Vols Football Coach Butch Jones Ranks Third Among Coaches On Twitter

Apr 20, 2013; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones during the first half of the spring Orange and White game at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

If the SEC’s goal is to dominate in every aspect of football, they’re pretty much there.

If seven national championships in a row weren’t enough, they also have 10 of the top 15 coaches on Twitter, in terms of followers.

Tennessee head coach Butch Jones comes in at third on that list. He had 75,300 followers at the time of this article from Tulsa World.

Jones regularly uses Twitter to interact with fans and sell the University of Tennessee.

The two coaches above Jones are his mentor Brian Kelly from Notre Dame (second on the list) and rival SEC coach Les Miles from LSU (first on list).

Here’s the top 15

"1. Les Miles, LSU: 105,7602. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame: 91,0423. Butch Jones, Tennessee: 75,3004. Mark Richt, Georgia: 65,2405. Bret Bielema, Arkansas: 57,9586. Jim Mora, UCLA: 49,2397. Steve Sarkisian, Washington: 46,3778. Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss: 45,0989. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State: 44,69710. Bo Pelini, Nebraska: 43,16211. Mark Stoops, Kentucky: 43,06812. Mike Leach, Washington State: 42,17313. Will Muschamp, Florida: 39,58314. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M: 32,84915. Gus Malzahn, Auburn: 32,186"

The Volunteer fans are known for having a large social media presence, recruits often comment on Twitter about the attention they are shown by Tennessee fans.

Often times when a recruit commits to a school other than Tennessee, they end up losing hundreds of followers.

In case you were wondering, former Volunteers head coach Derek Dooley has 43,971 followers on Twitter, which would put him at 10th on the list. Dooley, who’s tweeted just 21 times, never sent out a single tweet while head coach at Tennessee.

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