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Tennessee football: Five potential concerns over Vols hiring DL coach Jimmy Brumbaugh

By Caleb Calhoun

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 30: Assistant coach and defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh of the Colorado Buffaloes looks on in the fourth quarter of a game against the Colorado Buffaloes at Broncos Stadium at Mile High on August 30, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - AUGUST 30: Assistant coach and defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh of the Colorado Buffaloes looks on in the fourth quarter of a game against the Colorado Buffaloes at Broncos Stadium at Mile High on August 30, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) /
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1. Limited history of producing standout talent

To be fair, Jimmy Brumbaugh is a co-defensive coordinator along with being a defensive line coach. But Derrick Ansley is Tennessee football’s main defensive coordinator, and when you are a position coach specifically, your track record of developing talent at that position matters.

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Brumbaugh, unlike many of the other hires Jeremy Pruitt has made this offseason, actually has a deep track record coaching defensive linemen. He has done it for 11 years at the FBS level and nine years at the Power Five level, or BCS level if you want to count that toward his time with the Syracuse Orange. Four of those years have been at the SEC level.

During that time, Brumbaugh has only produced two all-conference players. Both were All-SEC players with the Kentucky Wildcats. One was Bud DePree, who was a two-time All-SEC player and a first-team selection in 2014, and the other was Cory Johnson, who was named second-team by only one service in 2015.

That’s a major issue. Over the past four years, Brumbaugh has failed to produce an all-conference defensive lineman while coaching in three different conferences: the SEC, Big Ten and Pac-12. As a result, you have to question his ability to produce elite level talent.

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Overall, Brumbaugh has enough positives to still make him a solid hire for Tennessee football. And many of these things may not end up being problematic. But producing nationally recognized talent does matter for a position coach, and Brumbaugh’s record suggests he hasn’t done that recently. So that’s a legitimate concern.

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