Tennessee surprised the national college football community when it hired a coach in his early 30s. Such a young man to be charged with such vast responsibility.
A coach whose opener at Tennessee would be his 1st game as a college head coach.
An outsider to the UT family.
Whose challenge is to not just compete but thrive in a conference of iconic coaches with national-championship resumes.
But Doug Dickey turned out all right.
That was 1964. Flip the calendar forward 45 years and 538 football games.
Now Tennessee is trying to strike gold with another fresh start.
The Lane Kiffin Era is a clean break with the past. A storied past, to be sure, but one that in recent years hasn't been quite so glorious as everyone would like.
The similarities to 1964 are strikingly familiar. The SEC Rocks!
A coach whose opener at Tennessee would be his 1st game as a college head coach.
An outsider to the UT family.
Whose challenge is to not just compete but thrive in a conference of iconic coaches with national-championship resumes.
But Doug Dickey turned out all right.
That was 1964. Flip the calendar forward 45 years and 538 football games.
Now Tennessee is trying to strike gold with another fresh start.
The Lane Kiffin Era is a clean break with the past. A storied past, to be sure, but one that in recent years hasn't been quite so glorious as everyone would like.
The similarities to 1964 are strikingly familiar. The SEC Rocks!
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