Jay Graham leaving for FSU

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The former standout running back at Tennessee, who starred alongside Peyton Manning on some of the Vols' most successful teams in the mid-1990s and was drafted into the NFL, was the lone holdover in the transition from Derek Dooley to Butch Jones, but Graham has opted for a position on Jimbo Fisher's Florida State staff.

No less than four sources told VolQuest.com on Monday morning that Graham, touted by Jones as "hired and not retained," has verbally accepted the post to become the running backs coach with more money and more responsibility on the staff at Florida State under Fisher, who was a one-time candidate to replace Dooley here at Tennessee.

Vols suffer major loss to coaching staff

Bummer

 

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kewl

 

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kewl

 

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The last thing UT needs is to "suffer a major loss" right now.

 

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New RB coach

Tennessee head coach Butch Jones has filled his vacant running back coaching position and will have a full staff in place when the Vols open spring practice on Saturday March 9th.

Former Florida running back Robert Gillespie who interviewed for the job on Thursday was offered and accepted the position on Friday.

The 33-year old Gillespie has been the running backs coach at West Virginia since 2011 and was scheduled to make $300,000 dollars with the Mountineers this year. Gillespie according to sources does not have a buyout to leave Morgantown for another job. But Gillespie's salary with the Vols is not clear at this point

Jones fills staff vacancy

 

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New RB coach



Jones fills staff vacancy

Interesting...a UT guy goes to Florida (State) and a Florida guy comes to Tennessee...

I think Graham was a good recruiter, hopefully Gillespie is too.