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Former Tennessee basketball assistants under Bruce Peal land big jobs

ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 16: Head coach Steve Forbes watches on against the Florida Gators during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Amway Center on March 16, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

Former Tennessee basketball assistants Jason Shay and Steve Forbes have moved on from their Volunteers days and landed big head coaching jobs.

When Tennessee basketball fired Bruce Pearl in 2011 and then he received his show-cause penalty, it separated Pearl from a group of elite assistant coaches who had been with him since at least 2006.