Kevin Steele. One of the worst coaches in NCAA History...

[northknoxvol]

He is a good recruiter and a good coach..........and has been around the block for a while.......

 

[VolsSince78]

So Steele is a guy who was hired by Saban, Dabo, Bobby Bowden, Tom Osborne, and Dom Capers, and played key roles on all these coaches’ defenses. And OP starts a thread saying he’s one of the worst coaches of all time because the Vols hire him as a defensive assistant??

I guess some folks just wanna sound off negatively about EVERYTHING related to Vols football, even on the surface positive developments.

 

[madbamahater]

Kevin Steele as DB coach. John Chavis DL coach. Joe Lee Dunn as DC. Ray Goff as QB coach. Curley Hallman as LB coach.

 

[BreatheUT]

 

[VolNExile]

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Props for the Tyrion reference!

 

[VolBricks]

He will be DL or LB coach

 

[HoptownVol]

My personal FPI (Fulmer Predictive Index) tells me Steele will be the next head coach, .749%.

 

[amaralfan1]

Does this remind anyone of the time we briefly hired Kippy Brown in 2009?

 

[VolPack22]

He possibly won’t even have to coach a snap and he will collect a handsome buyout. That would be a new one, even for us. We have become “Buyout U”.

 

[LittleVol]

Isn’t he the *future interim head coach?

Maybe...
But that doesn't give me hope either.

Hard to be a UT fan right now.

 

[FalconVol77]

West Virginia crushes Clemson in the Orange Bowl

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiKsfeAupfuAhXDrFkKHWlBARcQFjABegQIBBAC&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Steele&usg=AOvVaw02ckqw1_2cmhY5k9LzdGcY

Statistically speaking: Auburn's D takes step back

Kevin Steele Coaching Record | College Football at Sports-Reference.com

Tennessee no longer cares about winning anyway. Why else would you bring a coach back that went 3-7 with all 7 losses by double digits in year 3 back??

 

[MiramarVol]

He's to UT what Butch was to Bama.......

 

[wmcovol]

We could do worse. Hell, we’ve done a lot worse.

 

[GetEmVols]

Will be before it’s all said and done with....

nah he will be head coach

 

[GetEmVols]

So he’s good enough for Nick Saban and Tom Osborne but not for Tennessee?

So was Dooley, Butch Jones, and Pruitt

 

[madbamahater]

So was Dooley, Butch Jones, and Pruitt

You do have a point. It doesn't matter who is on Nick Saban's staff they will win titles regardless

 

[RockyTop140]

$900k that could have gone towards buyout money.

While I agree and wish Pruitt would be canned, if we are going to keep Pruitt, which it looks like we will, then this is not a bad hire. Like another poster here said our defensive coaching leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[Eastknox865]

He will be DL or LB coach

Most likely LB coach because he has never coached DL. Also someone has to be the fall guy for the investigation and I suspect it will be our current LB coach.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

This headline thread is so full of crap, he isn't going to be a head coach and he isn't a bad defensive coach at all. Some folks need to stay off the keyboard. Morons. GBO!

 

[vol05]

While I agree and wish Pruitt would be canned, if we are going to keep Pruitt, which it looks like we will, then this is not a bad hire. Like another poster here said our defensive coaching leaves a lot to be desired.

...and wasn’t that Pruitts strength coming in? It’s a gaum. Anyway u look at it. Next excuse will be talent...”we just need players”. Welp they all leaving cause it’s a gaum.

 

[YankeeVol]

Tennessee no longer cares about winning anyway. Why else would you bring a coach back that went 3-7 with all 7 losses by double digits in year 3 back??

But but but COVID!!!!!

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Very happy with the hire as long as it doesn’t mean he is head coach in waiting.

He’s not, Tennessee is taking it to a whole other level...”interim head coach in waiting!”
GBO!!

 

[VolsRule]

how much money will UT have to pay him??

 

[dustyrhodes]

Get over the anger and stupidity. Steele is highly respected. Some are just too butt hurt to see it.

 

['Boro-vol]

I've got no problem with Steele. However hiring him, unless it's to replace Pruitt for any amount of time, is simply shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.

At this point any change is good I guess. I'm discovering that I really don't care anymore.