New Tennessee Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt has only been on the job for a day and he has already hired several members of his coaching staff.
According to Sports Illustrated's Bruce Feldman, Pruitt is hiring Georgia linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer as defensive coordinator with Tracy Rocker and Chris Rumph serving as positional coaches.
SOURCE: #UGA OLB coach Kevin Sherrer is expected to be the #Vols new DC under Jeremy Pruitt. In addition, Tracy Rocker and Chris Rumph are expected to join that D-staff. Lots of good experience there, especially in the SEC.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 7, 2017
Sherrer was the defensive coordinator at South Alabama in 2013 and spent the last three seasons on Georgia's staff.
On the offensive side of the ball, Pruitt has hired USC passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tyson Helton - USC head coach Clay Helton's brother - to be his offensive coordinator among several other hires, according to ESPN's Chris Low.
Jeremy Pruitt already putting together Tennessee staff. As reported by Volquest, USC passing game coordinator and QBs coach Tyson Helton will join him along with Colorado State OC/OL coach Will Friend, Colorado State DB coach Terry Fair and Tennessee RB coach Robert Gillespie.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) December 7, 2017
Helton joined USC's staff in 2016 after spending two seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Western Kentucky.
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Pruitt, who has never been a head coach before, has won two national championships during his 11-year collegiate coaching career with Florida State in 2013 and Alabama in 2016. Eight years of his career have been spent with the Tide (2007-12, 2016-17), while he spent that one with Florida State and two at Georgia.
He will remain as Alabama's defensive coordinator through the end of their season.
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