Rodney Garner
After Jeremy Pruitt’s coaching staff went up in flames on Rocky Top, the dust eventually settled around former Auburn football defensive coordinator Kevin Steele. But just as quick as he was in, he was back out, and in his wake comes another former Auburn staffer in Rodney Garner.
Quickly after Jeremy Pruitt was fired, Kevin Steele was named Tennessee’s interim head coach. It was casually the second time in a month he found himself as acting head coach at a major university.
Eventually, with the hire of former UCF head coach Josh Heupel, it was assumed that Kevin Steele would not be retained on the defensive staff–possibly because Josh Heupel is interested in keeping his job.