Derek Dooley - Former Tennessee football coach

Derek Dooley was the head football coach for the University of Tennessee Volunteers from Jan. 15, 2010 - Nov. 18, 2012.

While at Tennessee, Derek Dooley compiled a 15-21 overall record, going 4-19 in SEC play. His final game was a 41-18 loss in Nashville against Vanderbilt in 2012. That loss dropped the Vols to 4-7 on the season guaranteeing that the team would suffer a third-straight losing season for the first time in over a century.

Key moments in Derek Dooley's tenure at Tennessee
Derek Dooley fired
Vols lose to Kentucky for the first time since 1984
Derek Dooley wants Tennessee to remember sting of bowl loss
Derek Dooley takes some ribbing for comments at media day
Derek Dooley warns Vols to stay out of trouble
Derek Dooley goes by the book
Derek Dooley promises integrity and class

• Eric Berry endorses Jones' approach Published 6/16/2013 at 6:51 p.m. 23 comments

  Eric Berry is on board with the direction of Tennessee football under new coach Butch Jones.

• John Adams: How the Vols could rise to top in SEC East Published 6/6/2013 at 7:12 p.m. 98 comments

  A preseason magazine has offered hope to the rest of college football by projecting scenarios that could end Alabama’s dynasty, now comprised of three national championships in four seasons.

• John Adams: UT hopes one Daniel McCullers play will lead to others Published 4/17/2013 at 9:24 p.m. 14 comments

  Daniel McCullers couldn’t pinpoint the cell number of the text he received Saturday night. But he knew it was a coach’s.

• Vols atwitter for a turnout for spring game Published 4/17/2013 at 8:20 p.m. 28 comments

  Senior safety Byron Moore is so confident that Tennessee fans will break the school’s record for spring game attendance on Saturday, he’s threatened to leave Twitter forever if the crowd falls short.

• Manning believes Jones will turn Vols around Published 4/12/2013 at 7:32 p.m. 1 comment

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Peyton Manning is back at his alma mater this week endorsing new Tennessee coach Butch Jones and preaching patience from the Volunteers' fan base.

• John Adams: New staff won over Daniel Hood with its love for the game Published 4/11/2013 at 9:03 p.m. 15 comments

  Daniel Hood would have faced a tough decision if Tennessee hadn’t made a coaching change after last season.

• Back for pro day, 'humbled' Da'Rick Rogers says he wants to rebuild bridge to UT Published 3/20/2013 at 8:58 p.m. 42 comments

  The last time Da’Rick Rogers caught passes from Tyler Bray inside Tennessee’s indoor facility was seven months ago.

• UT's NFL coordinator Bill Baker to retire Published 3/8/2013 at 8:02 p.m. 3 comments

  Bill Baker, a Tennessee graduate and longtime NFL scout, is leaving the football program. UT spokesperson Jimmy Stanton said Baker planned to retire after Pro Day, which is March 20.

• Derek Dooley and fired assistants will cost UT an estimated $7.5 million Published 3/1/2013 at 10:23 p.m. 86 comments

  Some time in the next 60 days, Jay Graham — or his new employers at Florida State — are required to send the University of Tennessee a check for about $85,000.

• New UT football facility to be named Anderson Training Center Published 3/1/2013 at 12:58 p.m. 18 comments

  CHATTANOOGA — UT’s recently finished $45 million football training center will be named the Anderson Training Center.

• Tennessee's Jones embraces unfamiliar challenge Published 2/28/2013 at 2:49 p.m. 41 comments

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Butch Jones believes he knows what it takes to revitalize a program that has fallen upon hard times, even though he didn't face that...

• Source: Graham was offered $40,000 raise to $300,000 Published 2/25/2013 at 9:30 p.m. 81 comments

  Jay Graham, a record-setting Tennessee running back who developed a reputation as an ace recruiter and an impressive coach, is leaving his alma mater for Florida State.

• John Adams: Losing Jay Graham is more than just losing a running backs coach Published 2/25/2013 at 6:59 p.m. 126 comments

  You can’t fully appreciate Jay Graham’s departure from Tennessee without recalling his arrival.

• Jay Graham reunites with Randy Sanders, Sal Sunseri at Florida State Published 2/25/2013 at 11:55 a.m. 70 comments

  Tennessee running backs coach Jay Graham, a former Vol great who returned to his alma mater just over a year ago, is leaving for Florida State.

• Jay Graham leaving Vols for Florida State Published 2/25/2013 at 11:05 a.m. 207 comments

  Tennessee running backs coach Jay Graham, a former Vol great who returned to his alma mater just over a year ago, is leaving for Florida State.

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