2011 Speaker List

09/12     Bobby Johnson

09/19     Derek Dooley

09/26     R.C. Slocum

10/03     Mark Schlabach

10/10     Billy Cannon

10/17     Roy Kramer

10/24     Chad Pennington

10/31     Joe DiPietro

11/07     Erik Ainge

11/14     Cuonzo Martin

11/21      Dave Hart

11/28     Fisher Deberry

Bio:

Youth and education

Born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, Carr moved with his family to Riverview, Michigan when he was ten years old. ^[3] Carr's picture is still shown in the Riverview Community High School gym lobby, he quarterbacked the Pirates to a 1962 State Championship. A talented athlete, Carr played college football at University of Missouri, and later at Northern Michigan University (NMU) while earning his M.A. in education administration. He was a star quarterback at NMU and led the Wildcats to an undefeated season after transferring there from Missouri.^[4]

Early coaching career

Carr's coaching career began as an assistant at Nativity High School in Detroit (1968-69) and at Belleville High School (1970-73). He became head coach at Westland John Glenn High School in 1973 and earned Regional Class A Coach of the Year honors in 1975 following an 8-1 season.

Carr's collegiate coaching career started with two seasons as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan University (1976-77), followed by two seasons as an assistant coach at Illinois (1978-79). Carr then moved on to Michigan where he served as an assistant under Bo Schembechler (1980-89) and Gary Moeller (1990-94). Carr was the team's defensive secondary coach for his first seven seasons and then defensive coordinator from 1987 until 1994. He also held the title of assistant head coach from 1990 to 1994.

Head coach at Michigan

Carr was named Michigan's interim head coach on May 13, 1995, following the resignation of Gary Moeller nine days earlier due to off-the-field trouble. Though athletic director Joe Roberson initially declared that Carr was not a candidate in the search for Moeller's permanent replacement, Roberson reversed his earlier position and gave Carr the job permanently on November 13, 1995 after he posted an 8-2 record through his first ten games as head coach. His very first game as head coach, at home against Virginia in late August 1995, was at the time Michigan's largest ever comeback win, from 17-0 down.

In 1997, Carr's team defeated Ohio State, 20-14, making him the third Michigan coach to defeat Ohio State in each of his first three games, following Fielding Yost and Fritz Crisler. The Wolverines concluded that season with a win over Washington State in the Rose Bowl, after which Michigan was named national champions by the Associated Press. They were also awarded the MacArthur Bowl by the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame and the Grantland Rice Award by the Football Writers Association of America, given annually to the nation's most outstanding football team. For his efforts Carr received the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award and was named the National Coach of the Year.

During the 2003 season, Carr joined Yost, Bennie Oosterbaan and Schembechler as the only coaches in school history to serve for more than 100 career games. The Wolverines also won consecutive Big Ten championships in 2003 and 2004, earning the school's 18th and 19th appearances in the Rose Bowl game. In 2005, Carr recorded his 100th career victory, against Iowa. He ranks third in school history in career victories, behind only Schembechler (194) and Yost (165).

2007 was a somewhat disappointing year for Carr and the Wolverines. They lost four games, including season-opening losses to Appalachian State (the only time a I-AA school has ever beat a team ranked in the AP Top 25, although ASU went on to win its 3rd consecutive National Championship in the 1-AA division that year) and Oregon, as well as season-ending losses to Wisconsin and archrival Ohio State. This was the fourth consecutive loss by Michigan in the series, and the sixth in seven years.

At a Sunday team meeting, on November 18, 2007, after the completion of the 2007 regular season, Coach Carr told his team that he was retiring after Michigan's bowl game, and he made his official public announcement at a press conference on Monday, November 19, 2007.

On the eve of his final game versus the defending national champion University of Florida in the 2008 Capital One Bowl, Coach Carr was awarded the Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award.^[5]

On January 1, 2008, then-unranked Michigan beat ninth-ranked Florida 41-35 in the 2008 Capital One Bowl to allow Coach Carr to record a win in his final game as Michigan's head coach. The defending national champion Gators were led by head coach Urban Meyer and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow. In the final AP poll after the game, Michigan ranked No. 18.

Legacy

Carr was among the winningest active football coaches in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A). His teams have won five Big Ten titles and shared the 1997 national championship with Nebraska. In addition, Michigan had been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for all but nine of its games under Carr (all occurring in 1998, 2005 and 2007). Only once during his tenure did Michigan end its season unranked (2005). Carr became the first Wolverine coach to win four straight bowl games, beating Auburn, 31-28, on New Year's Day at the 2001 Florida Citrus Bowl, after leading Michigan to victories in the 1998 Rose Bowl, 1999 Florida Citrus Bowl, and the 2000 Orange Bowl.

