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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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COLUMBIA, MO – SEPTEMBER 9: Andy Hill the Missouri Tigers assistant head coach watches the Tigers warm up prior to a game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Memorial Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, MO – SEPTEMBER 9: Andy Hill the Missouri Tigers assistant head coach watches the Tigers warm up prior to a game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Memorial Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) /

14. 124. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Assistant special teams coordinator. Kansas City Chiefs. Andy Hill. player

Years at current position: 2

Continuity is the selling point here. Andy Hill was a longtime wide receivers coach for the Missouri Tigers, a job he held during Gary Pinkel’s entire tenure there and when Barry Odom replaced Pinkel as head coach in 2016. In 2016 and 2017, Hill worked under Josh Heupel while Heupel was Mizzou’s offensive coordinator.

Funny enough, former Tennessee football head coach Derek Dooley also worked with Hill while he was Mizzou’s offensive coordinator in 2018 and 2019. However, Eliah Drinkwitz didn’t retain him when he took over in 2020, and Hill had to go somewhere else for the first time in a while.

He stayed in Missouri, heading to the Kansas City Chiefs and working under Andy Reid. The past two years, Hill has been the assistant special teams coordinator and has focused on developing punters. However, his track record with receivers would be a huge benefit.

Familiarity with Heupel, experience and coaching in multiple different offenses could make Hill a solid pickup. However, what keeps him down here is the fact that he has no real recruiting connections, which Heupel desperately needs, and it may cost a good bit of money to get him to leave the pros. Those things make this an unlikely hire.

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