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Vols Announce Butch Jones as New Head Coach
Posted on December 07, 2012
It looks as though the Vols have finally found their head coach. The University of Tennessee has hired former Cincinnati Coach Butch Jones to replace Derek Dooley.
In his six years as head coach, for both Cincinnati and Central Michigan, Jones posted a 50-27 record. He went 27-13 in three seasons at Central Michigan and 23-14 at Cincinnati the past three years. He followed Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly at each of these stops.
At Tennessee, the 44-year-old Jones will succeed Derek Dooley, who was fired November 18 after going 15-21 in three years. Dooley posted a losing record in each of his three seasons in Tennessee, the first time since 1909-11 the Volunteers have finished below .500 three straight years.
The University of Tennessee will announce Jones’s hiring at a press conference this afternoon, followed by Bob Kesling’s exclusive interview with the new coach. WKSR will bring you that press conference this afternoon beginning at 1:30.
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