Russ Huesman is no longer in the bailout business.
His University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football players who are in summer school on the program’s money — 43 are scheduled for classes at some point this summer — are there as a reward, to get ahead academically.
The Mocs who need summer school to stay eligible are on their own financially.
“I ain’t in the bailing-out business anymore,” the Mocs coach said. “I’m in the ‘you do what you’re supposed to do, and we’re going to do everything possible to get you a degree’ — and that’s our priority.”
Huesman told his team in numerous meetings in the fall and spring that a philosophical change was taking place regarding summer school. He warned those players whose midterm grades weren’t where they needed to be that they better be prepared to let “mom and dad know they need to start saving some money” to pay for summer school.