The TRAGIC DOWNFALL of Jeremy Pruitt

Jeremy Pruitt was supposed to come in and help Volunteer football get back to their prestigious ways, but his tenure didn't work out and he may have just sent Tennessee football into the darkest days in their programs rich history. Today we will take a look at the rise & fall of Jeremy Pruitt. Enjoy!
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[@ScottFisherCFB]

What do you guys think will happen to Tennessee from this and who will they hire?

[@hudsondixon8583]

I’m hoping we just have a better season next season

[@orangehillcomics7830]

Two year bowl ban. Reduction in scholarships. It’s going to take UT a loooong time dig out of the hole they’re in UNLESS they make a miraculous HC hire.

[@anondescriptobserver6774]

Most toxic environment in cfb right now. Their "insiders" are selling subs right now and promising big names, so take those with a spoonful of salt.

[@davidcrawford1222]

Do a whole video

[@BigPapiCapone]

absolutely

[@aggiesfan1269]

They managed to beat Vandy one of the greatest teams to ever set foot on the gridiron led by the G.O.A.T. Sarah Fuller

[@anondescriptobserver6774]

Fuller put Vandy ahead at one point, but she can only do so much.

[@scottbachmann1962]

😂

[@randyjordan5521]

I hear that she's gonna be a first-round NFL draft pick.

[@christophermorales1509]

Pick on the girl. It’s too difficult just to let them have their feel good story at what everyone knows is a shit program. Bet you shit on your niece too.

[@anondescriptobserver6774]

@@christophermorales1509 I'm not picking on Fuller, I'm picking on the Vols

[@gentrysmith4924]

Guarantano was the WORST quarterback EVER (and not just at TN). The best news that's come out of Knoxville in recent days is that he is leaving!!!!! Bye --- I'm sure there was a line of volunteers a mile long willing to help him pack.

[@antoniusjohnson3824]

Gentry Smith He transferred to Washington State, but I don't think he's even gonna win the starting job there.

[@johnbishop6890]

Watched that kid in one of the QB elite camps and he couldn’t hit water standing in the ocean.

[@Liquidsteel3]

JG snitched on Jeremy

[@nolanoshoney8685]

As a Tennessee fan, we only know one word. Pain.

[@williamgarner7119]

As a South Carolina fan I thought we had it bad we’re in the dumpster fire and y’all got a whole landfill that’s on fire

[@eliaustin2515]

amen

[@cornhuskerfever]

Nebraska is right there also

[@Andrew-mp9hu]

@@williamgarner7119 Great way to put it. I feel a bit more grateful for our situation.

[@logangarner3578]

The firing of Fulmer was yalls downfall

[@thundergato84]

It wasn't Pruitt. It's Tennessee that keeps itself in the cellar.

[@Andrew-mp9hu]

Many of us are having similar thoughts about Tanner. Ever since he became AD, our baseball and football programs have gone south. Thankfully we have one shining star in Coach Staley.

[@chasefinch5783]

he’s still a shitty head coach 😂

[@geemac7267]

Good coaches can win. Pruitt was just along for the ride on programs with the best players in the country. They need a coach who has won somewhere the cream of the crop don't land.

[@austindailey29]

Pruitt didn't command respect he had no balls to be a head coach..

[@Rymann_23]

Ok buddy 😂😂😂😂

[@joelynch4698]

We cheated and still got our butts kicked. Darkest time for the University. And that's really saying something with the lows we've had. Sad.

[@mikeschmidt4800]

Nah, he didn't do it. UT has been plunging the team deeper for two decades.

[@bluelivesmatter719]

Fulmer deserves most of the blame for this mess

[@HumptyDumpty01]

I agree, the administration is more to blame than Pruitt. IMO they were trying to push Pruitt out, and it backfired badly.

[@geemac7267]

Can't blame it all on Pruitt of course, but a lot of the problems would have hit softer if he could coach. He's just not a good coach.

