Former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer doesn’t think current Volunteers coach Butch Jones began his coaching career at the school with a good starting point.
Fulmer recently said on WNML’s “Sports 180” in Knoxville, Tennessee that Jones inherited an “absolute total mess” when he took the Tennessee coaching job in 2013.
“… with what happened with me, and then (Lane) Kiffin and then (Derek) Dooley, the athletic director, the presidents,” Fulmer said. “But now, it looks like we have better alignment at president, chancellor and head coach.
“We’ve got a base to recruit to and play with, and now you have to put the wins out.