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Tennessee football: Two coaches Danny White discovered given opposite grades as hires

Tennessee Head Coach Josh Heupel calls at the Orange & White spring game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Kns Vols Spring Game

Known for his hiring prowess with the Buffalo Bulls and the UCF Knights, UT athletic director Danny White’s first hire with Tennessee football produced a mixed reaction. White was obviously the one to hire Josh Heupel away from UCF after he hired Heupel to UCF three years ago.

However, Heupel is the only coach discovered by White to get a new coaching job this year. Lance Leipold, who White hired to coach Buffalo in 2015 after five Division III National Championships in eight years with the Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks, has now been hired to replace Les Miles as head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks.