Jan 2, 2020; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt watches his team stretch out before the game against the Indiana Hoosiers in the 2020 Taxslayer Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports
Nobody will deny that Jeremy Pruitt left Tennessee football in horrendous shape. The Vols went 3-7 his last year on the job and then got hit with a serious NCAA investigation that is still ongoing and resulted in his firing along with Phillip Fulmer stepping down as athletic director. Meanwhile, there was a mass exodus of players in the transfer portal.