Greg Schiano Reportedly Reconsidering Taking Tennessee Coaching Job After Intense Backlash From Fans

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The Tennessee Volunteers were reportedly ready to hire Ohio State’s defensive coordinator Greg Schiano as their new head coach but it looks like he might be having second thoughts after some intense backlash by Volunteers fans.

Via Saturday Down South’s Dan Harralson

Greg Schiano is currently concerned with the climate of the Tennessee fan base and the reaction towards reports of his contract being finalized at Tennessee. The deal may not get finalized.

OSU source says that they they are not as confident that Greg Schiano takes the Tennessee job as they were at 1 p.m., but ultimately thinks he may still take the job.

Tennessee fan base has been extremely vocial against the potential hire of Greg Schiano as the next head football coach. Things have gotten to the point where several UT fans have gathered on Tennessee’s campus to protest the hiring of Schiano.

Via ESPN

Tennessee has been deluged with protests over the reported impending hiring of Greg Schiano as head football coach, with people citing his alleged connection to the Jerry Sandusky era at Penn State.

Schiano, Urban Meyer’s defensive coordinator at Ohio State, and Tom Bradley, defensive coordinator under recently fired UCLA coach Jim Mora, were both Penn State assistants under Joe Paterno during Sandusky’s tenure.

Both have denied allegations of their knowledge of child abuse by Sandusky from a 2015 deposition by ex-Penn State assistant Mike McQueary. The allegations became public in July 2016, at which time both Meyer and Mora defended their assistants’ integrity.

Even local restuarants are rallying against Schiano.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a school this opposed to the hiring of a new coach.