Former University of Tennessee football head coach Jeremy Pruitt was fired Jan. 18 after three years.
Pruitt is likely to become a defensive assistant for the New York Giants.
The former UT head coach was fired earlier this month amidst an NCAA investigation for recruiting violations that allegedly occurred under his watch.
I’m told this is happening: Former Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt is joining Joe Judge’s coaching staff with #NYGiants, source confirms, and as @DDuggan21 reported.
Pruitt will work on defensive side of ball, specific role TBD. https://t.co/ByVvZy186a— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) January 28, 2021
Pruitt guided the Vols to a 3-7 record in 2020.
Tennessee, playing a Southeastern Conference-only schedule in 2020, won its first two games against South Carolina and Missouri before the Vols lost six consecutive games. The Vols defeated Vanderbilt, 42-17, in Nashville on Dec. 12 before closing the 2020 campaign with a 34-13 loss to Texas A&M on Dec. 19.
Pruitt went 16-19 in three seasons at Tennessee.
In New York, he will join former UT head coach Derek Dooley, who coached in Knoxville between 2010-12, going 15-21. Dooley serves as a senior offensive assistant for the Giants.
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