Through 60 games

[golfballvol]

Josh Heupel is the 8th coach in Tennessee Football history to coach 60 games. Here is every Tennessee Football coach’s record through 60 games.

Note: Heupel has now coached 64 games at UT with a record of 45-19

1. Robert Neyland: 54-2-4

2. Philip Fulmer: 49–10-1

3. Bill Battle: 46-12-2

T4: Doug Dickey: 43-13-4

T4: Josh Heupel: 43-17

6. Bowden Wyatt: 40-17-3

7. Butch Jones: 34-26

8. Johnny Majors: 30-29-1

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Yet some are ready to fahr everyone

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Josh Heupel is the 8th coach in Tennessee Football history to coach 60 games. Here is every Tennessee Football coach’s record through 60 games.

Note: Heupel has now coached 64 games at UT with a record of 45-19

1. Robert Neyland: 54-2-4

2. Philip Fulmer: 49–10-1

3. Bill Battle: 46-12-2

T4: Doug Dickey: 43-13-4

T4: Josh Heupel: 43-17

6. Bowden Wyatt: 40-17-3

7. Butch Jones: 34-26

8. Johnny Majors: 30-29-1

He walked into a much worse situation than anyone in the modern era. Two of those coaches walked into a well stocked situation

 

[Remy]

That's sort of disappointing to see. About like Bill Battle except Heupel has more season ending upsides the last few years. Battle was ending on a downside.

 

[Jax_Vol]

Josh is doing fine

 

[LWSVOL]

He walked into a much worse situation than anyone in the modern era. Two of those coaches walked into a well stocked situation

That really doesn’t matter about situation. If you can’t coach you can screw up the best of situations. See Bill Battle.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

That really doesn’t matter about situation. If you can’t coach you can screw up the best of situations. See Bill Battle.

Yeah, of course. My point was that Heupel walked into a dumpster fire and within one year made the program nationally relevant. Battle never had a losing season though. Someone else had two of them late in his career

 

[Jax_Vol]

Yeah, of course. My point was that Heupel walked into a dumpster fire and within one year made the program nationally relevant. Battle never had a losing season though. Someone else had two of them late in his career

I trust my eyes more than the sixty game #'s,..

Josh can coach circles around Coach Battle...IMO

 

[LWSVOL]

Yeah, of course. My point was that Heupel walked into a dumpster fire and within one year made the program nationally relevant. Battle never had a losing season though. Someone else had two of them late in his career

sure but he tanked the program. See Majors first 6 years. Thanks to Dickey roster and Conrad..

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

Battle was very bad. Nice guy though.

 

[IndianaVol]

I wouldn't mind hiring that Neyland guy again.

 

[Jax_Vol]

Battle was very bad. Nice guy though.

Exactly!

We threw him in the mix when he was too young for that high of level

 

[Elhanan]

That line from being good to being great is thin.

CJP has a shot at something special over the next few years. Really hope he pulls it off.

 

[EZE]

Yeah, of course. My point was that Heupel walked into a dumpster fire and within one year made the program nationally relevant. Battle never had a losing season though. Someone else had two of them late in his career

It’s astounding that Heupel didn’t have a losing season.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

sure but he tanked the program. See Majors first 6 years. Thanks to Dickey roster and Conrad..

Should have given the job to Johnny after Dickey

 

[VolAllen]

Butch Jones is on a Tennessee “top” list and I’m not……doesn’t feel right.

 

[LWSVOL]

Should have given the job to Johnny after Dickey

that is what I said at the time.. agree....

 

[driscokid]

Josh Heupel is the 8th coach in Tennessee Football history to coach 60 games. Here is every Tennessee Football coach’s record through 60 games.

Note: Heupel has now coached 64 games at UT with a record of 45-19

1. Robert Neyland: 54-2-4

2. Philip Fulmer: 49–10-1

3. Bill Battle: 46-12-2

T4: Doug Dickey: 43-13-4

T4: Josh Heupel: 43-17

6. Bowden Wyatt: 40-17-3

7. Butch Jones: 34-26

8. Johnny Majors: 30-29-1

The General would have been 4-0 in overtime.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

that is what I said at the time.. agree....

I was 6 but I remember my Dad saying it. I also remember following Iowa State while he was there. Hell, when he was at Pitt, they were my second favorite team in college football.

 

[Volosaurus rex]

Hiring Majors after the 1969 season sounds good retrospectively, but he was an unproven commodity then. With only two seasons under his belt as a head coach, his record (6-14) would not have inspired confidence.

 

[VolBalls33]

Majors is always talked highly of and yet barely a .500 coach. Surprised to see his record. Obviously he played for UT and was a great player as well.

 

[allstar34]

CJH is playing in the most competitive era of football in history as well.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Heupel is better than Battle and Dickey.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Hiring Majors after the 1969 season sounds good retrospectively, but he was an unproven commodity then. With only two seasons under his belt as a head coach, his record (6-14) would not have inspired confidence.

He wasn't any more unproven than Bill Battle. Actually Battle was more unproven than Majors

 

[Volosaurus rex]

He wasn't any more unproven than Bill Battle. Actually Battle was more unproven than Majors

I don't disagree with your first point in the slightest. However, ask yourself this question: If option B was not a Tennessee All-American named Johnny Majors, would you have offered him the job at Tennessee if his credentials then were 6-14 at Iowa State? 'tis all about context.