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Sources: Tennessee expected to fire coach Jeremy Pruitt

Changes are coming at the University of Tennessee.

Sources told Yahoo Sports on Monday that the school is expected to fire coach Jeremy Pruitt. Tennessee is amid an internal investigation into alleged recruiting issues that led to Pruitt's inevitable fate.

The future of athletic director Phil Fulmer will also be addressed Monday, with a source indicating that retirement is a possibility. It’s unlikely that Fulmer will be involved in the hiring of a new coach, as Tennessee officials want to start over with alignment between their coach and athletic director for the long term.

Pruitt’s firing ends his tenure at 16-19 in three seasons, but his hire and time at the school will be remembered more for the dysfunction that surrounded it.