Tennessee fans had better heed this advice: Don’t get too excited about the Vols’ pending offensive coordinator hire.
While some reporters have opined that a big name could replace the recently departed Mike DeBord, it’s not likely to happen.
UT fans were atwitter when former Oregon coach Mark Helfrich was in attendance for a recent Tennessee bowl practice in Nashville. It seems the speculation was unwarranted: Helfrich was in town to visit his former pupil, Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota, who Helfrich coached from 2012-14 when Mariota was a Duck.
Fans got excited again at the prospect of another former Oregon coach filling the vacancy at UT when Chip Kelly was fired by the San Francisco 49ers after one season at the helm.