Carr was also lauded for his high ethical standards and avoidance of any substantive NCAA violations during his tenure. His integrity was widely lauded as one of his defining characteristics, and a major part of his legacy.

Carr posted a better than .500 or better record against two of Michigan's three top rivals, going 5-4 against Notre Dame and 10-3 against Michigan State. Carr also recorded a 9-2 record against Penn State. His record was 6-7 against Ohio State.

Activities off the field

In addition to his work on the football field, Carr is involved with the University and the community. He has been active in support of women’s athletics, endowing a women’s sports scholarship that is presented annually to a female student-athlete at UM.

Carr has served as the chairperson for the WJR/Special Olympics Golf Outing. He and his wife, Laurie, were also co-chairs of the 2002 Washtenaw County United Way Campaign. Carr serves on the NCAA Rules Committee and is a member of the American Board of Trustees. Since 2004, an annual summer "Carr's Wash for Kids" has been held with the proceeds benefiting C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Carr also hosts the Hall-of-Fame Football Camp in his hometown of Riverview, MI.

Bio:

Gary Danielson, who played 13 years in the NFL as a quarterback, has been an ABC Sports College Football analyst since 1997. Also an analyst for ESPN from 1990-1996, Danielson works alongside Brent Musburger in the ABC broadcast booth on ABC's top college football telecasts.

Danielson began his broadcasting career as a part-time anchor/reporter at WDIV-TV during the off-season while a member of the Lions. He also provided analysis for the Detroit Lions' pre-season games in 1991. After a trade to the Cleveland Browns, Danielson continued his on-air career as a co-host of a local sports talk show.

After playing for three teams in the World Football League from 1974-75 (New York Stars, Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Wind), Danielson was a laborer in a sheet metal plant when he signed with the Detroit Lions as a free agent in 1976. He became the third all-time leading passer in Lions history before a trade sent him to Cleveland in 1985. He spent four seasons at Cleveland, retiring following the 1988 season. During his 13-year career, Danielson passed for 13,764 yards. He enjoyed his best seasons in 1980 and 1984, when he threw for 3,223 and 3,076 yards respectively.

A graduate of Purdue University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in industrial management, Danielson passed for 2,748 yards in three seasons for the Boilermakers. He earned a Masters degree in physical education from Purdue in 1976.

Danielson is married, with four children.

Bio:

Dave Clawson arrives in Knoxville as one of Division I football's rising stars.

Bio:

Mike Gottfried, who spent 12 successful seasons as a college football coach is now one of television’s most respected game analysts. Since 1990, he’s served as an ESPN college football analyst for ESPN’s Saturday Primetime telecasts.He also worked for the first half season of the Thursday Night Game of the Week, as well as the NFL Draft. Gottfried joined the network in 1990 and provided analysis on late afternoon CFA games for one season.In 2001, Mike founded Team Focus, a comprehensive community outreach program for boys. The goal of Team Focus is to provide fatherless young men ages 10 to 18 with leadership skills, guidance, Godly values and a continual relationship with a mentor.

John "Johnny" Majors holds a unique place in the University of Tennessee's football program. Not only was Johnny Majors an excellent player, but he also returned in 1976 to assume the head coaching vacancy. He would hold this post for the next sixteen years, leaving an indelible mark in Tennessee football history.

The University of Tennessee was Majors' third major head coaching job. Iowa State was the first stop in Majors' coaching journey. After five years of moderate success, Majors moved on to the University of Pittsburgh. He had caught the eye of the Panthers after receiving the Big Eight Coach of the Year Award in 1971. Coach Majors' greatest success was soon to come. After three years of steady improvement, the Panthers won the national championship in 1976.

Although Majors had reached an impressive plateau at Pittsburgh, his goal was to one day return to Tennessee to coach the Volunteers. The opportunity for Majors' return came in 1976 and Coach Majors returned to his home state and alma mater. He would remain at Tennessee for the next sixteen years, rebuilding a quality football program and returning them to SEC and national glory.

The fairy tale relationship of Coach Majors and UT was abruptly ended in 1992 with his coerced retirement. The news was made public within weeks of Coach Majors undergoing heart surgery and came as a shock to both Majors and most UT fans. Majors then decided to return to the site of his greatest coaching success, the University of Pittsburgh.

From outstanding college football quarterback, to National Championship
winning college football coach, and now as a leading college football analyst
for ESPN, Coach Jim Donnan has been leading, teaching and motivating
people in many different capacities for forty years.
Jim Donnan started as a multi-sports star in high school; earning All-State
honors in both football and basketball while also winning the State Singles
Championship in tennis. His highly competitive nature coupled with his intense
work ethic was evident as a child, and has continued throughout his entire
career.

