Per Coach Heupel:
“I am thrilled to be coming to Tennessee,” Heupel said. “I understand that Volunteer fans are hungry for a return to the top that they so richly deserve, and it is my goal and commitment to bring a championship back to Rocky Top.”
An elite play caller with a history of explosive offenses, Heupel was the architect of a unit that ranked in the FBS top 10 in points per game in each of his three seasons as UCF head coach—eighth in 2020 (42.2), fifth in 2019 (43.4) and sixth in 2018 (43.2). The Knights also ranked in the top five in the FBS in total offense per game in each of those three seasons—second in 2020 (568.1), second in 2019 (540.5) and fourth in 2018 (522.7).
"COACH served as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach during his second stint with the Crimson Tide in 2016 and 2017, leading an Alabama team that topped the nation in scoring defense, total defense and rushing defense, while advancing to the College Football Playoff both seasons.
COACH'S 2017 defense allowed only 11.9 points per game, 260.4 total yards per contest and 94.7 rushing yards. Six Crimson Tide defensive players earned All-SEC honors in 2017, the most among any team in the conference, with defensive back Fitzpatrick and defensive lineman Raekwon Davis garnering first-team honors. Fitzpatrick collected consensus All-America honors for the second straight year in addition to winning the Jim Thorpe Award and Chuck Bednarik Award.
In his first season as Alabama’s defensive coordinator, COACH led the most dominant defense in college football in 2016. The Tide led the nation in scoring defense (13.0 ppg), rushing defense (63.9 ypg) and total defense (261.8 ypg). The squad also led the nation in defensive touchdowns with 11.
COACH coached the aforementioned Foster to consensus first team All-America honors and the Butkus Award after finishing the season with 115 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and five sacks, while Allen earned unanimous first-team All-America honors and won the Chuck Bednarik Award, the Lombardi Award, the Ted Hendricks Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
Prior to his return to Alabama, COACH was the defensive coordinator for two seasons at Georgia, guiding the nation’s No. 1 pass defense in 2015 and leading a squad that finished in the top 20 nationally in scoring defense, pass defense and total defense in 2014.
The 2015 Bulldogs’ defense ranked seventh nationally in total defense, allowing 305.9 yards per game, third in red zone defense (.676) and in first down defense (189), seventh in pass efficiency defense (104.99) and eighth in scoring defense (16.9 ppg).
COACH'S 2014 Georgia defense ranked fifth nationally in passing yards allowed (170.4 ypg) and was fourth in the country in turnover margin (+1.23).
During his stint in Athens, COACH coached seven future NFL Draft picks and four all-conference selections."
We can all post bios. That bio I posted looks like a grand slam, yeah?
