Beamer was on Fulmer’s draft list to replace Pruitt

[PerchedOnRings]

Per Knoxville News and Sentinel:

“After defending Pruitt’s job performance, Fulmer listed 16 coaches to consider if Pruitt was fired – including former UT quarterback and Pruitt assistant Tee Martin, Auburn coach Hugh Freeze (then at Liberty), Florida coach Billy Napier (then at University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and South Carolina coach Shane Beamer.”

Regarding a time frame, the article says, “Based on the context, portions of the email appear to have been written in late November 2020, but not sent to Hardy until January. There’s no available record of Plowman ever receiving the email.”

 

[PerchedOnRings]

Per Knoxville News and Sentinel:

“After defending Pruitt’s job performance, Fulmer listed 16 coaches to consider if Pruitt was fired – including former UT quarterback and Pruitt assistant Tee Martin, Auburn coach Hugh Freeze (then at Liberty), Florida coach Billy Napier (then at University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and South Carolina coach Shane Beamer.”

Regarding a time frame, the article says, “Based on the context, portions of the email appear to have been written in late November 2020, but not sent to Hardy until January. There’s no available record of Plowman ever receiving the email.”

I get the conversation going then. Officially coveted.

 

[Gradstudent]

After the Derek Dooley experience, I believe Beamer would of been hard to sell to the Tenn fan base. They have been known to occasionally protest a hire.

 

[18IsTheMan]

It was a list of 16 names, so it's not as though he was ever under serious consideration. I love the guy and am stoked to have him here, but he would have never landed the UT job.