Josh Heupel makes $9 million annually as the head football coach of the University of Tennessee.
He will earn this week’s paycheck by trying to get his Volunteers to successfully turn the page.
While many Vols fans will likely relive and debate this past Saturday’s 44-41 overtime loss to Georgia inside Neyland Stadium deep into this week, Heupel has already moved on to this Saturday’s test against visiting UAB. Tennessee is 2-1 overall and remained No. 15 in this week’s Associated Press poll, while the Blazers are also 2-1 with home wins over Alabama State (52-42) and Akron (31-28) and with a loss at Navy (38-24).
“Obviously everybody is disappointed with the outcome from Saturday,” Heupel said Monday afternoon during his weekly news conference. “There were a lot of things that we were in control of that had an opportunity to change that game, and that’s as coaches and players, but in this game, you’ve got to constantly move forward and take advantage of every day.
“You can’t look in the rearview mirror. You’ve got to look out the windshield and keep driving forward.”