As the starting quarterback for North Carolina State University from 1965-67,
Jim Donnan led the Wolfpack to many great wins, including a victory over
Georgia in the 1967 Liberty Bowl where he was named the game’s Most
Valuable Player. He was also named the ACC Player of the Year in 1967, and
was selected to the ACC All-Academic team in both 1966 and 1967.
Coach Donnan’s coaching career began at his alma mater in 1969 when he
was hired as the Head Coach of the Freshman Team and Varsity Quarterback
Coach, and by 1971 was calling the plays for the Wolfpack offense.
From 1972-73, Donnan was the offensive backfield coach at Florida State
University. During this period he met and coached with, now lifelong friend,
Bill Parcells.

Coach Donnan made the move to his old rival school, North Carolina, and
served as the Chief Recruiter and Offensive Backfield Coach on Bill Dooley’s
staff from 1974-77. The Tarheels earned three bowl bids in his four years
there.

Donnan moved on to Kansas State from 1978-80, and then to the University of
Missouri from 1981-84 where he served as both the Quarterbacks Coach and
Receivers Coach. During his four years there, every receiver that started for
four years was either drafted or signed as a free agent in professional football.

Barry Switzer and the University of Oklahoma came calling, and Coach
Donnan served as the Offensive Coordinator for the Sooners from 1985-89.
They won 49 games in those five years, including the National Championship
in 1985. Donnan’s offenses at Oklahoma consistently ranked first or second in
the nation in rushing offense, scoring offense and/or total offense.

After serving as an Assistant Coach for 21 years, Coach Donnan was hired as
the Head Coach for the Marshall University Thundering Herd. As the architect
of Oklahoma’s high-powered offenses of the 1980’s, Donnan turned the
Thundering Herd into the Division I-AA team of the 1990’s. His teams were
among the nation’s top ten in scoring offense, scoring defense and special
teams play every single year. Coach Donnan had the unique opportunity to
coach his own son, Todd, who played Quarterback for Marshall and tied for
second in the nation in passing efficiency in 1994.

Coach Donnan had an unbelievable record at Marshall:
• Won 64 Games in six seasons (58 from 91-95)
• Earned five consecutive trips to the post-season playoffs
• Had three national runner-up finishes (1991, 93, 95)
• One National Championship – 1992
• Had a 15-4 record in playoff games (2nd best in Division I-AA history)
• Two-Time Division I-AA Coach of the Year (1992, 95)
On Christmas Day in 1995, Coach Donnan received the phone call from
University of Georgia Athletic Director Vince Dooley asking him to become the
24th Head Coach in the 103-year history of the Georgia Bulldogs. Donnan’s
career at Georgia from 1996-2000 was marked by successes both on the field
and off.

The Georgia football team that hadn’t won more than six games since 1992,
and under Coach Donnan they returned to the upper echelon in the SEC by
winning 35 games from 1997-2000. Coach Donnan’s record of winning eight
games or more in four straight seasons set a school record. Donnan also led
the Bulldogs to four consecutive post-season Bowl wins.

Coach Donnan is undefeated as a head coach in Bowl Games, and has a 19-4
overall record in post-season play. His 104 victories as a Head Coach from
1990-2000 was four best among all current Division I head coaches in the
country. Only Bobby Bowden and Steve Spurrier won more games during that
time. Donnan was named the 1997 SEC Coach of the Year, and was a finalist
for the Paul “Bear” Bryant National Coach of the Year award.

The University of Georgia finished in the top 20 in the nation for each of the
1997-2000 seasons, while setting home game attendance records. During his
tenure there, Coach Donnan re-established the recruiting base, engineered a
$2million weight room/training room expansion, and helped develop the plan
for an upcoming indoor practice facility.

Throughout his career, Donnan coached 31 players drafted into the NFL
including Champ Bailey, Hines Ward and Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and
Keith Jackson.

Now as a leading college football analyst for ESPN, Coach Donnan imparts
his incredible experience and knowledge of the game on television, radio and
in print.

As a speaker, Jim Donnan brings a lifetime of leadership, amazing stories and
insight into what it takes to be successful to many different types of groups
around the country.

Jamie Newberg is regarded as one of the top authorities on college football recruiting. In 1996, he launched the website and publication called Border Wars, which covered Southeastern football recruiting and the website quickly became the most popular of its kind. He also served as analyst and co-host on Fox Sports South's college football recruiting show "Countdown to Signing Day" from 1997 to 2006. Newberg has also done color commentary on high school football games in Georgia on TV33 since 1999. He appears on radio shows from coast to coast and has worked for the Atlanta - Journal and Constitution and 790 The Zone in Atlanta. Newberg also frequently does color commentary for CSS and Fox Sports South. In 2002, Newberg became the National College Football Analyst for Scout.com before moving to Rivals.com in 2008. He resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Tom Lemming joined CSTV in June 2005 and serves as the host of “Tom Lemming’s Generation NEXT,” the only national weekly high school football recruiting show. Lemming, who logs 55,000 miles a year, also provides analysis of the top prep players in the country on CSTV.com, Lemming is also the editor of Prep Football Report, considered to be the “Bible of the football recruiting industry” and annually selects the team for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Lemming has been a recruiting analyst for nearly 30 years. Over his career, Lemming's analyses and rankings of the country's leading high school athletes have been regularly featured in national publications, including USA Today. He recently was profiled in the just published book Football’s Second Season about recruiting and Lemming’s long journey.

