Tennessee Director of Athletics Phillip Fulmer appeared on the radio show “Vol Calls” Wednesday.
Fulmer discussed Jeremy Pruitt, whom he hired in Dec. 2017, and how the third-year Tennessee head coach compares to Johnny Majors through the first 30 games during their UT tenure.
“I had the experience of being part of coach Majors’ staff in the early 80s, and the programs are kind of in a similar place,” Fulmer said in comparing Majors and Pruitt. “It took Coach (Majors) into his fourth and fifth year to get things turned around, and, right now, everybody wished that it would happen quicker in the process.”
Fulmer served as Majors’ offensive line coach from 1980-88.
Majors’ first season as head coach at Tennessee came in 1977, and through his first 30 games he was 14-15-1. Pruitt is currently 15-17 at Tennessee.
Following Fulmer’s analysis of Majors and Pruitt, Vols Wire discussed the matter on “The Tony Basilio Show” Thursday.
The show can be listened to here.
[vertical-gallery id=31391]