FAYETTEVILLE — Former University of Arkansas defensive coordinator John Chavis has been hired as an assistant youth football coach in Knoxville, Tenn., according to the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Chavis, 63, is coaching the feeder program for West High School in the Knoxville Area Middle-School Age Conference, according to the News Sentinel. The team’s head coach is former University of Tennessee quarterback Jeff Francis.
Chavis has a long history in Knoxville. He previously served as an assistant coach at UT for 20 seasons from 1989-2008 and also played college football for the Volunteers. He began his coaching career at Tennessee as a graduate assistant.