But he instead chose to work on behalf of Indiana football, and old friend Tom Allen. "I had informed coach Butch Jones at Tennessee that I was, in fact, going to retire," DeBord recalled Monday. "Soon after that, Tom called." DeBord and wife Deb were driving to see grandkids in Michigan, after he had helped orchestrate Tennessee's 38-24 win over Nebraska in the 2016 Music City Bowl, when Allen's cell phone call came in.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Mike DeBord was really ready to ride off into a well-earned sunset at the end of 2016.