Butch Jones spent five years as head coach for Tennessee football. Here’s a recap of the high and low moments during his time with the Volunteers.
It’s a new era for Tennessee football with Jeremy Pruitt at the helm. And his arrival comes on the heels of Vols fans feeling very sour about Butch Jones. However, these last five years existed, and there were indeed some highs and lows.
As a result, it’s only fair to take a full look back at Jones’s career with the Vols. This post is a primer listing all the stories we have done recapping Jones’s career, which is part of a spring feature we’ve been doing.
These stories will last through the end of May, and you’ll constantly be able to come here to look at them. No matter who you are, Jones’s career spanned enough time on Rocky Top to cover some life changes you underwent.
So this is just a trip down Memory Lane, as things are radically different now than they were when Jones took over in December of 2012. Despite his ending, there were some positives, and that will be reflected in these posts.
Before a new era is really set to take off, let’s kickoff Pruitt’s first summer with these recaps. Here are our top stories looking back on Jones’s career in Knoxville.
Top 10 players Butch Jones coached
Butch Jones is a sour name around Knoxville nowadays. However, as Tennessee football’s head coach, he led some great Volunteers. Here are the 10 best.
Tennessee football had lots of wasted talent when Butch Jones was head coach. Here are the 10 Volunteers he misused more than anybody else.
10 worst coaching decisions Butch Jones made
Butch Jones made a ton of questionable decisions as Tennessee football’s head coach. Here are his 10 worst moves with the Volunteers.
Top 10 Vols wins with Butch Jones as head coach
Tennessee football scored some huge victories with Butch Jones as head coach. Here are the Volunteers’ top 10 wins during his tenure on Rocky Top.
Vols 10 worst losses with Butch Jones as head coach
Tennessee football had some horrendous outing with Butch Jones as head coach. Here are the Volunteers’ 10 worst losses under his leadership.
4 Butch Jones players that thrived elsewhere
Now that the Butch Jones era is over we can revisit and dissect every aspect of his tenure. Which brings up the all the players that left the program and thrived at other places.
Vols Top 5 plays with Butch Jones as head coach
Everything wasn’t horrible under the leadership of Butch Jones. Call it luck if you want, but in the seasons with him as head coach, there were some memorable plays.
Vols 5 most heartbreaking plays with Butch Jones as head coach
Tennessee football had a number of unlucky incidents in five years under Butch Jones. Here are the Volunteers’ most heartbreaking plays during his tenure.