From NBC Sports
"Lost somewhat amidst all of the high school players signing their National Letters of Intents Wednesday was one of the top quarterbacks in the 2012 recruiting class officially moving on as well.As had been speculated late last week, Pittsburgh announced Nathan Peterman had indeed transferred into the Panthers football program. As Peterman is a graduate transfer, he will be eligible to play immediately in 2015.Read more at NBC Sports"
"Tennessee’s expected hiring of Mike DeBord as its offensive coordinator might make as much sense to you as Seattle’s last offensive play in the Super Bowl.He’s not widely known as an offensive guru. He doesn’t coach quarterbacks, which so many offensive coordinators do. And most of his NFL experience is related to tight ends.Oh, one other thing: he has been out of coaching for the past couple of years while working as the Olympics sports administrator for the University of Michigan.If you follow college football, you probably have noticed that head coaches usually replace departing coaches with current coaches.Read more at Knoxville News Sentinel"
From Sports Illustrated
"Veteran coach Mike DeBord will be Tennessee’s new offensive coordinator, according to a source.It’s a reunion for DeBord and Volunteers head coach Butch Jones, the latter of whom is entering a crucial third season in Knoxville with high expectations after a 7-6 record this past year. When DeBord was the head coach at Central Michigan from 2000-03, Jones was his running backs coach before being promoted to offensive coordinator for DeBord’s final two seasons.The 58-year-old DeBord has been out of coaching the last two seasons but did oversee Michigan’s program last month while the Wolverines conducted their coaching search that ended with the hiring of Jim Harbaugh. Jones was contacted by Michigan early on about its vacancy, and he received a new contract at Tennessee last month.Read more at Sports Illustrated"
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