After being embarrassed by Vanderbilt 41-18 in 2012, the Tennessee Volunteers made a decision to fire head coach Derek Dooley. Dooley went 15-21 in his three years in Knoxville, and the program followed that up by hiring Butch Jones.
After three straight losing seasons from 2010 to 2012, Jones took over and has led the Volunteers to a 30-21 record over the last four seasons, including back-to-back 9-4 seasons, the only SEC team besides Alabama to win nine games in each of the past two seasons.
They’ve also had a lot of success against their neighbors to the north, the Kentucky Wildcats.