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07/10/11 Spring and summer; it's the span for college football players to set themselves apart from the rest of the pack before the opening kickoff bounces into awaiting hands. This season, like the last, freshman players could have an immediate impact on the 2011 Tennessee Volunteer fate. Let's face it, Derek Dooley went out looking for players that could be potential starters, and he found some. Begin ...
07/08/11 Dennis Dodd from CBSSports.com recently wrote an article about college football coaches who are on the hot seat for 2011. One of the names he listed was Derek Dooley.
07/01/11 Derek Dooley and Tennessee had a rough first season together, and have work to do before the season to improve...
06/24/11 Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley was at ESPN in Bristol, Conn. on Thursday to promote the Volunteer football program. The second-year coach appeared on a variety of the network's shows, including "First Take," the Scott Van Pelt radio show and "College Football Live." Dooley addressed numerous topics, including "Rocky ...
06/18/11 Plenty of former Vols believe the football program has turned in the right direction under the leadership of Derek Dooley.
06/09/11 Phillip Fulmer tried a two-quaterback system, and it didn't work. In fact, it was so disastrous that it was one of the many reasons that eventually lead to his firing. Eric Ainge/Brent Schaeffer, Eric Ainge/Rick Clausen, Johnathan Crompton/Nick Stephens. All fine examples of why two-QB systems don't work. So why would Derek Dooley attempt something so erratic this early in his career? And before ...
06/02/11 DESTIN, Fla. - Like most SEC coaches here this week, Derek Dooley largely stayed away from specifics when prompted about Ohio State coach Jim Tressel's recent controversy-filled resignation.
06/01/11 Derek Dooley explains his desire to expand coaching staffs throughout college football at the SEC Spring Meetings.
05/29/11 Derek Dooley, the staff and the players actually think they can win ballgames...despite how crazy that may seem. However, before the first whistle has blown, many Vegas odds-makers have already decided the fate for this season's Vols. In short, this season will likely be a repeat of last season or at best only be marginally better. In fact, there are quite a few teams in the SEC that believe the ...
05/24/11 We all do it. There's something of great importance that just has to be done so we it write down, and before you know it, you've added something else important etc. etc. And poof! You have a to-do list. Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley will want to use every last moment of summer camp to make sure he checks every task on his list. With new help and talent in the stable, there is plenty of ...
05/21/11 Vince Dooley was guest of honor at a spring fundraiser for the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum at the home of Ann and Steve Bailey. The party was hosted as a benefit for KBGA by Natalie and Jim Haslam and the Baileys. Jim Haslam and Vince Dooley have known each other for some time and, in fact, Dooley was wearing an orange tie that Haslam sent him shortly after Derek Dooley signed on as ...
05/12/11 Aaron Douglas, from Maryville, TN, was a freshman All American wha transferred to Alabama after the Volunteers hired coach Derek Dooley.
05/03/11 Derek Dooley didn't take home a championship. The Tennessee coach did earn some conference bragging rights, though.
05/03/11 KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley and Vols football legend Stanley Morgan combined for a second-place finish at the 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament Wednesday outside Atlanta.
04/04/11 Derek Dooley, as most who follow Tennessee football have come to understand, has a unique way of making his points.
03/24/11 The Tennessee football team began its spring practice in "year one" under Derek Dooley Tuesday afternoon. According to the Volunteers' second-year coach, this season will be more of a typical first year for the coaching staff, whereas last year, staff and player turnover left UT with an undermanned team, which ...
03/22/11 Checking in on what's making news around the SEC: Mike Bianchi of The Orlando Sentinel writes that it's only a matter of time before Urban Meyer replaces Jim Tressel at Ohio State. Linebacker Brandon Maye, a three-year starter at Clemson, has transferred to Mississippi State to play his final season and will appeal to the NCAA to be eligible right away. Tennessee coach Derek Dooley says this is ...
03/21/11 A little over five weeks after being indefinitely suspended by head coach Derek Dooley , Brent Brewer has been welcomed back to the team , the Tennessee coach announced Monday afternoon.
03/21/11 Tennessee coach Derek Dooley announced strong safety Brent Brewer was reinstated to the team on Monday.
03/11/11 Every program has questions that carryover from one season to another. But when a program is elbows deep in rebuilding mode, those questions tend to take on much greater importance. Tennessee is certainly one of those rebuilding programs. Here are some of the biggest questions facing head coach Derek Dooley in Knoxville, as spring practice gets underway. Begin Slideshow
03/08/11 Tickets are on sale for Derek Dooley's second Orange and White Game on April 16, and Tennessee is offering them again with two different price levels. | 
