Former Tennessee football coach Phillip FulmerPhillip Fulmer has not coached the University of Tennessee football program since 2008, but he is anything but retired.
Fulmer works at BPV Capital Management, of which he is a founding partner, and he is a consultant with the football rebirth at East Tennessee State. He will embark on a weekly “Coach to Coach Radio” show this week with fellow 1980s Tennessee assistant Doug Mathews, and all that is on top of his roles as a husband, father and grandfather.
With the sixth year of the post-Fulmer era about to kick off in Knoxville, Fulmer recently joined Chattanooga’s “Press Row” on ESPN 105.1 The Zone.
Q: So with all these jobs you’re having to juggle, what’s retirement like?
A: “I’m very busy, and it’s a good busy. At least I have some control of my time compared to when I was coaching. I am amused when people ask how I’m doing in retirement. It’s been fun, though.”