Josh Heupel introduces Tennessee’s defensive coaching staff

First-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel introduced his defensive staff.

Mike Ekeler — Outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator

KNOXVILLE, TN – March 08, 2021 – Outside Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator Mike Ekeler of the Tennessee Volunteers during a press conference in the Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Caleb Jones/Tennessee Athletics (Tennessee Athletic Communications)

“Our outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler, a guy that I’ve known dating back to our time together at Oklahoma. You just look at his track record of where he’s been and the success that they’ve had. Another guy that’s had coordinator experience on the defensive coordinator position, but also has done it on the special teams side coming from North Texas. But, he has been inside of this league and handled special teams at Georgia when he was there with Coach (Mark) Richt as well and brings a tremendous amount of knowledge to the special teams side of it here in our program.” — Josh Heupel on Mike Ekeler

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