[@garysmith8098]

@@geemac7267 Fat Philip was telling Pruitt what to do and how to pay players

[@zephy954]

Most underrated youtuber

[@rpatterskc1]

Yo Fax

[@axelseaks1677]

Fax 📠

[@joshuasanders1396]

No cap

[@nonameking4874]

True

[@ScottFisherCFB]

Appreciate the love!

[@twisted13ranch98]

When does Fuller get some of the blame for this mess? Does that 1 national championship excuse him from everything?

[@boogityhoo7452]

You mean Fulmer? Phillip Fulmer?

[@garysmith8098]

@@boogityhoo7452 Fat Phil is the problem and has been for years

[@RWayne-nu2fi]

EXACTLY, Pruitt was not the problem, it's Fuller.

[@crittoneida958]

The only nitpick I xould find on this great video is that Dooley or Jones as most hated Tennessee coach? I got 2 words for ya.....Lane Kiffen my dude

[@jacobbcox1985]

Kiffin was as after he left but now not close. When you look at everything I understand. Kiffin dream job was always USC. Now UT was a big job but he had a chance to coach his dream job and took it. UT was a faithful girl that look good but USC was the playmate dream girl that was dishonest. He was lied to by USC on the possibility of scholarships and bowl ban. He basically got burned by them and fired. The guy is hilarious and has the most swagger of any coach other than Freeze. Kiffin if Pruitt didn't have us in a mess is the guy we would have hired if we kept Pruitt and finished his contract. Lane made his mistake openly admits he wish he stayed at Tennessee and he often says he is a Tennessee fan still. Just he made a mistake cause his dream job came calling I can't hate him. Its like a UT fan getting a chance to coach UT aka Johnny Majors.

[@TheRodFarva]

Imagine cheating and still losing to UK and Arkansas.

[@Cooljohn760]

😂years later it still sounds funny.

[@thetoptige8014]

Remember when they finished last year with hope? That seems so long ago now

[@hudsondixon8583]

I’m a Vols fan

[@thetoptige8014]

@@hudsondixon8583 you have my sympathy

[@matthewjohnson4315]

@@hudsondixon8583 same bro, hopefully it gets better soon

[@anondescriptobserver6774]

Fools gold streak. Occasionally, one of the mediocre SEC teams will get a run of soft non-cons and conference opponents with recently fired coaches or coaches on a very hot seat. Mizzou did this a few years ago with Odom.

[@chadr7522]

Now we have hope again.

[@robertjwilliams3532]

You must wonder: Was Pruitt and company doing something new (paying) or was it just a continuing what he had been at other places? Namely Alabama..... Does a tiger change his stripes or just grow new ones. I expect he and others were just doing what they had been doing for some time.

[@cosmic-wock]

I don’t appreciate the Chattanooga slander we gave it our best shot ok

[@hoderharris]

At some point you have to start asking questions about the leadership structure at Tennessee. This is the 3rd failed coach in a row. Why does UT keep hiring the wrong coaches? I would suggest that there is an issue with who is really in charge of the football program. Is it the AD or the Boosters.Either way, its time to start looking at the leadership structure and ask why they keep picking the wrong guy. Just my opinion.

[@randyjordan5521]

UT hired Pruitt because 3 or 4 other guys turned them down, and the fans protested against hiring Greg Schiano.

[@cheridabolland1851]

It's the alumni, always has been.

[@Rymann_23]

Oops 🤣🤣🤣

[@hoderharris]

@@Rymann_23 ha,,,zing

[@jaquezgeorge3893]

Do the whole video about the recruits getting paid and violation

[@chadr7522]

Look at us now. A bowl game and top 5 recruiting class after all this. Go vols. I never stopped supporting my vols.

[@calzone2229]

If Pruitt brings Tennessee back a couple decades I think that fans would think he’s the greatest coach they’ve had in a long while

[@allenhelderman1134]

I could see this coming the day Tennessee hired him as HC

[@brooks3261]

Starting Bailey in some of those games would’ve gone a long way for Pruitt

[@chadr7522]

For some reason he wouldn’t play his best players. It didn’t really make sense. We had alot of talented teams during the Pruitt era but we always underachieved. I’m happy with heupel tho. It seems like we’re finally moving in the right direction

[@simonsaythis]

Pruitt failed because he didn't know how to manage a whole team.

