A week and a half after news reports leaked the hires, Tennessee football confirmed that Shelton Felton and Jimmy Brumbaugh were replacing Chris Rumph and Tracy Rocker as outside linebackers and defensive line coaches respectively. Felton is back at UT after serving in an off-field role back in 2018 under Jeremy Pruit.
The Vols have lots of reasons to be excited over these hires, and we have gone into detail what is great about many of them. However, as we continue to say, no hire is perfect, and not every hire works out. Fans on Rocky Top have known for years how staff changes can derail a program.