On January 9th, 2019 head coach Jeremy Pruitt officially declared Jim Chaney the new offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Volunteers. The wait was over, we had our coach. Former players, national media, local media, and fans all seemed to agree that Coach Pruitt, faced with perhaps his toughest decision yet as a head football coach, had gotten it right. He was able to lure a successful coordinator away from one of Tennessee’s biggest division rivals — for the low, low price of $1.225M per year escalating to $1.425M per year by the 2021 season.