collegefootballtalk.com - 11/3/2008
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Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer will not return in 2009.
Fulmer, who signed a long-term contract extension this year, is expected to coach the remainder of the season and then be sent packing, ESPN is reporting. Tennessee is 3-6 overall and 1-5 in the SEC this season.
Fulmer won a national ...
sports.espn.go.com - 11/3/2008
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sports.espn.go.com —
Phillip Fulmer, who a decade ago brought Tennessee
its first national championship in 47 years, will not...
return as the Vols' coach next year, multiple sources told ESPN.com. An announcement is being planned for later Monday at Neyland Stadium. The Vols (3-6, 1-5 SEC) have lost four straight ...
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Sources: Vols coach Fulmer agrees to step down
moondogsports.com - 11/4/2008
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moondogsports.com —
As most everyone has heard, Phil Fulmer has
"accepted the administration's decision" to step down as the...
Tennessee Volunteers head coach at the end of the season. Check out the video of Fulmer's statement during the press conference.
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Fulmer Did What's Best For Tennessee | The World ...
sportingnews.com - 11/3/2008
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sportingnews.com —
At season's end, Phil Fulmer will reportedly be
out at Tennessee after 17 years on the job....
You could take this as one of two things. This is either the final betrayal of a loyal company man who invested 30 years in the program as a player, assistant ...
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Fulmer Agrees to Step Down as Tennessee's Coach: Three ...
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Phil Fulmer Has Reportedly Agreed to Step Down as Tennessee Head Coach After 2008
FanHouse —
... he did establish Tennessee as an SEC power in the 1990's, and he did bring a championship to his alma mater. What this proves, though, is that there are only one or two coaches in the entire nation that are immune to a bad run, and that you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone outside of Bobby Bowden or Joe Paterno that simply couldn't get fired. On the bright side for Fulmer, he's at least being given the somewhat respectable option of "stepping down." Via CFT Phil Fulmer Has Reportedly Agreed to Step Down as Tennessee Head Coach ...
COLLEGE GIG FOR GRUDEN?
ProFootballTalk.com —
With the news of a looming vacancy at one of the higher-profile college gigs ( CFT has the info ), it’s now time to begin pondering the possibility that Bucs coach Jon Gruden could decide that the time is right to get out of the NFL. It’s a job to which Gruden has been linked in the past, but typically only at a time when his Buccaneers have been struggling. There’s no reason to believe as of right now that Gruden could be inclined to make the leap. The current problem is that, even if Gruden is interested, the college in question would have to wait until January (or possibly ...
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