There will be familiar faces on the opposing sideline when Mark Stoops looks across Neyland Stadium’s field Saturday afternoon. Three of Jeremy Pruitt’s top assistant coaches are former Kentucky assistants under Stoops, which means former co-workers will collide when the Cats and Vols kick off at noon.
Vols defensive coordinator Derrick Ansley coached defensive backs for three seasons at Kentucky, and had accepted a promotion to co-defensive coordinator following the 2015 season, until accepting a job at Alabama a week later. He is now in his second season as Pruitt’s DC.
Joining Ansley as co-defensive coordinator and coach of the defensive line, former UK defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh is in his first season in Knoxville.