He finally addressed it. After two weeks of talk that Phillip Fulmer would be open to Jeremy Pruitt being fired and then him potentially taking back over as Tennessee football head coach, Fulmer firmly backed Pruitt on Vol Calls Wednesday night and said the coaching chapter of his career is over, addressing it before even being asked.
Now, you can question how honest he is on that. After all, athletic directors always firmly back head coaches until they don’t. So Fulmer shouldn’t be seen as any different in that regard. But it’s good that he went out of his way to address the coaching rumor.