Former NFL coach Jeff Fisher says he would have a 'great deal of interest' in Tennessee job
There is a lot of drama on Rocky Top right now with uncertainty about Jeremy Pruitt’s status moving forward as Tennessee conducts an investigation into the football program.
If the investigation results in UT parting with Pruitt, a former NFL head coach familiar with the Volunteer State appears to be interested in being the next head coach. Jeff Fisher shared Friday that he would have “a great deal of interest” if the job were open.
“If for some reason Coach Pruitt is no longer the head coach at the University of Tennessee, yes I would have a great deal of interest in that program,” Fisher said during an appearance on 560AM/95.9 FM’s “The George Plaster Show” in Nashville.
Fisher, 62, has multiple decades of NFL coaching experience, including 17 seasons with the Oilers/Titans franchise and five seasons with the Rams franchise as a head coach, accumulating a 173-165-1 record. Fisher last posted a winning record in the 2008 season when the Titans went 13-3. After that season, Tennessee went 8-8 and 6-10 before Fisher’s departure. The Rams did not have a winning record in four-plus seasons with Fisher as head coach.
On potential interest in the University of Tennessee head coaching job @CoachJeffFisher says,
“If for some reason Coach Pruitt is no longer the head coach at the University of Tennessee, yes I would have a great deal of interest in that program.”
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— The George Plaster Show (@ThePlasterShow) January 8, 2021
173-165-1 ? Uh, no thanks.
Not sure you should be complaining about his record. Mr. 8-8 would be a step up from 3-7.
His record might be a bit deceiving. Not very good early in his career or near the end, but for about a ten year record in the early 2000s won three or four division titles with the Titans and came within a yard of winning the Super Bowl.
The bigger red flag might be recruiting. Has never had a college job and, a few years ago when SC was looking for a head coach he indicated his interest in the job, but really never got a second look. And remember, he was a Trojan d-back in the 70s and a couple of his former teammates were members of the “search committee”. That should be telling.
*period, not record . . . Sorry.
Came a yard away from, if the extra point was made, sending the game to OT. He was also a very questionable call and at the least, a pathetic special teams effort by Buffalo, from being bounced in the wildcard game of that same postseason.
I hate UT, so would absolutely love this hire.
It took a friend of mine who’s a Bills fan twenty years to recover from the “Music City Miracle”. He only came out of his funk a couple of years ago.
I can understand why an Alabama fan would be enthusiastic about this hire. Unless he hired two dynamite coordinators who are proven recruiters, the Pruitt era could look “golden”.
Can’t see it. Of course, judging the last three hires (four if Pruitt crashes and burns), he might be the number one choice given the abysmal competence of previous coaching hires.
No thanks, but based off the last few hires I’m sure he’d be on the short list. We tend to find the best of the best.
OH DEAR GOD NO NOT THE QB KILLER
Won’t be Fisher. Tennessee has had an AD problem for years now. Fulmer was brought in to fix the problem but some former HCs aren’t ADs. Tennessee needs to poach an AD who is experienced in running a successful coach search and then back the guy. Boosters need to stop fighting each other and work with each other. Realize I give the solution knowing if it comes from the enemy, it will never be followed.
NO WAY! If this administration hires this loser I and many others will be DONE! This would show once and for all the powers that be have NO interest in winning or even trying to be relevant. What a freaking joke!
Mr.Fisher, if you read this please come and coach at UT. The people here commenting do not know what they are saying or are Alabama fans acting like UT fans. You could turn this program around in a heart beat. We need you badly. Please come
Of course he would be interested, but I think they already have something in mind that will “freeze” him out of the job.