Tennessee’s search for an athletic director won’t be nearly as challenging as when Dave Hart was hired by the school in 2011.
Hart and Tennessee both had to take a leap of faith. Hart agreed to lead a school with financial woes and subpar athletics, namely football. Tennessee was forced to hire an administrator who had a checkered past at Florida State and couldn’t secure an athletic director position upon his departure. Instead, he was an assistant athletic director at Alabama, which just happens to be one of the Vols’ most hated rivals. That never set well with some fans.