Phillip Fulmer
Phillip Fulmer
Phillip Edward Fulmer, Sr.is a former American football player and coach. He served as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1992 to 2008, compiling a 152–52 record. He is best known for coaching the Volunteers in the first ever BCS National Championship Game in 1998, defeating Florida State University. Fulmer was the Volunteers' 20th head football coach...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 September 1950
CityWinchester, TN
days early guess stamp
I guess it will be real important. Going back to my early days that was a big deal. You put your stamp on a team, on a program.
gets good guys kept nobody note plays sure three
I'm sure he's kept every note he's ever taken, and he was a very good note taker. We usually have two or three guys signaling in plays so nobody gets a bead on what we're doing, but this could be a distraction if we're not careful.
decisions easily handed looks personnel season tough whatever
In my 13 years, I've not had a season like this. I have never had anything that was easily handed to me and this (season) is not easy. We'll make whatever tough decisions need to be made ... personnel looks that need to be made. We're going to get this thing back on track.
five handling last learned year
I learned a lot last year about myself, and about even these last five months, of handling this whole scenario.
hopeful potential time
I'm hopeful that with time we'll get that big-play potential that I thought we had at the beginning. I know we have it. We're just not getting it just yet.
certainly change extra good maybe motion offense problems taken takes type week
It was good we had an extra week of practice. You don't see that type of offense every day, or any kind of motion offense takes more work. They've (the defense) certainly taken the challenge. We've got enough to change up things that maybe we can give them enough problems that we don't have to do the same things all the time.
athletes risk
We will not put our athletes at risk at all.
drop penalties
Don't drop balls, don't get penalties or don't fumble, I guess. Those are pretty much the answers.
ball bit bunch continue either except fairly good thrown work
Especially early, I thought we were really sharp. Executed fairly well. Didn't have a whole bunch of mistakes. A few. I thought Erik had a really good game, except the two sacks. He didn't need to have either one of those. He could have thrown the ball away a bit sooner. We need to continue to work with him in those areas.
florida good job needed
Florida did a good job getting what they needed to get done,
prove
Britton has got to prove he's a big-time kicker.
runs split whoever
They split the reps (in practice). We have two quarterbacks. Whoever runs out there first will be first.
looked
At times we've looked good. At times we're not very good.
aside asked step unselfish
Randy, in an unselfish gesture, has asked to step aside at the end of the season,