After a couple rocky seasons on Rocky Top, the fans are eager for a stellar season—is new head coach Derek Dooley the man that can bring it to them?
By Chad Gray || Photography by Jimmy Chiarella
Tennessee Volunteer fans take their football seriously. Unfortunately, the past two seasons on Rocky Top have been, well, rocky. After Tennessee icon Phillip Fulmer was dismissed in 2008, Lane Kiffin swooped in and talked of hard work, wins and championships. He told the Vol faithful he planned to be at Tennessee “for a long time.” No sooner than having spoke these words, it seemed, Kiffin announced he was leaving after one season for the University of Southern California.
Fans were outraged. They rioted in Knoxville. Students burned T-shirts and a mattress outside the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center.
So the university began the search for its third coach in three years. They found Derek Dooley.
But who is Derek Dooley?
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