Derek Dooley Fired, When the University of Tennessee football team played South Carolina earlier this season, the struggling Volunteers made some good plays and had brief moments of success.
However, Huntingdon resident and Tennessee fan Jason Compton wasn’t confident about the game’s outcome.
“I just knew it wasn’t going to happen,” the 2001 Tennessee graduate said.
“It” was a win, and it didn’t happen. Not that day, and not enough in the past three years.
Derek Dooley was fired Sunday as Tennessee’s head football coach. The decision was announced hours after the Vols lost 41-18 to Vanderbilt and clinched a losing season.
Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney will be the interim head coach for UT’s season finale Saturday against Kentucky.
Dooley’s third year ends with a third losing record. The Volunteers lost a heavily hyped game early this season to Florida and quickly fell from contention in the Southeastern Conference.
In the past two months, Dooley’s future at the school looked bleaker with each subsequent loss.
“The football team needed to go in another direction,” said Compton, who is the general manager for the Jackson Generals baseball team.
Lexington resident Jason White worked as a manager and student assistant for UT football under head coach Phillip Fulmer in 2000 and 2001.
White, who stepped down as Scotts Hill High’s football coach this past year, wasn’t surprised to hear about Dooley’s firing Sunday.
“At the end of the day, we just didn’t get enough wins, especially in the SEC,” White said.
Dooley took over in 2010 for Lane Kiffin, who left Tennessee after one season as head coach. The school decided Sunday its football program has not shown enough growth in the three years since that change.
“I hate to see anybody lose their job,” White said. “He’s a human being. He’s got a wife. He’s got kids.”
When White was a student assistant at UT, John Chavis was the team’s defensive coordinator. Chavis left the school when Fulmer was fired and now holds that position at Louisiana State University.
However, Huntingdon resident and Tennessee fan Jason Compton wasn’t confident about the game’s outcome.
“I just knew it wasn’t going to happen,” the 2001 Tennessee graduate said.
“It” was a win, and it didn’t happen. Not that day, and not enough in the past three years.
Derek Dooley was fired Sunday as Tennessee’s head football coach. The decision was announced hours after the Vols lost 41-18 to Vanderbilt and clinched a losing season.
Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney will be the interim head coach for UT’s season finale Saturday against Kentucky.
Dooley’s third year ends with a third losing record. The Volunteers lost a heavily hyped game early this season to Florida and quickly fell from contention in the Southeastern Conference.
In the past two months, Dooley’s future at the school looked bleaker with each subsequent loss.
“The football team needed to go in another direction,” said Compton, who is the general manager for the Jackson Generals baseball team.
Lexington resident Jason White worked as a manager and student assistant for UT football under head coach Phillip Fulmer in 2000 and 2001.
White, who stepped down as Scotts Hill High’s football coach this past year, wasn’t surprised to hear about Dooley’s firing Sunday.
“At the end of the day, we just didn’t get enough wins, especially in the SEC,” White said.
Dooley took over in 2010 for Lane Kiffin, who left Tennessee after one season as head coach. The school decided Sunday its football program has not shown enough growth in the three years since that change.
“I hate to see anybody lose their job,” White said. “He’s a human being. He’s got a wife. He’s got kids.”
When White was a student assistant at UT, John Chavis was the team’s defensive coordinator. Chavis left the school when Fulmer was fired and now holds that position at Louisiana State University.
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