Danny White was hired as Tennessee’s athletics director Friday.
A search is underway in hiring the Vols’ next football head coach. Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott is a candidate to fill Tennessee’s vacancy.
Elliott has coached at Clemson since 2011. He started as a running backs coach for the Tigers, a unit he oversaw through the 2014 campaign.
Elliott was promoted to co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach from 2015-19. Jeff Scott served as co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach between 2015-19.
Scott left Clemson for his first head coaching position at South Florida following the 2019 campaign. Scott’s departure allowed for Elliott to become the Tigers’ sole offensive coordinator in 2020.
A current Power Five assistant that coached alongside Elliott at Clemson discussed with Vols Wire what Tennessee would be getting as a head coach in Elliott.
“Great person, one of the best I have ever been around,” Vols Wire was told of Elliott. “Really good coach, very detailed.”
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