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Tennessee football: 5 OC changes that worked out for Vols

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 08: Tennessee mascot Davy Crockett carries the flag across the end zone during a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers at Neyland Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennesee won the game 59-3. (Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 08: Tennessee mascot Davy Crockett carries the flag across the end zone during a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers at Neyland Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennesee won the game 59-3. (Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images) /
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Tennessee football has changed assistant coaches many times in the past. Here are five offensive coordinator changes that worked out for the Volunteers.

Whenever a coordinator change happens, it can have a dramatic effect on a program. And that effect doesn’t always happen immediately. Tennessee football has undergone numerous assistant coach changes in the past that dramatically shaped its history.

The Vols are undergoing another change this year with the switch from Tyson Helton to Jim Chaney. Such a move is a return to the past, as Chaney was on Rocky Top for four years, one under Lane Kiffin and three under Derek Dooley.

Offensive coordinators can make or break a team. Recently, Tennessee football has had its fair share of failures there. However, throughout the Vols’ modern history, numerous offensive coordinator changes have worked out beautifully.

That’s going to be the focus of our post here. We’re going to take a look at times the Vols changed offensive coordinators and it took them to another level. This change may not have happened overnight or after one year. But it became evident after two years and beyond.

We’re going to count backwards from the most recent offensive coordinator change that worked out as we do this. As a result, this is not a ranking of which ones worked out the most. It just analyzes the ones that were successful.

In some cases, the change was so successful that it kept a head coach afloat longer than it should have. You’ll see evidence of that as well. There’s confidence that Chaney will be successful but that Jeremy Pruitt won’t be completely dependent on him.

So in light of Jim Chaney’s hiring, which hire from the past do Vols fans most hope he resembles? What are the best assistant changes on offense? Find out here with the five most successful offensive coordinator moves in Tennessee football history.

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