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Tennessee AD candidate Mike Bohn has a Butch Jones ‘connection’

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – As Tennessee proceeds at a deliberate pace to replace Dave Hart as athletic director, the most ironic hire would be Mike Bohn of Cincinnati.

Four years ago, Bohn thought he had a coach hired when Bohn was AD at Colorado. That coach: Butch Jones.

The first week of December 2012, Jones, then coach at Cincinnati, interviewed at Purdue and Colorado. Both were “public” interviews because Jones wanted to see each school’s campus.

During his Colorado interview, Jones was videotaped in a vehicle with Bohn by chasing media. It was almost reminiscent of O.