Todd Watson
Watson is in his third season at Tennessee under Pruitt, serving as Director of Football Programming.
Pruitt and Watson worked together at Hoover High School in 2004 under head coach Rush Propst. Watson served as defensive coordinator, while Pruitt was defensive backs coach for Propst.
“Todd Watson is a quality football coach and Jeremy has probably thought about that, but he is there everyday and he knows what Todd does in a day in and day out basis,” Propst said on the show “Tennessee Two-A-Days.”
“I am sure Jeremy has thought about that inside and out,” Propst continued. “Todd is a very good football coach, they worked together when they worked for me, now Todd has been with Jeremy for quite some time. I am sure that he has thought about that.
“I think you have to look at Jeremy’s situation, too. A lot of times you do not want to rob Peter to pay Paul, so he has to measure what Todd is actually doing for him. He maybe doing something for Jeremy that he can’t afford for Todd to go be an assistant coach at that position that could affect him in another area of his football program.”
Propst mentioned that it is wise for Pruitt to not make multiple changes within his program during the 2020 season.
“I learned this along time ago — you don’t make multiple moves,” Propst said. “You minimize the damage. You try to cover up what you can cover up, but don’t maximize the damage by making multiple moves.”
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