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other then Majors,Fulmer,and ok the Iceman,has Ten. produced any other head coaches?

List any Ten.grad that is a coach at any level.
Dale Jones DC at app.state. come on Vol nation,help me out.
 
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Recently?

Bobby Dodd was a head coach back in the day.

Edit: I officially give myself a "Jimmy" for this.
 
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Kacy Rodgers was the dline coach for the Dolphins, don't know if currently holds that position.
 
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Bowden Wyatt in 50's and 60's

Murray Warmath at Minnesota? in 50's and 60's
 
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There's a site out there that let's you pick a coach and maybe a team and it will show you the coaching tree. I think it's coachingroots.com, but I don't have time to verify right now.

At one time there were over 100 coaches who stemmed from Neyland. Interesting stuff.
 
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Ralph Nelson was the high school coach at Sullivan East - haven't lived there in a while so not sure if he still is or at a different school now. I remember he built that program from nothing
 
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I know that you stipulated "head coach," but I will answer the question utilizing more inclusive parameters, simply because it is important to understand just how massive the footprint of General Neyland's influence on the college football landscape truly was. For a more or less complete listing of direct descendants (42) from the Neyland coaching tree, see Search by Coach. That tree, however, is far from dead. In addition to the many Neyland players who went on to coach at Tennessee and other programs for decades after Neyland's retirement, you will find on its upper and outermost branches, Will Muschamp and Nick Saban. If you don't believe me, look at this article: Muschamp's coaching bloodlines. Saban's perfectionism, his hard-nosed, rock-ribbed defense and smash-mouth offense, predicated on its running game, are all reminiscent of Neyland's approach to the game.

The following remarks illustrate more directly the branching effects of Neyland's coaching legacy on generations of college football coaches:

"Muschamp is a branch of the Bob Neyland coaching tree but he is also a branch of the Miami Ohio tree that produced such notable coaches as Paul Brown, Colonel Red Blaik, Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler; and the Bear Bryant, Frank Broyles and Florida State trees."

MUSCHAMP AND THE BOB NEYLAND COACHING TREE:

"Charlie Shira (Mississippi State 1967-72): Shira played college football for Col. Earl Blaik at Army where he was an All-American tackle and then was an assistant coach for General Bob Neyland at Tennessee in 1951, when Neyland claimed the last of his three national championships. Shira went with former Tennessee player and assistant Murray Warmath to Mississippi State in 1952 where he served on the same staff with future Texas head coach Darrell Royal. After a year in the Canadian Football League coaching at Edmonton, Shira returned to Mississippi State as an assistant to Royal, who became head coach when Warmath moved to Minnesota, where he coached 17 years and won the 1960 national title. Shira was with Royal for two years at Mississippi State (1954-55) and stayed on for one year with Wade Walker after Royal left to become head coach at Washington. When Royal was named head coach at Texas, he hired Shira as his defensive coordinator where he remained for 10 years (1957-66) and helped the Longhorns win the 1963 national championship. Shira returned to Mississippi State in 1967 where he served six years as head coach. In 1973 he hired former Alabama All-American and Baltimore Colts wide receiver Ray Perkins as receivers coach."

MUSCHAMP AND THE MIAMI OHIO COACHING TREE:

"Muschamp is tied to “The Cradle of Coaches” through Colonel Red Blaik, who coached Charlie Shira at Army, and Earle Bruce, who hired Nick Saban as an assistant at Ohio State. Blaik won national championships at Army in 1944-45. More than 20 Blaik Assistants became head coaches including Paul Dietzel, who won the 1958 national championship at LSU; Vince Lombardi, who won five NFL championships with the Green Bay Packers; and Murray Warmath, who played for Bob Neyland at Tennessee, and won the 1960 national championship at Minnesota."

MUSCHAMP AND THE FRANK BROYLES COACHING TREE:

"This is a major branch of the Bob Neyland coaching tree. The members of the Broyles tree that are part of the Muschamp lineage are Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, Jackie Sherrill and Tuberville. Johnson, who played for Broyles and coached under Sherrill at Pitt, hired Tuberville at Miami" (Muschamp's coaching bloodlines).

When you count the luminaries who occupy branches off of branches from the Neyland coaching tree, it cast an extraordinary shadow across the college football landscape.
 
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know I said head coaches,but then I put some in that werenot.Just looking to see how many of our former players have become coaches at any level.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
I know that you stipulated "head coach," but I will answer the question utilizing more inclusive parameters, simply because it is important to understand just how massive the footprint of General Neyland's influence on the college football landscape truly was. For a more or less complete listing of direct descendants (42) from the Neyland coaching tree, see Search by Coach. That tree, however, is far from dead. In addition to the many Neyland players who went on to coach at Tennessee and other programs for decades after Neyland's retirement, you will find on its upper and outermost branches, Will Muschamp and Nick Saban. If you don't believe me, look at this article: Muschamp's coaching bloodlines. Saban's perfectionism, his hard-nosed, rock-ribbed defense and smash-mouth offense, predicated on its running game, are all reminiscent of Neyland's approach to the game.

