That didn't take long: Tennessee reportedly lands its next athletic director
It took only a few days for Tennessee to land a qualified athletic director to replace Phillip Fulmer.
It was announced on Monday that Fulmer was out and a search for a new AD on Rocky Top would begin immediately. Who knew Tennessee would have a hire made by the weekend?
Well, the search for Tennessee’s next head football coach can begin in earnest now as the Volunteers are hiring former Central Florida athletic director, Danny White.
News of White’s hire in Knoxville was first reported by Brent Hubbs of Volquest. Before being named AD at UCF, White served in the same role at Buffalo.
The early reactions to this hire suggest Tennessee is getting in good AD in White:
He’s the greatest AD in college sports. Fitting enough? It’s a heartbreaking and humbling blow to UCF. Our success is directly correlated to his arrival. https://t.co/uOrknStw8o
— Ryan Bass (@Ry_Bass) January 21, 2021
Can confirm USA Today report that UCF's Danny White will be the next AD at Tennessee. They made him an offer he couldn't refuse. He's expected to start searching for a coach immediately. His hires of Scott Frost, Josh Heupel, Lance Leipold, Nate Oats and Bobby Hurley stood out.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 21, 2021
Danny White was one of the names I was told to watch for the Georgia job, which obviously stayed internal, so no surprise he ends up at another SEC school. https://t.co/cw2b4nBbzu
— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) January 21, 2021
Solid hire for Tennessee. The Whites are close to Mizzou AD Jim Sterk. Danny's brother Brian worked at MU, now AD at Florida Atlantic https://t.co/ZWUvPoWPAa
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) January 21, 2021
Tennessee being able to pluck Danny White is a statement hire.
— Jon Reed (@Jon__Reed) January 21, 2021
Hiring Danny White as AD is Tennessee‘s best move in athletics since…?
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) January 21, 2021
The 1st step is made in the right direction. Good Luck Mr. White!
I didn’t know Fat Phil was out!!! He should have been fired last year or before. Pruitt could have gotten the job done. Fat Phil was in his way the whole way!!!!!!
King Negan
How many UT fans are thinking, “He was a pretty good QB at Dallas.”
You don’t know Tennessee fans.
We’re thinking, “He was a pretty good punter at Dallas.”
Salary cap guys are thinking…why can’t all QBs punt?
Funnier!
that was the first thing that crossed my mind.
Funny.
I dont know enough about the AD’s available to really have an educated viewpoint but judging from the reaction by all the talking heads on the radio and other sites this sounds like a solid hire. I am particularly pleased to see the admin move so fast. They say he is already actively beginning the search for a new coach. If he makes a hire fast and who that is will say a lot about him.
Why not, after all CFU has a national championship.
All kidding aside, he done a great job getting keeping Central Florida in the lime light. This should be a great hire for UT.
Goodbye champions of life… Hello imaginary national championships.
Nailed it….
I sure wish we could just give a thumbs up to these comments. You guys are rock in’ (dang software won’t let me spell it in Southern slang) it today!
Lol, awesome comment.
I hope he pans out. Not much respect for an AD that self proclaimed a National championship and held a fake parade. But, he did make good hires in Frost, Heipel and Hurley. The dude is a good salesman. Now let’s see how he sells Knoxville instead of Disney world.
While I’m not a big fan of UCF’s declared championship, It was a shrewd business move. After all, we’re still talking about it today. I hope he makes many decisions at UT that are good for UT.
Marshgator89. You can say that for your team in a year you drubbed Auburn in your bowl game. An Auburn team that year that drubbed Bama.
No, you can’t. That sequence of events doesn’t satisfy the criteria of “national champion”. If you don’t like the rules, you can’t just make some up that suit the outcome you want.
In a pedantic sense-no they didn’t win the national championship. They’re also, like any group of five powerhouse, constantly ducked by bigger programs (UF in particular), who generally want 1 neutral site vs a power 5 for revenue and 3 tomato cans. Does he honestly believe they were the true champions-maybe, maybe not. The point was to put out a clear bias the playoff committee has, grab media attention (several here are still bitter about it), and to call out the power 5’s, including several programs in our conference, who ducked their challenge when called out.