The dean of Southeastern Conference coaches, Fulmer has claimed a national championship, two conference titles and seven divisional crowns while winning better than three-quarters of his games. He also retains his rank atop the winning percentage list for coaches with at least 10 years experience in major college football.

Yet Fulmer's most cherished responsibility centers around the teaching and guidance of young student-athletes. He has built Tennessee football on a platform of "Family First" - something UT's players and coaches say is this program's greatest attribute.

And while his on-field accomplishments - like advancing the Vols to the 2007 SEC Championship Game and claiming 10 wins for the ninth time in 15 full seasons - have obvious allure, it's the personal relationships that register most sincerely for Tennessee's native son.

Now suddenly and - as is his nature - without fanfare, Fulmer finds himself within reach of a coaching milestone that stands near and dear to the hearts of all Volunteers.

Gen. Robert R. Neyland finished a hall of fame career in 1952 with 173 coaching victories. Fulmer enters the 2008 campaign with 147 coaching victories. Twenty-seven more wins breaks the gold standard in Big Orange Country.

Fulmer and his relentless Vols played in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta last season for the fifth time in 11 years.

"The 2007 team was one of my most pleasurable to coach," Fulmer says. "The pride of the players, their focus and consistent improvement through the year -- it all culminated in our winning the Eastern Division championship and Outback Bowl."

Fulmer also joined an elite coaching list last season when his career record improved to 100 games over the .500 mark. Currently 147-45, Fulmer joins Bobby Bowden, Joe Paterno, Jim Tressel, Steve Spurrier, Chris Ault and Frank Beamer as the only active coaches in that fraternity.

And Fulmer's 16 seasons of coaching are the fewest of the seven owning that distinction. Nine Fulmer-coached teams have eclipsed the 10-win mark and two others just missed with nine victories. The highlight came in 1998 when Tennessee capped a perfect 13-0 season with a Fiesta Bowl victory over Florida State.

The Volunteers under their native son have 147 triumphs against only 45 defeats for a winning percentage of .766. No active coach with at least a decade in Division I-A has such a lofty victory rate.

And speaking of the last 10 years, Tennessee under Fulmer is 93-34 during that span.

There is nothing to suggest Fulmer is in any danger of letting up. He is averaging nearly 9 1/2 wins a season for the last decade, with five SEC Eastern Division titles during that span and two overall league crowns.

The Winchester native joined former Nebraska legend Tom Osborne as the only coaches to lead a team to a bowl game in their first 13 years of coaching.

Since Fulmer took over, more than 10 million fans have passed through the Neyland Stadium turnstiles.

In 1998, Fulmer rewarded those supporters by guiding Tennessee to its sixth national championship with a perfect 13-0 record and a Tostitos Fiesta Bowl victory over Florida State.

An accepted measure of a program's success, Tennessee's position in the national polls also has been a testimonial to Fulmer's sure hand at the helm. Under Fulmer, the Vols had a streak of 54 consecutive weeks ranked in the top 10.

UT has been in the national polls at game time for 168 of Fulmer's 191 games as head coach.

Fulmer's record becomes all the more remarkable because of the rugged gauntlet of opponents faced by the Vols. Tennessee's schedule is regularly among the toughest in the nation. In addition to the demanding SEC slate, the Vols stray far from home to meet such traditional national powerhouses as UCLA, Notre Dame, California, Miami and Syracuse.

Tennessee has gone 44-33 against ranked competition under Fulmer.

The former Vols offensive lineman served 13 years as a Vols assistant beginning in 1980 before becoming the 20th head football coach at Tennessee. The decision to elevate Fulmer occurred five seasons after he was appointed assistant head coach and three seasons after he became offensive coordinator.

During Fulmer's tenure as offensive coordinator, the Vols set school records for total offensive yardage three years in a row (1989-91). Records have fallen with even greater frequency since he became head coach.

Year after year with Fulmer as head coach, Tennessee continues to stand in the top ranks of college football for graduating players who go on to careers in the professional game.

The 2007 NFL Draft saw six UT players drafted, including a nation's-best five on the first day. Standouts Justin Harrell and Robert Meachem were first-round selections of the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, respectively.

Fulmer is the national spokesperson for the Jason Foundation Inc., and considers such experiences essential to the education process of UT football players. He recently was named the first recipient of the "Grant Teaff Breaking the Silence Award," presented jointly by the AFCA and the Jason Foundation.

