Andy Kelly will be named head coach of Team Tennessee of the fledgling All-American Football League at a press conference today at Neyland Stadium, a source told the News Sentinel.
Kelly played for the University of Tennessee 1988-91, completing 514 of 846 passes for 6,397 yards and 36 touchdowns.
He was UT's most prolific passer when he finished school and began playing professionally.
Kelly played 13 seasons in the Arena Football League, setting all-time records for completions, attempts, passing yards and touchdown passes. Kelly also had stints in the NFL and the NFL's World League of American Football.
All-American Football League teams will play 10 games, beginning in April 2008. Teams are located in such college football markets as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Michigan, Tennessee and Texas. Team Tennessee will play its games in Neyland Stadium.
Today's press conference is just part of the week's festivities, which will include an invitation-only combine-style workout and a formal dinner.
Several former Vols - including quarterback Tee Martin, receiver Alvin Harper, defensive back Terry Fair and punter Craig Colquitt - are scheduled to attend some or all of the events.
Former Arkansas quarterback Clint Stoerner, former Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel and former Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch also are scheduled to attend, as well as several other former NFL and college players who have endorsed the league.
Approximately 700 players are registered to try out for the AAFL at the Neyland Thompson Sports Complex.
The combine will be segmented into six sessions, with three sessions held each day.
Each session will be webcast live and archived for on-demand viewing on the AAFL Web site, www.aafl.com.
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Comments » 14
todd#529269 writes:
Good luck Coach Kelly!
Huntingdonvol writes:
GOOD LUCK AND WISH I COULD BE THERE TO SUPPORT!
chrisw2967 writes:
thats my boy , I think he will do fine.
wyomingvol writes:
Hire him as QB coach after the league folds.....
99gator writes:
does anyone up in knoxville care about this AAFL thing?
just curious.
i don't know what they are thinking....am i supposed to get excited if florida's old nfl rejects are better or worse than tenn's old nfl rejects?
ckmorris3#223265 writes:
I think Andy Kelly will be a great choice. I think he is destined to be a coach at UT in the future and this will be a great way to get a head start after a great AFL career.
Stumps writes:
football during baseball season never works. I'm surprised they're using the stadium.
tigervol9802 writes:
Hey Delt -
Which group of Delts at UT do you belong to? The ones that got kicked off campus because they had no money or the ones that were started about 5 years ago by guys who couldn't get bids to other chapters?
99gator -
I think it's called "Roy Kramer got bored being retired". That's about the only reason I can come up with.
tigervol9802 writes:
I just wondered which one you were as to officially realize the source of the info.
wyomingvol writes:
Your Delta Tau Chi nick name is Stroker....
creepykev#228270 writes:
who freakin cares. Send each other your phone numbers so you can go on a date.
inquiry writes:
Nickname is "Mamaw" as I recall, given by his Tennessee team-mates as one player said, "My Mamaw can out run you"..
rockytopfrog writes:
Apparently Stoernover fumbled again much like the UA football coach hiring process.
Dsmith writes:
Coach Kelly is a great guy, this league is going to be around for a very long time. I think we all should start getting tickets now!
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