KNOXVILLE — Tennessee will kickoff spring practices on Tuesday, March 10.
Chip Long joined Tennessee’s staff in an off-field position last month. He will serve as an offensive quality control analyst for the Vols. Tennessee made the announcement Friday.
Long comes to Tennessee following a three-year stint as offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at Notre Dame.
Chip Long’s offensive philosophies detailed for Tennessee
Long played at North Alabama from 2002–05 when Jeremy Pruitt was coaching at Fort Payne and Hoover High School in Alabama. He also played at Mountain Brook High School.
The 36-year old was an offensive graduate assistant under Bobby Petrino at Louisville (2006) and at Arkansas (2008–09) before his first on-field position as tight ends and fullbacks coach under Ron Zook at Illinois (2010-11).
Following the Zook-era at Illinois, Long went to Arizona State as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator from 2012-15 under Todd Graham. Current Florida State and former Memphis head coach Mike Norvell served as offensive coordinator for the Sun Devils. Norvell became Memphis’ head coach in 2016 and brought Long with him to serve as offensive coordinator and tight ends coach.