Bleacher Report · Nov 21, 2020
Tennessee AD Phillip Fulmer Tests Positive for COVID-19
Former Tennessee head coach, Phillip Fulmer, is seen an NCAA college football game between Tennessee and South Carolina Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)University of Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer announced Friday that he tested positive for COVID-19:
Fulmer noted that while he is asymptomatic, he is following isolation protocol. He also divulged that he was not deemed to have come into close contact with any student-athletes or Tennessee sports staff members.
The 70-year-old has been Tennessee's athletic director since 2017 after previously serving as the Volunteers' head football coach from 1992-2008.