The crazy search for a new head coach at Tennessee has come to an end.
It was announced Thursday that Alabama DC Jeremy Pruitt has agreed to terms on a deal and is the next head coach of the Volunteers. This will be his first shot at a head coaching job in college, but he has experience as a DC at Florida State, Georgia, and Alabama.
Pruitt looks to be a solid hire and will look to turn around a team that won four games in 2017. It will be an interesting challenge for Pruitt but his hiring should excite a fanbase following an abysmal year.
A few Vols players took to Twitter with the news, and it looks like they are excited to have Pruitt in Knoxville:
Christmas came early this year ?
— Shawn Shamburger (@datboishawn21) December 7, 2017
— Trey Smith (@treysmith) December 7, 2017
Vols QB Jarrett Guarantano and WR Tyler Byrd also shared an interesting exchange following the news. Byrd is interested in switching to DB which is of note because Pruitt was a DB as a player and has served as a DB coach at various stops.
? #darkside pic.twitter.com/hlAivpnpIX
— Tyler Byrd (@D1fuzzymuffin17) December 7, 2017
& I was just about to ask you to throw tomorrow ✌? https://t.co/dDiVIsk7b9
— Jarrett Guarantano✞ (@JayGuarantano) December 7, 2017
Can’t help you ???
— Tyler Byrd (@D1fuzzymuffin17) December 7, 2017
Jacob Copeland, a four-star WR recruit out of Florida, responded to the hiring and praised Pruitt as one of the “realist” coaches he has met:
That's my dawg fasho❗️??? https://t.co/kvYD0bcTnx
— Jacob Copeland (@JCope1era) December 7, 2017
Coach Pruitt is one of the realist coaches I have met throughout the process honestly. ??♂️?
— Jacob Copeland (@JCope1era) December 7, 2017
How do you feel about the hiring of Pruitt?
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
