KNOXVILLE – Tennessee’s tumultuous football coaching search zeroed today on a new candidate who actually was an old candidate.
He gave Tennessee the same answer as last time: no thanks.
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy and Tennessee athletic director John Currie met in Dallas today, according to ESPN, after Gundy and legendary former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning talked about the position last week.
Tonight Gundy tweeted “Cowboy for life! #GoPokes #okstate” as reports surfaced that he rejected an offer from Tennessee worth $7 million per year.
Gundy, who is 113-53 in 13 years at Oklahoma State, met with Tennessee officials almost exactly five years ago and turned the Volunteers down during a coaching search that ultimately led to Butch Jones.