Analysis: What are the ramifications of UT's continuing leadership changes?

University of Tennessee Chancellor Beverly Davenport speaks before the start of UT's Hike the Hill in Heels event on Monday, April 2, 2018.
University of Tennessee Chancellor Beverly Davenport speaks before the start of UT's Hike the Hill in Heels event on Monday, April 2, 2018.
photo University of Tennessee athletic director, John Currie speaks during a press conference announcing the firing of head football coach, Butch Jones, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, in Knoxville, Tenn.

Beverly Davenport, the University of Tennessee's first female chancellor, was fired from that top job Wednesday, but that is only one of several leadership changes UT has endured in recent years.

UT President Joe DiPietro, who fired Davenport as chancellor but gave her the option of a faculty position in the College of Communication and Information, is planning to retire. He has not yet made public his retirement date.

Wayne Davis, dean of the Tickle College of Engineering, was appointed interim chancellor for six months to one year in a Thursday announcement lauded by legislators, the governor and others. Davis, 69, delayed retirement to accept the position, which means his dean's role also will have to be filled.

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