Tennessee names UCF's Danny White as new athletic director

Tennessee named UCF's Danny White as its new athletic director, the school announced Thursday.

White replaces Phillip Fulmer, who announced his retirement Monday. White's first order of business will be to hire a new head football coach after Tennessee fired Jeremy Pruitt for cause on Monday amid an investigation into alleged widespread recruiting improprieties.

White took over as UCF's vice president and director of athletics in late 2015. He has experience in the SEC and was senior associate athletic director at Ole Miss from 2009-12.

He said the decision to leave UCF was a difficult one.

"While I am very excited about the opportunity to become the next Director of Athletics at the University…