Ron McKeefery

Although there was no official word from new coach Butch Jones on Sunday, numerous reports hinted at what Tennessee's new football staff will look like.

A slimmed-down Darrington Sentimore is no longer huffing and puffing through practice, and his perseverance has propelled him to the first-team defense.

KNOXVILLE -- The University of Tennessee football program replaced seven assistant coaches this offseason.

For Derek Dooley, the sheer size of Tennessee's new football practice facility would fit in any era.

Breakdown of UT athletic department salaries by sport

The University of Tennessee department of athletics executive and senior administrative staffs announced on April 16.

In June 1972 Pat Summitt was Pat Head, about to be a junior at UT Martin. Meanwhile in Knoxville, Tennessee women's basketball was an obscure enterprise. But then, so was virtually all of women's collegiate athletics.

Tennessee coach Derek Dooley along with head football strength coach Ron McKeefery and about 40 of his football players scaled Mount LeConte on Saturday.

When he was hired in January, Ron McKeefery became Tennessee's fifth head strength and conditioning coach since 2008.

The timing of Charlie Baggett's and Eric Russell's respective departures will prevent Tennessee from collecting any sort of buyout money from the former assistant coaches.

KNOXVILLE — In the late spring and heat of the summer, the University of Tennessee football team took to Neyland Stadium to run the steps — every last one of them.

Ron McKeefery has a crew cut, ties to the military, calls himself Derek Dooley's "drill sergeant" and certainly has the booming voice one would associate with that kind of title.

When given the opportunity, Tennessee secondary coach Terry Joseph has no problem talking a little smack to the team's wide receivers.

Jacques Smith had one of the best springs of any Tennessee defensive player, but he won't be on the field for Saturday's Orange and White game.

Jacques Smith had one of the best springs of any Tennessee defensive player, but he won’t be on the field for Saturday’s Orange and White Game.