Danny White discusses how he will conduct Tennessee’s search to hire a football head coach

The search for Tennessee’s next football head coach is underway following UT hiring Danny White as its athletics director.

The search for Tennessee’s next football head coach is underway following UT hiring Danny White as its athletics director.

White met with media Friday as he was introduced as Tennessee’s director of athletics.

During the press conference, White mentioned he will do a lot of homework in hiring the Vols’ next football head coach.

He also discussed how his search will be expansive and that head coaching experience is not criteria in being hired.

White previously served as athletics director at Buffalo (2012-15) and UCF (2015-2021).

In this Nov. 2, 2019, file photo, Central Florida athletic director Danny White stands on the sideline at the team’s NCAA college football game against Houston in Orlando, Fla. Tennessee has hired UCF athletic director Danny White as the Volunteers’ new athletic director Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, just three days after announcing the firing of football coach Jeremy Pruitt and athletic director Phillip Fulmer’s retirement. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr., File)

At Buffalo, White hired Lance Leipold away from his alma mater, Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he won six NCAA Division III national championships (2007, 2009–2011, 2013–2014).

White hired Scott Frost as head coach at UCF.

When Frost departed for the same position at his alma mater, Nebraska, after a 13-0 2017 season, White hired Josh Heupel. Heupel came to UCF from Missouri as the Tigers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

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