He also has served on such boards of directors as Boys and Girls Clubs, American Football Coaches Association, Team Focus and Child and Family Services.

Fulmer is married to the former Vicky Morey and has four children: Phillip Jr., Courtney, Brittany and Allison

Lane Kiffin, becomes just the third head coach at UT in the last 33 years, had a plan for Tennessee's expectations even before he made his arrival in Knoxville. His blueprint for an all-star coaching staff already has come to fruition. And that team of one-time rivals has begun formulating its platform for championship competition not only in the rabid Southeastern Conference but across the nation.

"I'm not promising you how many wins, how many championships; I can't do that," Kiffin said back on Dec. 1, 2008. "But I want the Tennessee family to know this: no one is going to outwork me as a head coach and no one is going to outwork our staff. That's the promise I'm giving you. The wins will come after that. You're going to see it; you're going to feel it throughout the state. It starts today."

Kiffin joins the Vols as the former head coach of the Oakland Raiders and former offensive coordinator at Southern California under head coach Pete Carroll.

Personal Data:

Born: May 9, 1975, Bloomington, Minn.

Education: Jefferson High School, Bloomington, Minn.; Fresno State University 1998.

College Football: Quarterback, Fresno State, 1994-97.

Coaching Career: Fresno State (student assistant) 1998, Colorado State (graduate assistant) 1999, Jacksonville Jaguars 2000, Southern California 2001-06, Oakland Raiders 2007-08, Tennessee 2009.

Wife: Layla Reaves Kiffin.

Children: Landry, Pressley and Knox.

Gene Wojciechowski is a sports columnist, best known for his work with ESPN.

Born in Salina, Kansas, he became a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine in January 1998, having worked as a football reporter for the network since 1992. He was named senior national sports columnist for ESPN in June 2005. He also has worked at the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and Denver Post. Wojciechowski graduated from the University of Tennessee, and he began his career as a sports writer covering college football and college basketball.

Wojciechowski wrote an article in the fall of 1997 for the Chicago Tribune that included negative stereotypes of an Indian or Pakistani cab driver,[1] prompting the Tribune to offer a formal apology.[2] Since then he has received numerous awards and honors from the Associated Press Sports Editors, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, the College Football Writers Association of America, the Pro Football Writers, and the Los Angeles Press Club. He currently contributes to ESPN.com, SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, and ESPN Radio.

He has authored or co-authored eight books, including Cubs Nation, About 80 Percent Luck, Pond Scum and Vultures, as well as autobiographies with several notable sports figures, including Bill Walton, Rick Majerus, Reggie Miller and Jerome Bettis.

Mike Gottfried (born 1945) was a NCAA Division I football coach at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas, and Murray State from 1978 to 1989. His overall record is 75-56-4. He coached two bowl games for the Pittsburgh Panthers, and developed Heisman candidate "Ironhead" Craig Heyward for the Panthers. He is currently an ESPN college football analyst and color commentator, and the uncle of Alabama men's basketball head coach Mark Gottfried. [1]

Mike Gottfried's autobiography was released on September 11, 2007. It is entitled Coach's Challenge: Faith, Football, and Filling the Father Gap and is co-written by Ron Benson.

Mike Gottfried and his wife, Mickey, founded Team Focus in 2000. It is a cost free community outreach program aimed at young men without fathers. The program goal is to give opportunities for all team members to be "motivated, encouraged, and challenged". Mike felt drawn to start Team Focus because he lost his father at age eleven, and understood the difficulty and hardships young men without fathers feel. There is also a group for females called G.I.R.L.S. Network. A web site is under the Team Focus name.

Glen O. Mason is a commentator for the Big Ten Network and former college football head coach.

Playing career:

Mason played college football at Ohio State University where he graduated from in 1972 with a B.A. in education. He was a linebacker, on the depth chart behind Randy Gradishar, Stan White, Vic Koegel, Arnie Jones, and Rick Middleton.[citation needed] In 1971 Mason hosted recruit Bruce Elia. They stood on High Street, the main drag on campus, and Mason said, "On the left side, we go to school and we study and live. On the right side are the sororities and fraternities and more housing. Down the middle, we party!" Elia chose to attend Ohio State that day. Mason went on to get his Master's Degree in education at Ball St.

Coaching career:

Mason served as an assistant coach at the University of Illinois, Ohio State, Ball State, Iowa State, and Allegheny College.

Mason was head coach for Kent State University in 1986 and 1987 and the University of Kansas from 1988 to 1996. In 1995, as Kansas prepared for the Aloha Bowl against UCLA, Mason accepted the head coaching position at the University of Georgia. But Mason had a change of heart and stayed with the Jayhawks, but left for the University of Minnesota one season later. His first game with Minnesota in 1997 was against Hawai?i, at Aloha Stadium where the Aloha Bowl's successor, the Hawai?i Bowl is played. Minnesota lost the game 17-3.

