Vols Dooley says DC Wilcox ‘has never been offered a job at Texas’

Over the weekend, it was reported that Tennessee defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is in serious discussion for the same job at Texas and that he hasn’t decided yet whether or not to accept a job. According to head coach Derek Dooley, that’s not the case. In fact, Dooley said Monday after practice that no assistant on his staff has been offered a job from any other school. That would presumably include Wilcox. "Here’s all I can tell you," Dooley said according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. "Nobody on our staff has been offered any jobs, I don’t anticipate any staff changes and I’m going to reiterate exactly what I said in Wednesday’s press conference, it’s a fluid industry, and it always is. But I don’t anticipate any changes, and nobody on our staff has been offered a job." "That’s where we are. I’m never going to beg people to stay at Tennessee, because this is a great job and there are thousands of coaches that would kill to be here and we’re never going to have one coach that’s going to be bigger than the program. I think we should expect this every year, so get used to it because it’s a good thing. When programs want your coaches, it means your coaches are doing a good job."

Dooley expounded further on the Wilcox issue, saying that, "to my knowledge, he has never been offered a job at Texas, and he’s not going to be named within 48 hours"”