Tennessee Vols morning report: SEC Nation, Holly Warlick contract
SEC Nation at the Tennessee Vols football opener and Holly Warlick’s contract extension lead the Volunteers news for Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018.
Football preseason continues for the Tennessee Vols as they had another practice on Tuesday. Jeremy Pruitt continues to build the program, and that’s dictating a lot of our news in the morning reports for the month of August. However, today, there are other things to cover.
As we get set to bring you our updates on Rocky Top, a press release about who will be a the Tennessee-West Virginia game leads the stories. It drives more excitement for the opener, so it’s worth covering.
On top of that, news surrounding Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Holly Warlick can’t be ignored, even in the midst of fall camp. And finally, a former Vol speaking on Pruitt deserves a bit of coverage too. So let’s get started with our morning report, beginning with UT’s opener.
SEC Nation to travel to Tennessee Vols opener – Amanda Brooks, ESPN Media Zone
Tennessee football’s opener against the West Virginia Mountaineers will have the SEC Network’s traveling pregame show in attendance. SEC Nation is going to Charlotte for the game, which will be their second road trip of the weekend. The first will be in College Station on Thursday for the Texas A&M Aggies opener and Jimbo Fisher’s debut as head coach there against the Northwestern State. Laura Rutledge, Paul Finebaum, Marcus Spears, and Tim Tebow, will be on the desk with help from reporter Lauren Sisler and ESPN the Magazine writer Ryan McGee.
"Each show will include live reports, analysis and features surrounding the sights, sounds and storylines of SEC football, and will showcase the new SEC Nation demo field that debuted at the show’s SEC Media Days stop in July."
Tennessee Lady Vols extend Holly Warlick’s contract – Maria Cornelius, GoVols247
Tennessee women’s basketball head coach Holly Warlick’s contract was set to expire at the end of next year. However, she has now signed an extension through 2022.
"Warlick is entering her seventh year as head coach of the Lady Vols. Her career SEC winning percentage is .740 with a record of 71-25, which ranks Warlick first among all SEC head coaches."
Former Vol Charles Davis shows support for Pruitt – Dan Harralson, Volswire.com
Charles Davis, who played for Johnny Majors and the Tennessee Vols football team from 1983 to 1986, gave his ‘full support’ to Jeremy Pruitt. Here’s a bit of what he said.
"“I am looking forward to getting back and playing at a level we are accustomed to in competing for the SEC East and SEC championships down the road. Getting back to a point where our Alabama game is not just a conversation about remembering the good old days when we actually used to compete.”"