Tennessee football: Five positives from Vols promoting Joe Osovet to TE coach

1. Track record of production

So Joe Osovet invented one thing nearly two decades ago. How do we know he didn’t just get lucky with his analytical approach as an offensive mind? Well, what he did after that is actually even more impressive.

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Osovet’s past is his best selling point to join Tennessee football’s on-field staff. As we said, he was a head coach for five years. While at ASA College in 2016 and 2017, his offenses averaged nearly 42 points a game. They were explosive, meaning his offensive mind is obviously going to be very valuable while coaching tight ends under Jeremy Pruitt and Jim Chaney.

Before going there, though, he spent three years at Nassau Community College. His five years as a head coach saw him going 33-11, winning Northeast Football Conference Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2017 and winning USA Sports Writer JUCO Coach of the Year in 2014. That 2014 season was his first full year as a head coach, and he went 10-0 before going 6-3 in 2015.

When it come to producing and developing talent, which position coaches need to be able to do, Osovet developed 11 NFL players and developed 47 Division I players as a junior college head coach. So he knows how to churn out talent as well.

With a track record of winning, producing great offensive numbers and developing lots of talent, Osovet checks all the boxes to be an offensive position coach for Tennessee football. This is the most important thing he brings to the table, and it’s what makes him a great hire for Pruitt.