[@rewing84]

a tennessee violation video would be great

[@gatornation3889]

Yes

[@ScottFisherCFB]

Check out my video about the Derek Dooley Era: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppqVkniOaMemnrM

[@axelseaks1677]

Ok I will

[@Jay8.6.5]

As a vol fan living ten minutes from There we are in football hell and easy to blame Pruitt but it started after kiffin left never got back right

[@geemac7267]

Aomong Pruitt, Kiffen, Jones and Dooley, only Kiffen is a football coach. But he's just such a douche.

[@chrisd6976]

WHOS HERE AFTER THAT WIN AGAINST BAMA 🔥

[@ericwaters8289]

Tee Martin was the best thing that happened to Tennessee in the last 20 years. He waited for 5th year Payton manning to get the F on. Then won a national championship for Tennessee. Tennessee got to get rid of the good ol boys club and let the coach-COACH !

[@sainvol]

Tee Martin is awesome, but Peyton was not a 5th Year Player. He started from his third game as a true freshman. Unfortunately, he got killed coming off the bench against Florida, and ended up losing to them every single year of his career at UT. Yes, get rid of the Ol' Boys club. it ain't been workin' out so well anyway.

[@hudsondixon8583]

Do a video on the whole McDonald’s bag of money?

[@quintonryerson9432]

Yes please!

[@TheCasualGamer01]

That wasn't true 😂

[@Nanu67-e9j]

He's head is so bold. 🤣😂 Uncle Lou called him charlie Brown.

[@masonmonroe2243]

For him to have fallen.....would have required him to rise first.

[@7bridgesroad213]

Looking back in 2024, the biggest understatement of the entire video was at 7:34. The only good thing that Jeremy did here.

[@Cooljohn760]

😂👍came back too

[@beesting5693]

Best season we’ve had in decades was cause of a qb transfer the worst coach we’ve ever had signed

[@Rymann_23]

@@beesting5693well 2022 may not be our best season anymore when we are all said and done 👀

[@beesting5693]

@@Rymann_23 idk. But we will see. It all depends on how we play Florida imo. If we beat Florida it will always somehow be a good season. Only downside is we play Florida three weeks later than we should

[@jaysonwhite9990]

Am a MIZZOU fan as am 46 years old but it hurts me to see this happen to any school but to a great school like Tennessee is heartbreaking

[@tgtg7182]

Tennessee has been lying and cheating for decades, it's about time they got caught.

[@TwiztedJuggalo25]

Lol I’m sorry the worse thing he did was go to the trash team like tennessee haha no coach will make tennessee the team their toxic fans want

[@ScottFisherCFB]

My videos about the Rise & Fall of Coaches kzbin.info/aero/PLCwDMhVtyOHgcJd8WGlc4EfUu6EimnvrI

[@jessewhite3177]

Do you know that Pruitt had brought a toxic culture to GA during his time as DC, go watch Aaron Murray’s reaction when he got the job to begin with

[@chadr7522]

Exactly. He’s a good coach but he’s not fit to be a head coach. I’m happy we have josh heupel. Go vols

[@antoniusjohnson3824]

Jeremy Pruitt failed because he had no answer at quarterback. He had too much faith in Jarrett Gurrantano, he never took that next step like Joe Burrow, Mac Jones, Matt Corral, and Kyle Trask did. The offense could never sustain a drive especially on 3rd down, and that’s bad, because it’s all about offense in football now. The NFL and College Football has changed where you have to put up a ton of yards and points to win games.

[@Mikevdog]

Tennessee goober boosters did plenty to screw it up and always will.

[@ScottFisherCFB]

Like this comment if you think i should do a video about all the recruting stuff right now

[@larryhatcher8927]

About the worst thing that could happen to Tenn would be for Martin to have been involved in these violations. If he isn't I would name him head coach...If anyone deserves a chance........

[@terryhill4732]

Tennessee's football program screwed up in 2007 when they let Phil Fulmer go as head coach who was one of the winningest coaches in football at the time as far as active coaches go with a national championship in 1998

[@sainvol]

no, we let him go in 2008 - two years too late actually. You were not watching the games, I guess.

[@route222FAQ]

True V4L here and this truly hurt

[@woodsd4]

GIVE TEE MARTIN THE JOB AND WATCH FORTUNES TURN AT TENNESSEE....

[@thetoptige8014]

You should do a video on Rich Rodriguez

[@MBLC23]

Yo u should do Mario chirstabal and the Oregon ducks

[@spyralam1237]

He coaches for Plainview High School and we just best their ass in football *I play for sylvania*

[@jaydthamotivator]

We at Tennessee need a great recruiter and an offensive minded coach. Nick Saban even said that's it hard to play defense when you're so spread out. Even hofer Warren Sapp that defense don't win championships anymore. Its all about the offense.

[@2bigbufords]

Please no more asst. coaches

[@Rymann_23]

It all makes sense. Danny (the 🐐) brought Heupel with him. Whoever made that decision THANK YOU

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Still think Butch Jones was worse. Butch Jones had stacked teams with talent tons of NFL pro bowlers and even super bowl players on his team and could barely get a winning record. Shows how garbage of a coach he is.

[@johnanthonywarren7684]

There are a few factual errors in this video. TN had an 8 game win streak going into the 2020 Georgia game, not 10 (6 wins to end 2019 + 2 to start 2020). Guarantano did not start every game of the Pruitt era (Mauer/Shrout started a several games in 2019 - Mauer 4 games and Shrout 1 game - before Guarantano won back his status as starter in the Mizzou game, not to mention Bailey starting the final 3 games of 2020) - not to mention the constant mispronunciation of his name (hard "G", not a "Gw" sound) as well as Chryst's name. The main reason Bailey didn't push Guarantano for the starting job for the 2020 season was the cancellation of spring practice due to Covid (and perhaps QB coach Chris Weinke's inability to develop a qb) and being in quarantine for the same at the beginning of fall drills, yet that important contextual fact is absent in this video. This is not to say it is a terrible video. I only say this to encourage you that having your facts - and even your pronunciation of names - correct goes a long way in giving your informational videos on Vols football credibility with the fanbase.

[@FredeeG90]

Do a video on comparing Mark Richt's first 5 seasons vs Smarts first 5 seasons at Georgia.

[@ScottFisherCFB]

Just added this to my list to make, great idea!

[@FredeeG90]

@@ScottFisherCFB thanks I'll be on the lookout for it.

[@navalhistoryhub3748]

Great work as always mate! Much love from the uk! Would you please do a video on legendary RB C.J Spiller! Man was a beast but unfortunately didn't quite make it at the highest level! Mans highlights alone are astonishing!

[@theoneandonly_rj]

never been this early

[@atticusv11]

I went to UT and have been a fan for a long time. Tennessee football is a cancer and anything that touched it is doomed to fail. I don’t know how it will turn and I’m afraid it won’t be during my lifetime. It’s so bad it doesn’t even bother us, the fans anymore. Sad to say that we’ve become used to losing and becoming the laughing stock of the SEC.

[@joefigueroa831]

Do Paxton Lynch

[@rachelpritchard8616]

same ima Tennessee fan for life but we have struggled i think we should hire tee martin. I mean look he was in a Nat champ and he is extremely good at recriuting and is a smart man so why not

[@huntermcdearmon5153]

Please do Chad Morris!!!

[@joshuawhite7515]

I hate to pile on Jarret Guarnatano, but he was one of the main problems for this team. He just wasn’t a D1 QB. He was always scared to death and scared to get hit. He never would go through his reads to find an open receiver and probably knew who he was going to before the ball was even snapped. And he was always late in his passes. Held into the ball too long. Most of JG’s completions were check downs and 50/50 balls. Seriously. I think Pruitt thought he was the best man for the job because he performed better in practice and protected the ball more…but alot it QB’s look good in practice because they know no one is coming for them or trying to hit them..but when the game is live they are nervous and second guessing themselves. That was JG.