I believe that the more wile folks call that systemic discrimination
*woke
It’s not pedantic, in any sense, to positively claim UCF was not a national champion. Also, I don’t at all see it as systemic discrimination, as that would involve irrational and malicious bias based on inherent and uncontrollable circumstances. Group of 5 teams are absolutely able to beat Power 5 teams, but the best of the G5 can’t compete with the best of the P5 so it makes no sense to include them in the playoffs. For all the commotion about Cincinnati missing the playoffs this year, they were beaten by a good but not great UGA team missing a whole host of starters. UCF wasn’t going to beat Bama in 2017 and failed to beat a good but not great LSU team in 2018. G5 teams have structural disadvantages that should result in them having their own championship. False claims of championships are PR stunts.
How do we know that they can’t compete with the best if the playoff committee won’t allow it because power 5 won’t play them? Catch 22. Bowl competition with significant wins by UCF/Boise ST and others against power 5 top teams indicates they can compete, it’s just not permissible by the system (systemic).
First, Gator, he’s going to be selling Rocky Top. That has more pizzazz than Knoxville. Secondly, focus on Danny ‘Darth Vadar’ Mullen down there in The Swamp. This could be good for the Big Orange. The SEC needs them to get better.
The most unearned arrogant AD in all of college sports matched with the most unearned arrogant fanbase in all of college football?
This will end well. LOL!
Nothing Sucks Like A Big Orange.
Georgia native here. UHHGA fans are pretty delusional themselves. Best Coach ever in Bulldog history was Erk Russell, but yall only remember the HC Vince Dooley. Vince Dooley the great AD that brought yall Ray Goff. And GA Tech still has a more recent NC than tall. GO VOLS!
Yall
Corch. Someone’s jelly they didn’t get him..lol Your keep it in the UGA family hire will continue to mean players will continue to get booked. UGA keeping it in the family, big surprise..lol
LOL. Yeah, I’m jealous y’all hired a jack@ss who’s lone bit of notoriety comes from claiming a fake national title and holding a fake parade to the laughs of all legitimate football programs in the country.
What’s funny is you can’t even claim a fake national title. Keep cracking.
“LITTLE MAN” SPEAKS AGAIN, YOU’RE SUCH A DUMBA$$!!
He likes to think of himself as a football savant when in actuality he’s an inbred cretin from ellijay.
This is a solid hire.
Good for the Vols!!
Both in the pick and in the timing!!
Solid record of hires in the past. Lance Leipold, Josh Huepul, Scott Frost, and Nate Oates are very quality picks. Leipold is a name under the radar. Maybe not the flashiest name or background, but the man won six NC in 7 years at D3 Wisconsin/Whitewater.
No matter what level, that’s impressive.
Now, hopefully everyone down there will let Danny White do his job.
Now let him work and keep Phil FAR away from the program! Retired or not don’t let him wield influence
Don’t you mean, keep him away from Bill? LOL
Great hire. Obviously, SEC fans aren’t the fondest of him because of his 2017 UCF National Champion debacle, but he’s proven his ability to hire great coaches that fit into the culture of the university. Hope he does well, as I like to see all SEC schools do well across the board.
Dang Auburn. Making us all look bad even when the rest of the SEC had nothing to do with it. Thanks, Gus.
Well how about that! The 1st good news in a while for UT football. Just my opinion, but they could not get Fulmer out of the facility fast enough. Hopefully the hire pans out. Good Luck UT!
Seems like a solid hire, maybe an excellent one. See how he does with the HC hire before we know how it will all turn out.
He’s already got a head start at “hating on UF”, so this is a natural fit and solid progression for the guy.
Did UT finally do something right? Amazing
I have no idea about White, but I do know that Nashville radio does nothing but suck straight up to the Vols. They could hire Mickey Mouse as AD, and the homers would be shouting “Great Hire!!” from the roof tops.
Start a competing web only program in that market that caters to bandwagon fans like yours. It’s called capitalism.
Oh wait-I forgot. Like every Bama fan, you’re too stupid and lack initiative.
That’s rich coming from the most delusional fan base in the country.
What a burn-get back to me when you don’t have to google who your coach before Saban was. Also-are you now a Nets fan or staying with the Lakers?
Rich? Delusional? How? Please tell me. You’ve wouldn’t know.
Oh, I remember all too well. Also remember how insufferable Vawl fans were while we struggled through the Dubose & Shula years. It’s poetic justice that Phat Phil is responsible for possibly their darkest days yet.
Hoping for the best for UT but feeling pretty good about how obsessed the opposing fan bases seem to be. Lol!
They have nothing else in life-very evident