Coach firings add up for University of Tennessee
Source: govolsxtra.com Posted By: Jacky S...4961 days ago
The University of Tennessee athletic department often prides itself on its business model. It's one of a few in the country that is not only self-sufficient, but can afford to give back to the institution.
Since 2005, and after a flurry of prominent dismissals that started with baseball coach Rod Delmonico's in June 2007 and reached its fourth casualty Monday with the firing of Delmonico's successor, Todd Raleigh, that model has required a fund reserved to make the department's hiring mistakes....