Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley and strength coach Ron McKeefery speak to the media during a tour of the Vols’ new football training center on Friday morning.
Staff photo by Patrick BrownKNOXVILLE – Derek Dooley truly spared no detail in helping design Tennessee’s nearly-completed football training center.
The Volunteers’ coach even made sure he managed the smell of the program’s shiny new toy.
Dooley stopped in the locker room of the complex during a media tour of the new building and described the smell and musty aroma in a typical football locker room.
“Not one of the scents you want to smell,” he deadpanned.
The new building, which is covered with Dooley’s fingerprints, has a solution. There will be a shoe-drying room right next to the door leading to the Vols’ outdoor practice fields. Each individual locker features chargers and a ventilation system that removes the bad air outside and blows in new, clean air.