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Tennessee football: How did Vols coaching candidates in 2017 fare in 2018?

By Caleb Calhoun

EUGENE, OR - OCTOBER 10: Head coach Mike Leach of the Washington State Cougars looks up at the video screen during the third quarter of the game against the Oregon Ducks at Autzen Stadium on October 10, 2015 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
EUGENE, OR - OCTOBER 10: Head coach Mike Leach of the Washington State Cougars looks up at the video screen during the third quarter of the game against the Oregon Ducks at Autzen Stadium on October 10, 2015 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) /
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Tennessee football has gone after Mike Gundy twice now, and both times it looked like it could be a home run hire. But the second time, Vols fans had legitimate reason to believe that they could bring him to Knoxville.

John Currie turned to Gundy two days after the epic disaster of the Greg Schiano backlash. And after meeting with him, it seemed as if the Vols were about to stumble into a splash hire. However, Gundy simply used UT as leverage for his own contract to stay with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, his alma mater.

This year, though, things did not go very well for him. To be fair, his program does go through a rebuilding phase once every four years, and this was that fourth year. But it’s still worth pointing out that he went 6-6.

That record came despite not playing any Power Five non-conference teams, and it included two losses to 5-7 teams who didn’t make a bowl game. As a result, it’s safe to say that Vols fans weren’t looking at Gundy’s performance this year with envy as to what could have been. However, we also should not that they could be looking at it like that next year depending on how things shake out.

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