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Johnny Majors primer: Remembering a Tennessee football legend

Johnny Majors, Head Coach for the University of Tennessee Volunteers stands with his team during the NCAA Southeastern Conference college football game against the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish on 10 November 1990 at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Notre Dame won the game 34 - 29. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Allsport/Getty Images)

Here are numerous features about the Tennessee football Volunteers player and coach.

In the 1950s, Johnny Majors was a star player and then an assistant coach for Tennessee football. He then spent the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s as a championship head coach for the program, becoming an iconic figure.