[@ww45818]

As a volunteer fan, I’ve embraced the suck. After the Kentucky loss this year. I knew it was fixing to get ugly. I’m not expecting a whole lot for the next 3 years. Hopefully we can get a “Decent” coach. We’ve passed on so many coaches the past decade and a half, and I’m quite exhausted from picking poor coaches and having lackluster effort from players. Thank God for Jack Daniels. #VFL

[@boogityhoo7452]

It seems like ya'lls higher ups who choose the HC can't get past "old times" and that seems to be the problem. If they would just get with the times they could put all that behind them and work on the future.

[@hunteradams6181]

Now we have Heupel lol. Absolute stud

[@hatcher2262]

That BYU game ending was the mother of all headscratching coaching decisions.

[@whogon]

Hahaha actually, you couldn't be more wrong if you had tried we just beat Alabama for the first time in 15 years. But hey nice try kiddo. Also fix that audio a little bit. But anyway other than the end where you had a horrible speculation and were completely wrong I like your video because Pruitt was horrible but anyway you should make a video about how we turned it around in just a couple seasons with the new dude he's got a weird name and he sure doesn't look like a coach but he's pretty decent and he's turned our program around.... Only we just got absolutely dismantled by South Carolina and even lost our starting quarterback for injury so I can't even really brag but anyway at least we beat Alabama. Lol first time in 15 years you can't blame us for attaching to it 😂

[@spencerwarren9219]

Update 7/25/2022 our vols are on the rise back to the top with a fast ass scoring offence. And coach hype is living up to the hype. . We got our self a couch and hesiamn qb potential in 22 and a once in a decade qb coming in 2023 . The nico affect. Go freaking volsssss.

[@steveames3647]

The Vols have had Booster Club/wealthy alum issues since the 1960's. They need to get out their history books and take a long, hard look at themselves. NO ONE is going to fix that program on the field, until they clean it up off the field.

[@tylerthompson8186]

I dunno if the gsu loss was as bad as No.6 Tennessee losing to 3-6 MEMPHIS in 96... just saying. That just sums up how we as sports fans in Tennessee can't really have anything nice lol

[@nicholaicrees370]

Would love for you to do a video on the whole Tennessee situation

[@banditdelta7172]

That's a whole can of worms

[@walkercluck7573]

Pruitt era is a good lesson for programs to learn about never going to Saban mart for head coaches. Other than with the exception of Kirby Smart, there hasn't been many other coaches from the Saban tree to match up the success he's had at UGA.

[@yoshiblitzzz7509]

is Chris ash going to get a video?

[@JasonRyanWilson]

Just be thankful he didn't put you into academic probation for 4 years. Could you imagine if you couldn't recruit until 2023?

[@popitforpoppa1682]

tennessee should hire art briles

[@cooperchambers3187]

as a lifelong tennessee fan i disagree with the title heavily lol. Also, you are dead wrong, dooley and jones arent the most hated coaches at tennessee. Lane Kiffin is, these things make me believe you arent qualified to make this video lol. to say butch jones and dooley are hated more than kiffin is comedy... kiffin is still even more painful than pruit. cmon.

[@TheTooSiiK]

Pain is all we feel

[@russelleads2145]

I know there are more important things, but get rid of NIKE, the color is not even RIGHT, EVER!!

[@MitchellEdelman]

How many failed and terrible coaching hires, before Fulmer gets the blame? Pruitt was a reach of a hire at the time after missing out on 4 better candidates. Seems disingenuous to blame the coaches and not the commom factor.

[@HeavyMetalMonkey]

Love to hear your thoughts on the Hayden Fry through Kirk Ferentz era at Iowa.

[@ericlones9396]

They are not going get the death penalty. There to much money around TN for college football and sec. An the us fan would loss or minds

[@radcabbage]

Remember when Tennessee students and fans protested against Schiano being their next coach? Hahahaha, Tennessee deserves what they got.

