Vols T logoKNOXVILLE – Don Mahoney undoubtedly knows he’s inheriting a nice situation.
His intent is to make it even nicer.
Tennessee’s new offensive line coach is taking over a unit that returns 123 combined career starts and loses just one player from a solid group that improved as run blockers and allowed only eight sacks in 2012, but Mahoney wants more from his linemen.
“They’ve been through a lot together, and they’re willing to embrace this change,” he said. “We’ve got to develop depth. We’ve got to have some guys step up and play at even a higher level than they did last year, and that’s one of the challenges I’m going to present to them.
“I’m hearing positive things. We haven’t really sunk into the film yet, but let’s step the game up even more. I know that they’re going to take off running with that.”