The Tennessee Volunteers have been linked to Chris Weinke for a while now, but officially hired him to be their RB coach on Wednesday.

The former Florida State quarterback served as an offensive analyst at Alabama last season, and now will follow Jeremy Pruitt to Knoxville.

According to a report from Blake Toppmeyer of KnoxNews.com, Weinke will make $350,000 a year for the next two years:

Interestingly, Weinke has never been a running backs coach, so the Vols are taking a leap of faith with this hire.

However, he has a solid track record wherever he goes, and he has a good relationship with Pruitt, apparently, so that should help him this fall.