The following remarks illustrate more directly the branching effects of Neyland's coaching legacy on generations of college football coaches:

"Muschamp is a branch of the Bob Neyland coaching tree but he is also a branch of the Miami Ohio tree that produced such notable coaches as Paul Brown, Colonel Red Blaik, Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler; and the Bear Bryant, Frank Broyles and Florida State trees."

MUSCHAMP AND THE BOB NEYLAND COACHING TREE:

"Charlie Shira (Mississippi State 1967-72): Shira played college football for Col. Earl Blaik at Army where he was an All-American tackle and then was an assistant coach for General Bob Neyland at Tennessee in 1951, when Neyland claimed the last of his three national championships. Shira went with former Tennessee player and assistant Murray Warmath to Mississippi State in 1952 where he served on the same staff with future Texas head coach Darrell Royal. After a year in the Canadian Football League coaching at Edmonton, Shira returned to Mississippi State as an assistant to Royal, who became head coach when Warmath moved to Minnesota, where he coached 17 years and won the 1960 national title. Shira was with Royal for two years at Mississippi State (1954-55) and stayed on for one year with Wade Walker after Royal left to become head coach at Washington. When Royal was named head coach at Texas, he hired Shira as his defensive coordinator where he remained for 10 years (1957-66) and helped the Longhorns win the 1963 national championship. Shira returned to Mississippi State in 1967 where he served six years as head coach. In 1973 he hired former Alabama All-American and Baltimore Colts wide receiver Ray Perkins as receivers coach."

MUSCHAMP AND THE MIAMI OHIO COACHING TREE:

"Muschamp is tied to “The Cradle of Coaches” through Colonel Red Blaik, who coached Charlie Shira at Army, and Earle Bruce, who hired Nick Saban as an assistant at Ohio State. Blaik won national championships at Army in 1944-45. More than 20 Blaik Assistants became head coaches including Paul Dietzel, who won the 1958 national championship at LSU; Vince Lombardi, who won five NFL championships with the Green Bay Packers; and Murray Warmath, who played for Bob Neyland at Tennessee, and won the 1960 national championship at Minnesota."

MUSCHAMP AND THE FRANK BROYLES COACHING TREE:

"This is a major branch of the Bob Neyland coaching tree. The members of the Broyles tree that are part of the Muschamp lineage are Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, Jackie Sherrill and Tuberville. Johnson, who played for Broyles and coached under Sherrill at Pitt, hired Tuberville at Miami" (Muschamp's coaching bloodlines).

When you count the luminaries who occupy branches off of branches from the Neyland coaching tree, it cast an extraordinary shadow across the college football landscape.
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Thanks to ancestry.com :birgits_giggle: Nice work. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
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A list that consisted solely of Neyland players who went on to achieve prominence in the college football profession, as assistants or head coaches, would include at least the following:

Bobby Dodd (All-American quarterback at UT in 1930 and outstanding coach at Georgia Tech, winning a national championship in 1952)
Bowden Wyatt (UT head coach)
John Barnhill (UT head coach)
Murray Warmath (won a national championship at Minnesota in 1960)
DeWitt Weaver
Bob Woodruff (long-term athletic director at UT)
Phil Dickens
Billy Meek
Harvey Robinson (UT head coach)
Deke Brackett
Bill Barnes
Jim Meyers
George Cafego (longtime UT kicking coach)
Bob Davis
Johnny Majors (UT head coach)
Ken Donahue (orchestrated the great defensive performance vs. Miami in the '86 Sugar Bowl)

Ray Graves played at UT during the early years of World War II before eventually becoming head coach at Florida.

Doug Dickey played for Bob Woodruff at Florida (1951-53), so, despite his innovative offensive approach at UT, would also have to be considered a second-generation branch of the Neyland coaching tree.

You could probably write a relatively lengthy and interesting book that would focus exclusively on the Neyland coaching tree's influence on the history of the game.
 
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Don McLeary was head football coach at UT Martin for a decade.

Don McLeary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

After redshirting in 1967, McLeary was a two-year starter in the Vol backfield with Curt Watson, Bobby Scott and Lester McClain. Adept as both a blocker and runner, McLeary had his highest moment as Vol on a rainy afternoon in Sanford Stadium the first Saturday in November 1969 when both tailbacks cracked the century mark and the Vols won 17-3.

As the Vol forward wall led the way, Watson had 197 yards rushing, with McLeary adding 100. Against Auburn a year later, Watson and McLeary did it again, with Watson gaining 142 yards and McLeary 119.
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Tennessee Living Legends For Georgia Game - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics


Also, you can't leave out Peyton Manning, Head Coach Denver Broncos 2012 - Current :thumbsup:
 
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