Fulmer keeping Volquest guessing, here's the breaking news as of late yesterday:
Tuesday, December 5 - 10:14 PM Update - Things heating up with Vols and Pruitt
Tennessee athletic director Phil Fulmer will conduct a second interview with Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt either Tuesday evening or on Wednesday morning according to Brent Hubbs of Volquest.com. Pruitt who has been at Alabama since 2016 has kept the Crimson Tide’s defense tops in the Country, this year Alabama finished the regular season allowing just 138 points (11.5 average) which was first in the Nation and also lead the entire Nation in total defense.
During the 2016 season under Pruitt, Alabama’s defense allowed just 13.0 points per game and just 63.9 yards per game rushing and recorded 54 total sacks. Before Alabama Pruitt coached for two seasons at Georgia where he was the defensive coordinator/secondary coach and also held the same positions at Florida State during the Seminoles 2013 season when Florida State won the National Championship. Currently, Pruitt is making 1.3 million per year as the defensive coordinator at Alabama, a salary that will grow by 100,000 over the next two seasons.
Pruitt was a recent finalist for the Mississippi State Head Coaching Job, before the Bulldogs hired Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead.