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Tennessee football: Ranking 15 options to replace Kodi Burns as Vols WR coach

By Caleb Calhoun

Tennessee wide receivers coach Kodi Burns 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 wide receivers coach Kodi Burns 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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Dec 1, 2018; Orlando, FL, USA; UCF Knights head coach Josh Heupel pumps up the crowd during the second quarter against the Memphis Tigers at Spectrum Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 1, 2018; Orlando, FL, USA; UCF Knights head coach Josh Heupel pumps up the crowd during the second quarter against the Memphis Tigers at Spectrum Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports /

UCF Knights. Darrell Wyatt. 5. player. Scouting Report. 886. Wide receivers coach. Pick Analysis

Years at current position: 4

If you want continuity, why not have the guy who coached wide receivers under Josh Heupel all three years he was with the UCF Knights? Darrell Wyatt is that person and was a holdover from Heupel’s staff when Gus Malzahn took over the program this past year. As a result, once again, this would be a smooth transition Tennessee football.

Now, as this post was being written, Wyatt was reportedly being hired by the Boston College Eagles to join head coach Jeff Hafley’s staff as he enters his third season on the job. Matt Zenitz of On3 Sports tweeted out the news of Wyatt Monday evening.

Despite that news, it doesn’t mean UT should cancel any potential pursuit it has of him. Assistants leave quickly for other jobs all the time, and Wyatt would probably prefer heading to the SEC and working under Heupel to heading up to Massachusetts working under a program that nobody is ever going to be interested in.

Wyatt has ties to Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, and he has also been a pro coach with the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings. Simply put, he’s been all over, and he’s been an assistant coach since the late 1980s, almost always coaching receivers, so he brings a lot of value to the table.

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