A survey of anonymous coaches touted the Tennessee football Volunteers assistant.
Nobody has questioned Jeremy Pruitt’s ability to build a staff at Tennessee football of high-profile assistants who are great on the recruiting trail. He’s mixed in key veterans with guys like Jim Chaney, but the young, energetic recruiters steal the show.
One of those guys is inside linebackers coach Brian Niedermeyer. Winner of the 2019 National Recruiter of the Year award, the 2012 graduate of Arkansas Pine-Bluff who played with the program from 2011 to 2013 is considered a guy with a very bright future.
According to Matt Zenitz of AL.com, a survey of anonymous coaches at the college and pro level conducted by the website revealed Niedermeyer as a rising star. Here is a bit of what the article said about Niedermeyer.
"Niedermeyer has been with Jeremy Pruitt dating back to Pruitt’s time as the defensive coordinator at Georgia in 2015. The Alaska native followed Pruitt to Alabama in 2016 and is now a valuable part of Pruitt’s staff in Knoxville."
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Over the last two years, Niedermeyer coached tight ends, but he moved over to linebackers to replace Kevin Sherrer, who left for the New York Giants, and make room for Joe Osovet, who was promoted from an off-field role. However, his experience on that side of the ball should make for a smooth transition.
More importantly, Niedermeyer has joined Tee Martin and Derrick Ansley to make a group of elite recruiters highly familiar with SEC country on Pruitt’s staff. Combine that with Niedermeyer’s ability to work on both sides of the ball, and UT clearly has an elite coach.
At age 31, the guy has an extremely bright future ahead of him, and given the fact the the Vols’ defensive coordinator himself, Ansley, could be in line for a head coaching job, there is probably room for Niedermeyer to become a coordinator in the near future. He’s proven himself so far at least on the recruiting trail.
This year will be Niedermeyer’s first year coaching linebackers in an on-field role at this level. As a result, he has another major test. However, Tennessee football has put a ton of faith in him, and Vol fans everywhere are hoping he proves himself. That will only raise his profile.