When Jeremy Pruitt took the Tennessee football job in December, he lured Tyson Helton away from the USC Trojans to be offensive coordinator. Helton had been the passing game coordinator there while serving under offensive coordinator Tee Martin.
Without Helton, the Trojans’ offense tanked along with Martin’s value as a coach. He was demoted and then fired by Clay Helton. After Helton left to take the head coaching job of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, Pruitt brought back Jim Chaney to run the offense. He then brought Martin home to serve as passing game coordinator, the title Helton had at USC when Martin was OC.