Report: Tennessee set to hire Purdue coach Jeff Brohm
After being turned down by Mike Gundy Tuesday, it appears Tennessee finally has its coach. The Vols are reportedly set to announce the hiring of Purdue coach Jeff Brohm.
Brohm has only coached one season at Purdue and was Western Kentucky head coach for three seasons. He has an extensive history as an assistant coach in the South and played QB for Louisville. He later went on to coach under Bobby Petrino at his alma mater.
Jimmy Hyams of WNML in Knoxville was the first to report the news:
Tennessee will soon announce the hiring of Purdue coach Jeff Brohm after going 6-6 this year. Brohm was 30-10 at Western Kentucky. Buyout is $5 million, drops to $4 million Dec 5. Still owes Purdue about $750k for leaving WKY.
— Jimmy Hyams (@JimmyHyams) November 29, 2017
Considering Tennessee’s struggles on offense this season, Vol fans should be excited over this hire. Brohm’s Western Kentucky offense ranked No. 6 in the nation in scoring in 2014, No. 3 in 2015, and No. 1 in 2016 before landing the Purdue gig. His Boilermaker squad traveled to Missouri this season and won 31-3. Tennessee also traveled to Columbia this season and lost 50-17.
Another interesting note on Brohm, when Nick Saban took over the Alabama program, he tried to hire Brohm, at that time he was Louisville’s OC, to run his Crimson Tide offense. Brohm’s brother Brian was the QB at Louisville at that time, and the Cardinals were coming off a 12-1 season.
Well, okay then. Let’s coach them up and actually score a touchdown or two.
Or wait five minutes and the story will change to we never contacted him, the signatures on the MOU faded, he refused, the AD took a wrong turn, and finally, Haslam got involved and it sank faster than the Titanic.
Now that’s funny and I don’t care who you are!
Took closer to an hour, but it happened.
At least this seemed like an actual coaching search. Better than Schiano.
A lot of Tennessee fans wanted Brohm from the very beginning. I’ve been hearing his name a lot throughout the search… I’m not overly excited about the hire, but he’s 1000x better than Schiano. Makes Sunday’s events seem justified (if true).
Agreed, not excited, but at this point I’ll settle for competence.
I think Brohm is more than that. He was on my top 10 list for LSU last year, and that was before he did anything at Purdue.
I get what you are saying that he was on your list before he went to Purdue but question. Do you think his 6-6 record at Purdue is due to the tougher competition or not having his style of players in his system yet, or both? I could not care less about it, not being a UT fan but just curious on your take, as 6-6 is not that impressive. Personally just glad UT got someone so we can quit reading about it. Embarrassment for UT and AD has to be shown the door, you would think.
IH8BAMA, Purdue was really in the cellar for a long time. Probably still a lot of holes from bad recruiting. Please note they beat Mizzou, which TENN was not able to do. If they would have knocked off Nebraska, and Rutgers, they would be 8-4. The big issue will be expectations and culture. Nobody in the Big 10 really, really cares about football the way they do in the SEC. At the bottom half of the Big schools, the Saturday game is just another activity before they go out and party. So coming from the MAC, where nobody cares to an Indiana football school where nobody cares to the SEC and especially TN, where every game is a matter of life and death. That is a big adjustment for any coach. Probably explains why Florida made the right move with Mullen and did not cry too much about Chip Kelly.
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Thank you so much for that…
Take note others. PillsburyThrowboy knows of what he speaks. KY has faced Brohm and knows what he will do with resources and talent.
LOL
No one is afraid of Tennessee…
Well he is a Petrino disciple and UK never does well against high powered offenses. This could be the start of another 30 years…
LMAO! Glad we could piss off a kitty cat.
No, youre keeping us entertained! HA! On to the next coaching option im losing track
Why on earth was Gundy and this guy on the list BEHIND Schiano?
An excellent question. I hope the AD has to answer that in the public arena. Perhaps post the question on the rock?
Hell if I know
Bingo. Question of the week! The reason Schiano was first choice is the intersection between John Currie, Jimmy Haslam, and Jimmy Sexton.
weagle99 that is one of the biggest questions out there. With a blank check Currie decided on Schiano. Hell, even slow witted Bryanchip could hire better than Schiano with 7 million (or more if needed) per year available to lure a coach in.
BTW good luck and I hope y’all crush the simpleton leg humpers on Saturday. This time I hope the win is by an even larger margin.
War Damned Eagle
Beefeater your an idiot. 1st you was all about some Jones, then was loving you some Currie when everyone else seen he was an idiot. Now your just jumping on the bandwagon bashing Currie and kissing other teams a$$es like the spineless turd you are. Well done.
