Former Tennessee assistant Mike Canales shares good health news

Mike Canales served as Tennessee’s quarterbacks coach in 2017.

Former Tennessee quarterbacks coach Mike Canales shared good health news on Wednesday.

Canales mentioned he is cancer free.

“Thankful for Dr. Javier Arenas for giving us such good news,” Canales said on Twitter. “Biopsy came back negative and cancer free. Appreciate all the prayers from family and friends. God is so Great, he heard Y’all.”

 

Canales served as Tennessee’s quarterbacks coach in 2017. 2017 was the final season for Butch Jones as the Vols’ head coach.

With a head coaching change following the 2017 campaign, Canales would serve as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UTEP from 2018-20.

“Our stint was short, but it’s a special place for me,” Canales previously told Vols Wire of coaching at Tennessee. “The tradition and the history of that place, it was an honor to be a coach at Tennessee. It meant a lot to me and I’ll never forget that. I can always say I ran through the T and sat in with Peyton Manning.

“Even though it was tough times, I get that part, I understand the fan base and how upset they were and how disappointed they were. I understand their love for that place, but I went to work every day and gave it all I had. I gave my all for Tennessee and tried to be an ambassador for that great university.”

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