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Penn State Football’s Tim Banks headed to Tennessee as Defensive Coordinator

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Penn State Football safeties coach Tim Banks is off to Knoxville to become the defensive coordinator at Tennessee.

The move was first reported by Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports just after noon on Monday.

Sources: Tennessee is finalizing a deal to hire Penn State co-defensive coordinator Tim Banks as the school’s new DC. Banks has extensive DC experience, including at Illinois, Cincinnati and Central Michigan.

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) February 15, 2021

Banks had been the safeties coach at Penn State since 2016.