The University of Tennessee released documents last night which showed texts and emails from now former AD John Currie during the tumultuous coaching search. These documents have confirmed some suspicions that we’ve had, but they have also given us new information about what the initial plan was to find Tennessee’s next football coach.
According to the documents, Dan Mullen was the first person to be contacted by John Currie.
Currie’s first contact was with Mullen. Clint Dowdle, who works for agency CAA Sports, told Currie on the night of Nov. 22 that Mullen wanted to set a time to talk to Currie two days later, the Friday morning after Mississippi State’s regular-season finale against Ole Miss on Thanksgiving night.