri.... hands down. Helped change the direction of Vol Football in just one season !!

It's like doing anything else