Phillip Fulmer’s contract goes through 2023

Details on Phillip Fulmer’s contract with the University of Tennessee.

KNOXVILLE — Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee’s Director of Athletics, was set to have his contract end Dec. 31, 2021.

Fulmer now has a revised contract with an end date of Dec. 31, 2023. He took over the position in Dec. 2017.

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Fulmer was head coach at Tennessee from 1992-2008.

He played for the Vols and was an assistant coach under Johnny Majors at UT.

Fulmer first became interim head coach in 1992 when Majors was sidelined with heart problems.

In 1998, he guided the Vols to a 13-0 record and the 1998 national championship with a win over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl. Tennessee won the first BCS championship.

After becoming Tennessee’s Director of Athletics, Fulmer hired Jeremy Pruitt as the Vols’ head coach for football.

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