Twice this week, John Currie was on the verge of making astoundingly unpopular hires atop the University of Tennessee football program.
Currie isn’t going to receive an opportunity to make a third such blunder. UT Chancellor Beverly Davenport, despite her awareness of Currie’s attempt to hire Greg Schiano last Sunday, fired Currie Friday morning, just hours after Currie returned home from what sources said was an unsanctioned West Coast trip.
Multiple sources with direct connections to the University of Tennessee and its leadership said today that UT is expected to separate from Currie with cause, a move which would nullify Currie’s prodigious buyout.