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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.
Volunteers fans marching to the university athletic center to protest UT's possible decision to hire Greg Schiano as its new head football coach pic.twitter.com/pyq1qhYjn5
— Donovan Long (@DonovanLongTV) November 26, 2017
Goodness, check out The Rock on Tennessee’s campus pic.twitter.com/R9EwVGVGkh
— SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) November 26, 2017
Even local restuarants are rallying against Schiano.
Greg Schiano is not allowed in our establishment.
— Remedy Coffee (@remedy_coffee) November 26, 2017
He won’t be allowed in ours either! #NeighborsStickTogether Should add @John_Currie to that list as well!
— Hops and Hollers (@HopsandHollers) November 26, 2017
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a school this opposed to the hiring of a new coach.