In January 2002, Mason was named the president of the American Football Coaches Association. He was the third Minnesota coach to be awarded this honor joining Bernie Bierman (1935) and Murray Warmath (1968). On December 31, 2006, Minnesota fired Mason immediately following the Gophers' 44-41 overtime loss to Texas Tech in the 2006 Insight Bowl, a game in which the Gophers blew a 38-7 third-quarter lead. At the end of the 2006 season, he had a career record of 123-121-1.

Personal:

He and his wife Kate have five children and live in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jim Chaney arrives in Knoxville as offensive coordinator from the NFL ranks, having spent the past three seasons as assistant coach for the St. Louis Rams.

The majority of Chaney's coaching experience, however, comes from the collegiate ranks. His coaching and recruiting turns at Purdue, Wyoming and Cal State Fullerton made him the perfect fit for head coach Lane Kiffin's all-star coaching lineup.

"Jim has been huge for us during this first offseason," Kiffin said. "On the field, he has the ability to oversee the entire offense and can coach all the positions. He's also an experienced recruiter and relates well to today's athletes on both the collegiate and professional levels."

Chaney spent all three years in St. Louis coaching the offensive line before adding tight ends to his assignment sheet in 2008. During the 2007 campaign, Chaney helped coach an offensive line that led running back Steven Jackson to his third consecutive 1,000-yard season.

Personal Data:
Born:     Jan. 12, 1962; Holden, Mo.
Education:     Holden High School; Central Missouri State University 1985.
College Football:     Nose Guard, Central Missouri State 1980-83
Coaching Career:     Cal State Fullerton 1985-87, Western Michigan 1988, Cal State Fullerton 1988-92, Wyoming 1993-96, Purdue 1997-2005, St. Louis Rams 2006-08, Tennessee 2009-present.
Wife:     Lisa Chaney
Children:     Elizabeth and Sara.
Bowl Game Coaching History:    1993 Copper, 1997 Alamo, 1998 Alamo, 2000 Outback, 2001 Rose, 2001 Sun, 2002 Sun, 2004 Capital One, 2004 Sun.

Eddie Gran's success coaching the running game and his familiarity with the Southeastern Conference made him a key component for head coach Lane Kiffin's initial Tennessee staff.

Gran spent the last 15 seasons as an assistant under Tommy Tuberville, first at Mississippi and then Auburn. Gran coached running backs at both stops and added special teams duties to his Auburn assignment. He coaches running backs and special teams at Tennessee.

If he produces the same success in the offensive backfield that he has for the past decade, Vols fans are in for a treat. Seven NFL running backs tutored under Gran at some point in their careers, among them Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown, Rudi Johnson and Deuce McAllister. Williams was an All-America at Auburn and earned 2005 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, while Brown and McAllister were NFL first-round picks and Johnson earned 2000 SEC Player of the Year.

Brown, Johnson and McAllister all have played in the Pro Bowl.

Other former Gran-coached professionals who have earned elite status include John Avery, who went from Ole Miss to the NFL to stardom in the Canadian Football League; and Brandon Jacobs, an Auburn Tiger who has compiled back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons with the New York Giants.

Personal:
Born:  July 21, 1965; Escondido, Calif.
Education       Orange Glen High School, Escondido, Calif.; California Lutheran University 1987.
College Football:       Wide Receiver, Cal Lutheran 1984-87.
Coaching Career       Cal Lutheran 1987-88, Southeast Missouri State 1989, East Carolina 1989 (graduate assistant), Miami 1990-91, Cincinnati 1992-93, Idaho State 1994, Mississippi 1994-98, Auburn 1999-2008, Tennessee 2009-present.
Wife    Rosemary Scaife Gran.
Children:        Hannah, Dillan, Sydney and Lucy Grace.
Bowl Game Coaching History:        1991 Cotton, 1992 Orange, 1997 Motor City, 2001 Florida Citrus, 2001 Peach, 2003 Capital One, 2003 Music City, 2005 Sugar, 2006 Capital One, 2007 Cotton, 2007 Chick-fil-A.

Ed Orgeron returns to college football as Tennessee's assistant head coach, recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach.

The Larose, La., native spent last season as defensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints following more than 20 years in the collegiate game. Included in that tenure was a three-year turn as head coach at Mississippi after successful assistant coaching stops at Miami, Syracuse and Southern California.

Vols head coach Lane Kiffin and Orgeron were assistant coaches together under USC head coach Pete Carroll from 2001-04.

