Dave Hart, Tennessee’s athletic director, stood by his embattled football coach Thursday and said his department did not interfere with the university’s disciplinary process, two weeks after a lawsuit alleged that the college had mishandled sexual assault complaints against athletes.
“I trust Butch Jones implicitly,” Hart said, referring to the football coach. “I know who he is. I know what his work ethic is. I know what he’s meant to this university, well beyond the department of athletics, and I know how he’s represented the university.”
Jones was at the center of an amended complaint filed Wednesday.