ESPN reported Thursday that the University of Tennessee has paused the hiring of any football assistants while the school continues to look into recruiting violations that surfaced last month.
The Volunteers have staff vacancies on the offensive line and defensive line.
Tennessee revealed this week that attorneys Mike Glazier and Kyle Skillman have been hired to assist compliance officials in the investigation. On Dec. 19, when Tennessee concluded a disappointing 3-7 season with a 34-13 loss to Texas A&M inside Neyland Stadium, multiple outlets reported that the program was being investigated by its own compliance department and by the NCAA for alleged recruiting violations and impermissible benefits involving current players.
Fox Sports Knoxville, which cited anonymous sources, stated the investigation dated back to early December.
“I haven’t seen the article or anything like that,” Tennessee third-year coach Jeremy Pruitt said after the loss to the Aggies, “but anytime in college football or college athletics, you have typical compliance stuff, and that’s all I know.”