Tennessee Vols Morning Report: Praise for New QB Coach, Butch Jones on Leaders, Softball Milestone
Butch Jones on Tennessee Vols leaders, praise for qb coach Mike Canales, and a softball milestone lead the Volunteers news for Thursday, March 23, 2017.
It’s Thursday, and the Tennessee Vols will hold their second spring practice for football today. There’s already a lot of news surrounding the program as it is.
As we bring you the news on Rocky Top, we address some of the key updates from that program.
But we still also have some spring sports to bring you, and it was a good day for the Vols in that regard on Wednesday night.
However, as always, we start with football.
Let’s go to some things Butch Jones said.
Butch Jones identifies Tennessee Vols leaders – Mike Griffith, SEC Country
He’s only had one spring practice so far, but Butch Jones already has a solid idea of guys stepping up to lead the program this Fall. He named Jashon Robertson, Darrin Kirkland Jr., John Kelly, and Kahlil McKenzie among others as potential leaders.
"The Vols will take the field for the second of their 15 spring practices today, and the head coach will be looking for more of what he saw in Tuesday’s opening practice.“These players are trying to lead in their own way,” Coach Butch Jones said Tuesday after practice. “It starts with the senior class.”"
New quarterbacks coach Mike Canales receiving praise – Grant Ramey, GoVols247
They call him ‘Coach Chico,’ and he’s receiving lots of praise from the guys he is coaching. New qb coach Mike Canales is one of the primary guys responsible for overseeing the quarterback battle this year, and Jarrett Guarantano and Quinten Dormady have only spoken highly of him.
"Mike Canales, Tennessee’s new quarterbacks coach, is the one responsible for watching every move within his wide-open position group, in which Guarantano and junior Quinten Dormady are competing for the starting job.He may be the reason for Guarantano’s eye-popping confidence, too, leading the redshirt freshman to predict SEC titles after the first day of spring camp."
Tennessee softball tops North Carolina in milestone – Rhiannon Potkey, Knoxville News Sentinel
The Tennessee Vols beat the No. 25 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels Wednesday night to improve the Vols to 23-9 on the year. But more importantly, this was the 1,000th win for softball coach Karen Weekly, an incredible milestone.
"The bats came to life again for the University of Tennessee softball team to help deliver co-head coach Karen Weekly a milestone win.Chelsea Seggern and Brooke Vines drove in three runs apiece as No. 19 Tennessee registered a 9-2 non-conference victory over No. 25 North Carolina on Wednesday night at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium."
Tennessee baseball defeats Marshall – Mike Strange, Knoxville News Sentinel
Dave Serrano’s team rebounded from a sweep at the hands of the South Carolina Gamecocks over the weekend to defeat the Marshall Thundering Herd in a midweek Tuesday night match-up.
"Jordan Rodgers and Dom Thornton fueled the offense and Tennessee pitching did the rest in a 7-1 win over Marshall on Wednesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.The Vols (13-5) snapped a three-game losing streak – an SEC opening series sweep by South Carolina – to regain some momentum for a weekend series at Mississippi State."
Tennessee Swimming and Diving Championship Day 1 recap – UTSports
"With sophomore Joey Reilman posting a career best leadoff time, Tennessee opened the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 21st-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle Wednesday at IU Natatorium.The Tennessee team of Reilman, Marc Hinawi, Sam McHugh and Austin Hirstein recorded a season-best time of 6 minutes, 22.18 seconds."