Tennessee wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson (84).It’s just one day away.
New University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones will hold his spring practice news conference late Friday morning, and the Volunteers will hit Haslam Field for the first of 15 practices nearly 24 hours later.
Tennessee is coming off a 5-7 season in 2012, so there are holes to fill and positions of concern.
The biggest — and loudest — complaints from the Vols Nation were directed at the previous coaching staff. With running backs coach Jay Graham’s recent defection to Florida State, there is not one holdover from last year’s staff.
Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen. Still, there are a slew of areas of concern as Jones and Co. start their first spring practice Friday.