A disastrous coaching search led to the dismissal of Tennessee athletic director John Currie. Now the program is looking to fire him for cause.
"UT has initiated the process to dispatch Currie with cause on the heels of insubordination claims," John Brice of Gridiron Now reported.
According to David Cobb of the Times Free Press, Tennessee would owe Currie $5.1 million unless he is fired for cause.
He is reportedly owed $100,000 every month for the remainder of the contract, which comes out to about 51 months. Paired with former coach Butch Jones' buyout of about $13 million, this has been an expensive transition for a program that still hasn't hired a new coach.