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sweet. glad someone didn't forget about him and bradleyProtesters react to reports of Volunteers making deal with Greg Schiano as head coach.
Tennessee has been deluged with protests over the reported impending hiring of Greg Schiano as head football coach, with people citing his alleged connection to the Jerry Sandusky era at Penn State.
Schiano, Urban Meyer's defensive coordinator at Ohio State, and Tom Bradley, defensive coordinator under recently fired UCLA coach Jim Mora, were both Penn State assistants under Joe Paterno during Sandusky's tenure.
Both have denied allegations of their knowledge of child abuse by Sandusky from a 2015 deposition by ex-Penn State assistant Mike McQueary. The allegations became public in July 2016, at which time both Meyer and Mora defended their assistants' integrity.
Earlier Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN that Tennessee was finalizing a contract with Schiano.
The news was first reported by USA Today Sports.
Schiano has previous head coaching experience, having coached in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneersand at the college level for Rutgers.
Schiano, 51, has spent the past two seasons as Meyer's assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. He had been out of coaching since 2013, after he was fired by the Buccaneers following an 11-21 tenure in two seasons.
Schiano went 68-67 in 11 seasons as Rutgers' coach from 2001-11, guiding the Scarlet Knights to six winning campaigns and six bowl games in his last seven seasons there.
The Volunteers fired Butch Jones on Nov. 12, the day after they lost 50-17 at Missouri to fall to 0-6 in SEC play. He had a 34-27 record in five seasons at Tennessee. The Volunteers lost to Vanderbilt 42-24 to finish 4-8, 0-8 in the SEC, their first eight-loss season in school history and their first winless campaign in the SEC.