Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Danny White was hired by Tennessee on Jan. 22.
He came to Tennessee after serving in the same capacity at UCF.
While at UCF, White hired Josh Heupel as the Knights’ football head coach. White did the same at Tennessee, hiring Heupel as the Vols’ head coach.
Heupel was introduced as Tennessee’s football head coach on Wednesday. White met with media to discuss his hiring. Below is a transcript provided by the University of Tennessee.
UT press release:
“I appreciate you guys being here today. I think I’ve been on the job five days and it’s been a whirlwind. I’m proud to be at Tennessee and I’m really excited about today. I want to welcome Josh, and you will meet his wonderful family; Dawn, Hannah and Jace. We’ve rocked their world and I think they’re in the same boat now as my family, a family in transition. Really excited about having you all here as part of the Tennessee family and everything we’re excited about building here moving forward.
“I want to thank President Randy Boyd and Chancellor Donde Plowman for their support throughout this search for the last week. I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity for me, personally, to be here and the future of what we have going for Tennessee Athletics and this entire institution. Our football student-athletes were phenomenal, they were really, really great. We have a special group. I want to thank the leadership committee I met with this past weekend. The insight they gave me as to what’s happening inside our football program was absolutely instrumental to help me identify the right leader that we have here in Josh Heupel of our football program moving forward.”
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