[@robertdockery2308]

Sad day on Rocky Top. . .we better pray that we find and good coach. .

[@chadr7522]

And we did

[@beesting5693]

@@chadr7522agreed

[@JSchaffer214]

Thinking death penalty is absurd. The only way the NCAA would give another team the death penalty is if they were already under sanctions. Even then, the damage it did to SMU did more damage than the NCAA thought it would.

[@wtk6069]

If Louisville didn't get the death penalty, nobody else will. They were caught in multiple sports while already on probation.

[@DymaxionDon]

Full disclosure I am a Bama fan. When a program has been through four coaches in ten years they need to stop putting all the blame on coaches and have a look in the mirror.

[@rockyogle2222]

I believe it was fulmer and haslems was the problem not actually Pruitt

[@christopherblack5112]

“Tragic” is a bit much! Lol Pruitt is a great defensive coach but he is no saint!

[@kristalharris9113]

COME BACK TO BAMA... .CANT MAKE A SHIT TEAM GOOD🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘💯💯💯💯🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘

[@davidowen891]

Quit talking about things you have no clue about.... football!!

[@chasejackson7248]

There never was a rise he was a failure waiting to happen georgia fans everywhere tried to tell you all.

[@gooseflatwaterfowlers]

I really think that the mess that Tennessee is in goes back to them getting rid of Phillip Fuller as head coach. They replaced him with Lane Kiffin and that’s what started the downfall Derek Dooley Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruitt just made it a bigger mess. At big time universities it’s so important to get the right guy because one bad hire can hurt the program for decades.

[@spencerwarren9219]

This guy is hated more then kiffin in knoxville . I live in knoxville.

[@waynethurman2144]

The problem at Tennessee began way before Pruitt arrived!

[@paulroberts7665]

10 to 15 more years of crap at least my major issue was jg wasn't a even moderate qb

[@dagnabbit6187]

@Paul Roberts. Well Crompton wasn’t too wonderful either but he did do better in the Lane Kiffin system . Justin Worley was in no way going to be an NFL up and comer but he was serviceable. I think Tyler Bray potentially was the most natural , gifted QB UT has had in the 21 Century . He was cut from that California fabric that produced Tom Brady and Aaron Rogers . Yet gifted only gets you so far . The Tennessee Volunteer’s football future appears to be dismal , but Vol fans seemed to have gotten used to it . I am an old man now and I remember the days when the Ole Miss Rebels were the third winningest SEC team of all time with the Vols being second . Number 1 ? Well the Tide is simply a bad karma proof , pre ordained entity favored by the Football Gods . Oh yes they are !

[@joshuaanthony8416]

Lane Kiffin will always be the most hated coaches in team history.

[@adamw1145]

He will be back at Alabama there’s no doubt about that. Saban liked him a lot

[@gelato3299]

Great job Jeremy won’t have to worry about tenn for another 4 years

[@Liquidsteel3]

Simple... Pruitt hired his friends and had the big head

[@Deathstroke4200]

"The rise"? Funny LOL

[@zeek1kmobilegaming941]

I guess there won't be no more Jeremy Pruitt Show then

[@Rymann_23]

Now do Butch Jones 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danielhawk5313]

I hate all them the same, they all screwed us!!!!!!!

[@khalilfage1259]

Please show video on TN football.

[@allenhelderman1134]

Yes a full program about Pruitt tenure

[@gatornation3889]

As a Gator fan, Tennessee ruined itself when they ran Fulmer off after he had a few down years.

[@sainvol]

a few down years is one thing, but doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.. well that is insanity.

[@RealWordKeepa]

Need that BC video 😤😤

[@prdeereman]

The problem at Tennessee was at QB we all could see it . JG put the ball anywhere but the right spot almost every time look at the video . It don't matter what you think of Jones or Pruitt neither get there thinking Garantano is right for the job . I knew it and I was only ever a volunteer coach .If I can see it either Jones or Pruitt surely could . The real problem may never see the light of day but every game JG played there were better QBs on the bench that got better results in games that year relying only on High school instinct ..