It’s hard to look at the landscape of college football this year and not lament the failures Tennessee football had throughout multiple coaching searches the past decade-plus. At least four coaches the Vols could have had are undefeated right now. Three others are high-profile names.
Standing out among all them right now is Brian Kelly. On Saturday, Kelly became the all-time winningest coach with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. A blowout win over the Wisconsin Badgers has his team at 4-0 and in the running to get back to the College Football Playoff.
A year before Notre Dame hired Kelly, he was in the running for Tennessee football’s opening.