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According to ESPN David Cutcliffe withdrew his name from consideration for the Tennessee Vols coaching job. This came after multiple reports that David Cutcliffe would be the next head coach.

Another report from govolsxtra says that Derek Dooley will be hired as the next Tennessee Head Coach. The report says that Mike Hamilton will still interview Kippy Brown, but it seems it must just be a formality.

The whole state of Tennessee is probably thinking, "Who?" Followed by, "Oh, I've heard of this guy's dad too."

From the national football post, "The 41-year-old Dooley, who coached at Louisiana Tech for three seasons and is the son of Georgia legend Vince Dooley, compiled a 17-20 overall record at the school with a 12-12 mark in WAC play."

I thought upper echelon schools usually try to hire guys with winning records at lower levels, instead of losing records at lower levels. Keep in mind the guy we fired 2 coaches ago (Fulmer) only had one season where his record was below this overall record in his entire career.

Apparently even Kyle Wittingham turned down the job.

Phillip Fulmer released a statement to the media today, because he has been getting so many calls. I can't find a copy of the actual statement online. From reports on the statement, Fulmer doesn't consider himself a candidate for the head coaching position, but he is willing to help Tennessee find the next head coach.

Fulmer didn't mention whether he would be interested in the Athletic director position.

(Update: WATE in Knoxville is reporting that Mike Hamilton has said Phillip Fulmer "will not return to take the helm" of the Tennessee program.)

The Sporting News is reporting that Tennessee's board of trustees has contacted Phillip Fulmer about being the new athletic director, or maybe even coach. There have not been any reports that Hamilton has talked to Fulmer, so this probably bodes poorly for Hamilton. There are also reports, however, that no trustee has talked to Fulmer in an official capacity.

This comes after rumors that Muschamp and Gruden have turned down the coaching job.

No word on Cutcliffe.

Phillip Fulmer spoke recently at the America Football Coaches Association’s President’s Breakfast, and the Tennessean has a nice article. From the article:

“It’s easy to be bitter,” Fulmer said. “It’s easy to be mad. But thank goodness for the experiences I’ve had.”

According to GoVolsXtra there was Phillip Fulmer sighting at ESPN. It looks like Phillip is taking others advice and taking some time off from coaching by being a studio analyst. From the article:

If there was one thing different about Fulmer it was the choice of his tie: blue.