When was the last time?

[arkyvol]

i was a student when dickey took a powder and left for florida. i had never heard of battle who was a position coach not much older than his players (i think he was 27 or 28), but times were different then.

what i've never been able to understand is why in hell would the administration hire dickey as a.d. a few years after he had been canned at florida. he had no connection with tennessee other than being its head coach and pulling a petrino on it, he's not particularly bright, and he's the type who keeps an enemies list. i know he needed a paycheck, but com'on.

 

[bleedorange0037]

:rock: And younger, more healthy ones.

I think that's the more important thing in Cut's case.

 

[Vercingetorix]

i was a student when dickey took a powder and left for florida. i had never heard of battle who was a position coach not much older than his players (i think he was 27 or 28), but times were different then.

what i've never been able to understand is why in hell would the administration hire dickey as a.d. a few years after he had been canned at florida. he had no connection with tennessee other than being its head coach and pulling a petrino on it, he's not particularly bright, and he's the type who keeps an enemies list. i know he needed a paycheck, but com'on.

The AD position was a lot different back then. It was a sinecure for ex-coaches just about everywhere. I still don't know why they gave the job to Dickey, mind you, but the job itself wasn't as big a deal as it would be now. Dickey wasn't managing a $70m (or whatever it is now) budget.

 

[utvol83]

According to wikipedia:
Currently, Tee Martin is the Quarterback coach at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, GA

 

[Georgia Vol]

Kippy Brown
Doug Marrone
Lovie Smith
John Gruden
Ron Zook
Dale Jones
David Cutcliffe
Randy Sanders
Trooper Taylor
Tee Martin (what is he coaching, high school?)

What, no Woody McCorvey? Look what he's done with Croom's west coast offense!

 

[vol66]

In looking for other coaches I stumbled onto this...I think it's interesting.
Ten Current College Football Coaches in the Bear Bryant Family Tree | Bleacher Report

 

[cardvolfan]

From what I can gather, the answer to my question is Doug Dickey in 1964. So it's been 44 years since we've hired a coach with no ties to the program.

The Battle hire came as somewhat of a surprise because of his age, at that time, even though he was an assistant coach on the Dickey staff. If I am not mistaken, he was 28 when he became a head coach. As far as Dickey's hire, Freak, I believe there were some "connections" between Bob Woodruff (longtime UT AD) and Frank Broyles that got Dickey to Knoxville. If you want to consider those connections, then I am not sure when we truly hired someone that was totally an "outsider." Interesting food for thought, though.

 

[vol66]

Add Steve Marshall to the list, currently coaching OL for the Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns

 

[cd12]

Kevin Steele (bama def co)
Al Saunders
Walt Harris

 

[vol66]

Kacy Rogers he played here 88-91. He's now the new D line coach for the Miami Dolphins.

 

[K.G.]

hiring a coach from inside a program is only smart when the program is successful, such as a coach retiring, we need to burn down and rebuild. we aren't successful at anything.

 

[orange+white=heaven]

Kacy Rogers he played here 88-91. He's now the new D line coach for the Miami Dolphins.

good catch...

 

[Freak]

Kippy Brown
Doug Marrone
Lovie Smith
John Gruden
Ron Zook
Dale Jones
David Cutcliffe
Randy Sanders
Trooper Taylor
Tee Martin
Pat Washington
Woody McCorvey
Steve Marshall
Kevin Steele
Kacy Rogers

 

[GAVol]

From what I can gather, the answer to my question is Doug Dickey in 1964. So it's been 44 years since we've hired a coach with no ties to the program.

Dickey didn't have ties to the program . . . but the AD at the time, Bob Woodruff, had previously worked with Dickey, so there was a little bit of an "inside" quality to the hire.

 

[orange+white=heaven]

Dickey didn't have ties to the program . . . but the AD at the time, Bob Woodruff, had previously worked with Dickey, so there was a little bit of an "inside" quality to the hire.

Someone else said Woodruff coached Dickey at UF...

 

[vol66]

Jeremy Bates, currently the QB coach for NY Jets. Connected through dad Jim Bates who last coached for the Packers.

 

[GAVol]

Someone else said Woodruff coached Dickey at UF...

Now that I think about it, I think you are right. I was thinking that Dickey was also on Woodruff's staff at Florida before he went to Arkansas under Broyles.

 

[GAVol]

Kippy Brown
Doug Marrone
Lovie Smith
John Gruden
Ron Zook
Dale Jones
David Cutcliffe
Randy Sanders
Trooper Taylor
Tee Martin
Pat Washington
Woody McCorvey
Steve Marshall
Kevin Steele
Kacy Rogers

There's also Rodney Garner.

 

[Freak]

Kippy Brown
Doug Marrone
Lovie Smith
John Gruden
Ron Zook
Dale Jones
David Cutcliffe
Randy Sanders
Trooper Taylor
Tee Martin
Pat Washington
Woody McCorvey
Steve Marshall
Kevin Steele
Kacy Rogers
Jeremy Bates
Rodney Garner
Daryl Dickey

 

[vol66]

Dom Capers coached DB's at UT 1980-81

 

[rockytophigh]

I'm impressed within the context of Duke football, which is pretty much meaningless. Let me know when Duke beats a good team.

Navy, Georgia Tech & Vanderbilt are all 5-3 & are good teams and Duke beat them. They're not great, but good. Virginia beat then #18 North Carolina & then #18Georgia Tech but got waxed by Duke 31-3. Vandy beat then #24 South Carolina & then #13 Auburn and Duke beat them at Vandy.

 

[cd12]

Jeremy Bates, currently the QB coach for NY Jets. Connected through dad Jim Bates who last coached for the Packers.

Thought he was Denver's OC?

 

[vol66]

Gerald Brown, Kippy's brother and a GradAsst here in 83 and Ray Hamilton in 92 are both coaches for the Atlanta Falcons

 

[BIG GUY]

how about al wilson to coach special teams

 

[cd12]

Isn't Jerry Colquit coaching somewhere?