"When Lane was mentioned as a possibility for being the head coach at UT, there was no doubt in my mind that I wanted to join him," Orgeron said. "When he got the best defensive coordinator in the history of college football to join him in Monte Kiffin, I knew this was a place that I wanted to come."

Orgeron long has been regarded as a premier defensive line coach and recruiter. He stockpiled talent during his three seasons at Ole Miss after playing a key role in the Trojans winning national championships in 2003 and 2004. Orgeron joined the USC staff in January 1998, took on the added responsibility of recruiting coordinator for the Trojans in 2001, and was then named assistant head coach in 2003. USC's 2002, 2003 and 2004 recruiting classes were ranked among the nation's top five, with the 2003 and 2004 groups listed by many as No. 1. Orgeron was named the 2004 National Recruiter of the Year by Sporting News and Rivals.com.

Personal:
Born:  July 27, 1961; Larose, La.
Education:     South Lafourche High School, Galliano, La.; Northwestern State University 1984.
College Football:       Defensive Lineman, Northwestern State 1980-83
Coaching Career:      Northwestern State 1984 (graduate assistant), McNeese State 1985 (graduate assistant), Arkansas 1986-87, Miami 1988-92, Nicholls State 1994, Syracuse 1995-97, Southern California 1998-2004, Mississippi 2005-07 (head coach), New Orleans Saints 2008, Tennessee 2009-present.
Wife:   Kelly Orgeron
Children:        Tyler, Parker and Cody.
Bowl Game Coaching History:        1987 Orange, 1987 Liberty, 1989 Orange, 1990 Sugar, 1991 Cotton, 1992 Orange, 1993 Sugar, 1996 Gator, 1996 Liberty, 1997 Fiesta, 1998 Sun, 2001 Las Vegas, 2003 Orange, 2004 Rose, 2005 Orange.

Past head coach at Tulane and Clemson University, and an assistant at the University of Alabama, Auburn University, Duke University, the University of Kentucky, East Carolina University and with his father at Florida State. His 1998 Tulane squad went 12-0 and achieved a top-10 final ranking in both polls.

Bowden attended and played football for West Virginia University from 1972 through 1976. He is married to the former Linda White and has two children, Ryan and Lauren. He is the son of Florida State Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden and has two sisters and three brothers, including Terry, the head coach at the University of North Alabama, and Jeff, who serves as an assistant coach on his brother Terry's staff.

Joe Dean, Jr., now serving his 11th year as the Athletics Director at Birmingham-Southern. Dean was hired in June of 1999 and charged with directing Birmingham-Southern’s move to the NCAA Division I level, and now leads the transition to NCAA Division III.

As a three-year basketball letterman at Mississippi State University, he received several honors, including 1976 Academic All-SEC and was the first recipient of the James H. Babe McCarthy Award for leadership, scholarship, and citizenship. Dean earned his B.S. degree in Education in 1976 and his Master of Education Degree from Mississippi State in 1977.

Dean began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Mississippi State in the 1976-77 season. He then served as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Kentucky from 1977-1983, which included an NCAA Championship in 1978. Dean was named head basketball coach at Birmingham-Southern in 1983. In six seasons the Panthers won three consecutive Southern States Conference Championships, two District 27 titles, and competed in the NAIA National Tournament in 1984 and 1986. Dean was named Conference and District Coach of the Year three times, and finished his tenure at BSC with a 137-45 overall record. After his six-year stint at Birmingham-Southern, Dean accepted a Division I head coaching position at the University of Central Florida, where he coached from 1989-1993. In 1994, Dean was selected to the BSC Sports Hall of Fame.

From 1993-1999, Dean worked as the Vice President for Sales & Marketing for the Colonnade Group, Inc. in Birmingham. His primary responsibilities were sales of SEC Championship hospitality venues, sales and management of Executive Suites programs at Auburn and Georgia, and business development and marketing for the company.

The past ten years has seen dramatic changes in the athletics program at Birmingham-Southern. In leading BSC’s move to NCAA Division I, Dean assisted the College in developing and upgrading its athletic facilities and raised over $2 million for the renovation of Bill Battle Coliseum, the building of BSC’s softball park, and most recently the T.B. Pearson Sports Hall of Fame, a new athletic weight room in Bill Battle Coliseum, and new football and men’s basketball offices.

For the past 15 years, Dean has also worked as a TV color analyst on SEC basketball games for Raycom Sports and Fox SportSouth.

Dean and his wife, the former Ellen Anger, have been married for 33 years. They have two children, Scott (29), an LSU graduate, and the owner/operator of Momma Goldberg’s Deli in Birmingham, and Leslie (26), a graduate of Auburn University and the Ole Miss Law School, currently working as an attorney in Marietta, Ga.

