Tennessee Volunteers

Coaching Changes for 2015 Complete

March 10, 2015

Season Report Posted: November 08, 2009 09:01  

After Offensive Coordinator Jeff Harrison accepted the Head Coaching position at UNLV, Tennessee head coach Chance Woolfolk shaked up his staff, particularly on the defensive side:

-Defensive Coordinator Terrell Patterson will be the Co-Offensive Coordinator, along with Running Backs coach David Abernathy.

-Patterson will also coach the Offensive Line, along with Kevin Stubblefield, a grad assistant last year. Stubblefield will also coach the Tight Ends.

-Grad Assistant Roger Clapp will become the new Quarterbacks coach.

-Alex Denton, another graduate assistant, will become the Wide Receivers coach.

-Grad Assistant DeQuan Robinson will become the new Defensive Quality Control coach, replacing Heath Seremet, who left for UNLV.

-Defensive Line Coach Jeff Korzec will be the new Defensive Coordinator.

-Also, Jeff Harrison announced his staff at UNLV, amongst them are former UT coaches on Woolfolk's staff:

-Former WR coach Kristan Johnson acceped the same position at UNLV.

-Former TE and OL coach Randy Penley will be the Defensive Coordinator at UNLV.

-Penley's sons, Jeremy and Josh (who were graduate assistants under Woolfolk), both accepted coaching positions for the Rebels; Jeremy with Linebackers, Josh with Tight Ends and the Offensive Line.

-Jesse Allen and Tim Halterman, graduate assistants the last six years, will be the Defensive Backs and Running Backs coaches, respectively.

-Josh Renshaw, Tennessee's Offensive Quality Control coach, will accept the same position at UNLV, along with Special Teams.