Wareagle ask beefeater. He is, or was Currie’s biggest cheerleader.
If he can get a good recruiting staff together then he can do great things in Knoxville. He’s a helluva coach.
Agreed. He just has to balance it. Butch had a hell of a recruiting staff, unfortunately, he forgot to get anyone for player development.
If at first you don’t succeed, try 7 more times until someone finally agrees to be your coach…
War Eagle
Vol fans cant troll anyone. UMass? 42-0? Tennessee is the joke of college football and has been for years. Prepare for another coaching search in 3-5. You and your Rape U fans are champions of life.
Didnt that joke beat Jawja 2 years in a row?
Someone is hooked on phonics
bryanchip, your point? How does beating UGA 2 years in a row pertain wot what he’s saying? It doesn’t! He’s right. I have a feeling TN will still be in a worse position than Ole Miss even after the NCAA gets done with us. I don’t know what’s funnier – Hugh Freeze flicking quarters at hookers or the TN program.
Hahaha I like how you think! War Damn Eagle!!!
Yeah, kinda like Ray Goff, Jim Donnan, etc, etc
I guess 7th time is a charm. At this point I know many Tennessee fans must be asking themselves why did they fire Butch?
Its not a bad hire actually considering the circumstances. Will the fan base be accepting of 7-5 or 8-4 records for a few years until the hiring process can be done in a better manner? Somehow I doubt it.
You are assuming he won’t succeed. Faulty assumption based on his past coaching record. He may very well fail, but let’s at least introduce him before you deem him unworthy.
Yea, like with Schiano…
Haha, all joking aside, can we just get this whole thing over with?
This hire is still pending Twitter approval so we’ll know in a few hours…
No I doubt any fan is asking that question. Even you should know that. Come on. Also no we won’t be satisfied with those results and we are not interested in another search. Broughm has a lot of upside and I for one believe he could be with us for a very long time. We may be set back temporarily but we will be back. Sooner than you think.
Not a bad hire, not really a great hire either. Before everyone goes on and on about his record at WKU, let’s remember that he was handed the keys to an established program loaded with Taggart and Petrino’s talent. This could be Butch 2.0 as Butch was handed two winning programs that Brian Kelly built prior to becoming the Vol coach.
Nice hire.
I agree. He was in my top 4 from the beginning.
I’ve read some conflicting information that this was a little premature, and that Brohm was actually out recruiting for Purdue today. He has been contacted, and has shown interest, but that it’s not close to a sure thing yet….With the last 96 hours of UT coaching news, I’m not believing anything until someone is standing in front of a podium with that Power T on his shirt.
That’s a smart thing to do. This site reports as many inaccuracies as accuracies
Yep, I think at one time there were three stories about three different prospective coaches for UT on the same day.
And Vandy beat Brohm when he was at WKU. Shut that offense down.
Congrats Big Orange. As truely entertaining as it’s been to watch this dumpster fire, It’s time for the Great Knoxville debacle to come to a close.
I hope you guys can heal quickly, and start enjoying some competitive SEC football soon. (Of course, if Currie screws up closing this deal, I’ll be happy to refill my bucket of popcorn and continue watching UT’s collective head explode in Twitter hilarity)
A good one! Finally.
We’re not done here; Fire John Currie. And take Jimmy Haslam with you.
I won’t believe it till I hear it from him. If it’s true its a great hire!
Tennessee is an embarrassment to the SEC. Have you thought about joining the Mid America Conference?
23-22 against UGA
Did this make you feel better?
Did Army Cuck’s comment make him feel better?
Yeah and you’re 2-6 against UGA this decade
25-9 against USCjr LOLOLOLOL
You’re 3-5 agianst SC this decade. It must feel nice knowing that Kentucky has more wins against us since 2010 than you do
Now i’m seeing Chris Low saying nope and it’s not even close to being a done deal???
Maybe he could stay at Perdue and Tennessee could just call itself PUS? (Perdue University South, what were you thinking I meant???)
This was unfunny on every level… except for the fact that you don’t know Perdue produces chicken.
Your digs would be a lot better if you bothered to learn how to spell the universities you are describing.
Hell, DV, they can’t even spell D O G
Maybe you would know how to spell Purdue if you had ever set foot on Georgia’s campus on a week day.
So, is it worth waiting a week to ink him and save $1M in buyout money, or pull the trigger now before he changes his mind or is approached by someone else?
That is an excellent question. I don’t think the mil is a deal breaker; I guess it depends on if UT feels there is competition for his services. I would imagine after this goat rope / fiasco of a coach search, do the deal ASAP at whatever cost.