• Born -   May 9, 1975, Bloomington, Minn.
• Education -   Jefferson High School, Bloomington, Minn.; Fresno State University 1998.
• College Football -    Quarterback, Fresno State, 1994-97.
• Coaching Career -    Fresno State (student assistant) 1998, Colorado State (graduate assistant) 1999, Jacksonville Jaguars 2000, Southern California 2001-06, Oakland Raiders 2007-08, Tennessee 2009.
• Wife -    Layla Reaves Kiffin.
• Children -   Landry, Presley and Knox.

From outstanding college football quarterback, to National Championship
winning college football coach, and now as a leading college football analyst
for ESPN, Coach Jim Donnan has been leading, teaching and motivating
people in many different capacities for forty years.

Jim Donnan started as a multi-sports star in high school; earning All-State
honors in both football and basketball while also winning the State Singles
Championship in tennis. His highly competitive nature coupled with his intense
work ethic was evident as a child, and has continued throughout his entire
career.

As the starting quarterback for North Carolina State University from 1965-67,
Jim Donnan led the Wolfpack to many great wins, including a victory over
Georgia in the 1967 Liberty Bowl where he was named the game’s Most
Valuable Player. He was also named the ACC Player of the Year in 1967, and
was selected to the ACC All-Academic team in both 1966 and 1967.
Coach Donnan’s coaching career began at his alma mater in 1969 when he
was hired as the Head Coach of the Freshman Team and Varsity Quarterback
Coach, and by 1971 was calling the plays for the Wolfpack offense.
From 1972-73, Donnan was the offensive backfield coach at Florida State
University. During this period he met and coached with, now lifelong friend,
Bill Parcells.

Coach Donnan made the move to his old rival school, North Carolina, and
served as the Chief Recruiter and Offensive Backfield Coach on Bill Dooley’s
staff from 1974-77. The Tarheels earned three bowl bids in his four years
there.

Donnan moved on to Kansas State from 1978-80, and then to the University of
Missouri from 1981-84 where he served as both the Quarterbacks Coach and
Receivers Coach. During his four years there, every receiver that started for
four years was either drafted or signed as a free agent in professional football.

Barry Switzer and the University of Oklahoma came calling, and Coach
Donnan served as the Offensive Coordinator for the Sooners from 1985-89.
They won 49 games in those five years, including the National Championship
in 1985. Donnan’s offenses at Oklahoma consistently ranked first or second in
the nation in rushing offense, scoring offense and/or total offense.

After serving as an Assistant Coach for 21 years, Coach Donnan was hired as
the Head Coach for the Marshall University Thundering Herd. As the architect
of Oklahoma’s high-powered offenses of the 1980’s, Donnan turned the
Thundering Herd into the Division I-AA team of the 1990’s. His teams were
among the nation’s top ten in scoring offense, scoring defense and special
teams play every single year. Coach Donnan had the unique opportunity to
coach his own son, Todd, who played Quarterback for Marshall and tied for
second in the nation in passing efficiency in 1994.

Coach Donnan had an unbelievable record at Marshall:
• Won 64 Games in six seasons (58 from 91-95)
• Earned five consecutive trips to the post-season playoffs
• Had three national runner-up finishes (1991, 93, 95)
• One National Championship – 1992
• Had a 15-4 record in playoff games (2nd best in Division I-AA history)
• Two-Time Division I-AA Coach of the Year (1992, 95)
On Christmas Day in 1995, Coach Donnan received the phone call from
University of Georgia Athletic Director Vince Dooley asking him to become the
24th Head Coach in the 103-year history of the Georgia Bulldogs. Donnan’s
career at Georgia from 1996-2000 was marked by successes both on the field
and off.

The Georgia football team that hadn’t won more than six games since 1992,
and under Coach Donnan they returned to the upper echelon in the SEC by
winning 35 games from 1997-2000. Coach Donnan’s record of winning eight
games or more in four straight seasons set a school record. Donnan also led
the Bulldogs to four consecutive post-season Bowl wins.

Coach Donnan is undefeated as a head coach in Bowl Games, and has a 19-4
overall record in post-season play. His 104 victories as a Head Coach from
1990-2000 was four best among all current Division I head coaches in the
country. Only Bobby Bowden and Steve Spurrier won more games during that
time. Donnan was named the 1997 SEC Coach of the Year, and was a finalist
for the Paul “Bear” Bryant National Coach of the Year award.

The University of Georgia finished in the top 20 in the nation for each of the
1997-2000 seasons, while setting home game attendance records. During his
tenure there, Coach Donnan re-established the recruiting base, engineered a
$2million weight room/training room expansion, and helped develop the plan
for an upcoming indoor practice facility.

Throughout his career, Donnan coached 31 players drafted into the NFL
including Champ Bailey, Hines Ward and Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and
Keith Jackson.

Now as a leading college football analyst for ESPN, Coach Donnan imparts
his incredible experience and knowledge of the game on television, radio and
in print.