Vols DC John Jancek won't return to team after speaking with Butch Jones
Tennessee head coach Butch Jones announced that he and and defensive coordinator John Jancek have mutually agreed to part ways.
The Vols’ official website for athletics reported the news on Wednesday afternoon. Here’s a statement from Jones on the decision:
“John and I had a long discussion this morning and we both came to the conclusion that it was best to part ways,” Jones said. “I want to thank Coach Jancek for his contributions to the University of Tennessee football program the past three years. His hard work and dedication to this program played a major role in our back-to-back bowl wins. These decisions are never easy especially for someone I have worked with at three different schools. We feel strongly about the direction our program is headed and will work diligently to find the best person available to lead our defense.”
The move is a surprise to many as Jancek led a solid Tennessee defense this season. The Vols ranked 5th in the SEC in scoring defense, allowing 20 points per game. Meanwhile, UT led the SEC and was 3rd in the FBS in getting off the field with an opponent third down conversion percentage of only 27.6.
Jancek just completed his third season guiding the Vols’ defense.
What? Why? Noooooo! The OC needs to go not the DC!
Debord will get and deserves another year. I think he learned his lesson about sitting on leads, Just can’t let off the gas until the game is a wrap!
What the hell are you talking about? Deserves another year? I bet you said the same for Dooley. Deboard needed to go before Jancek. Jancek held his own and comes as a shock. You could see improvement in Tennessee defense thru out the year. You cant say that with the offense. The defense held us in games most of the time. Just shock that Jancek gets the axe before Deboard. Well chalk it up, if we get a shatty DC and keep Deboard, gonna be bad news bears next year.
Why would we fire our OC? Just put up 45 points on a top 10 Defense with ease, and put up a lot of a good Vandy D? Our O is pretty damn good.
45 on an overated team that had an overated D. Keep drinking that Deboard kool aid. Dobbs and Hurd are the offense. Between Deboards shotty playcalling and Jones bad in game decision making, I dont know which one is worse. With attitude like this, expect another average year of beating scrub teams and bottom dwellers. Without a great OC we are never gonna get back to being tje king of the hill. All tou kool aid drinkers go back to being Vandy fans.
At the end of the day, it came down to the fact that he didn’t mesh well with Kahlil McKenzie. Sad day…
What is sad is that you continue to waste your life on a Tennessee forum, troll
Sooo, what’s up with you and Kahlil McKenzie? Yall been dating long?
Here’s hoping for Shoop.
Not sure what to make of all this–defensive commits dropping like flies, now the DC just up and quits after steady improvement over three years?–The timing of the whole thing is bizarre, if not terrible–Butch can’t afford to blow this hire–I’m sure details will leak eventually, but I don’t like this one bit.
Yep and I said same thing about why Bajakain left as OC. Why leave as OC for a QB coach at Tampa Bay. Something fishy here.
DC didn’t leave by choice. The mutual agreement wasn’t so mutual. Even though the defense has improved year to year the past 3 years there were way to many 3rd down conversions that turned into big gains this year and cost us a couple mor wins. Hopefully Butch has a BIG hire already committed.
I am sure our offense going 3 and out in the 2nd half of those games and kicking field goals instead of TDs had nothing to do with the loses as well.
Anybody else see this. As another coordinator using ut as a springboard. Jones needs to get away from the buddy hires and build a championship program..
Well by the sound of things Jancek didnt use us as a springboard. Its not like another school has already hired him. Wed know that by now. Butch fired him.
Yeah, they said that he received payment to leave, essentially severance. He was “unofficially” fired, which…um I can’t really understand. I mean, the defense didn’t seem bad at all.
Throw the book at the Chief and bring him home
This^
Should have waited one more year and hired Mason when Vandy fails again. Not sure about this, defense didn’t play as well as we wanted, but not bad considering the injuries. Only really coaching mistake I would comment on was the spy instead of rushing on UF’s final play that scored the touch. Considering the offensive coaching and head coaching head scratchers, that was not a solitary booboo. He also admitted he made a mistake – something CBJ has yet to be able to do.
don’t make any sense to me…
Dropping double digit leads to ranked opponents. Ring any bells? Yeah, his defense did that.
Yeah kick field goals on the 1/2 yard line, Deboard did that too when supposidly you have a 3 headed monster rushing attack. We can go tit for tat here.
Did you watch the games? Or did you just read the box scores? The defense got tired because of all the 3 and outs. When the offense started moving the ball for more than the first half, the defense actually showed it was really good.
Ding ding ding we have a winner. Why do you think Arkansas beat Tennessee. Their offense held on the ball and ran the clock out. Our defense is actually pretty good. Depth is a key issue though. I dont care who you put at DC, if they defense stays on the field all the time you better have an all NFL caliber defense.
Id like to see either gene chizik or john chavis as ive seen both of their names tossed around