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Tennessee football: Ranking all 28 offseason coaching changes by impact on Vols

By Caleb Calhoun

Tennessee Herd Coach Josh Heupel at the 2021 Music City Bowl NCAA college football game at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021.Kns Tennessee Purdue
Tennessee Herd Coach Josh Heupel at the 2021 Music City Bowl NCAA college football game at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021.Kns Tennessee Purdue /
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Head Coach Jeff Tedford watches Fresno State’s annual Pro Day as 19 of his Bulldogs participated Monday, March 18, 2019. Scouts from 28 NFL teams watched players in the 40-yard dash, bench press, vertical jump, broad jump, 3 cone drill and shuttle run, as well as player specific position drills.Participants included LB Jeff Allison, DB Mike Bell, DL Patrick Belony, DB Matt Boateng, OL Markus Boyer, WR Brian Burt, DB Sherman Coleman Jr., OL Christian Cronk, WR Delvon Hardaway, LB George Helmuth, WR KeeSean Johnson, WR Jamire Jordan, DB Anthoula Kelly, DB Maamaloa Mafi, QB Marcus McMaryion, RB Dejonte O’Neal, WR Namani Parker, WR Michiah Quick, and OL Micah St. Andrew.0318 Fbc Csufresno 5811
Head Coach Jeff Tedford watches Fresno State’s annual Pro Day as 19 of his Bulldogs participated Monday, March 18, 2019. Scouts from 28 NFL teams watched players in the 40-yard dash, bench press, vertical jump, broad jump, 3 cone drill and shuttle run, as well as player specific position drills.Participants included LB Jeff Allison, DB Mike Bell, DL Patrick Belony, DB Matt Boateng, OL Markus Boyer, WR Brian Burt, DB Sherman Coleman Jr., OL Christian Cronk, WR Delvon Hardaway, LB George Helmuth, WR KeeSean Johnson, WR Jamire Jordan, DB Anthoula Kelly, DB Maamaloa Mafi, QB Marcus McMaryion, RB Dejonte O’Neal, WR Namani Parker, WR Michiah Quick, and OL Micah St. Andrew.0318 Fbc Csufresno 5811 /

player. Scouting Report. Fresno St. Bulldogs. Kalen DeBoer. Jeff Tedford. 25. Pick Analysis. 897

Previous role: Retired

(2020-21)

Fans on Rocky Top are familiar with Jeff Tedford. Tennessee football had a memorable win in 2006 at home against the Cal Golden Bears, where Tedford was head coach from 2002 to 2012. They entered that game in the top 10, and the Vols won easily. The next year, though, Cal won a rematch in Berkeley.

Anyway, two years after being fired by Cal, Tedford spent a year in the NFL and a year in the Canadian Football League before joining Chris Petersen as an offensive assistant with the Washington Huskies in 2016, the year they made the College Football Playoff. That got the Fresno State Bulldogs calling in 2017.

From 2017 to 2019, Tedford went 26-6 at Fresno State, won two division titles and captured the Mountain West title and a top 20 finish in 2018. However, he resigned after going 4-8 in 2019 due to health reasons. Fresno State then hired Kalen DeBoer, who went 3-3 and then 9-3.

DeBoer has left for a Power Five job, which we’ll get to later, and that resulted in Lee Marks coaching their New Mexico Bowl win and Tedford coming out of retirement to take back over Fresno State afterward. As another Group of Five hire, this has limited impact on the Vols, but Tedford’s abilities as an offensive mind could make this program a bit of a threat.

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