Rumor of the Day II: Fulmer Interested
From the Sun-Times:
Phil Fulmer, the longtime Tennessee coach who was forced to step down last season, would like to return to college coaching, and a jobs he covets is at Notre Dame.
Whether the interest is mutual remains to be seen as Notre Dame’s coaching search continued Thursday.
‘I know he’s interested, and he’s an aggressive, relentless recruiter,” said recruiting analyst Tom Lemming, who works with Fulmer at CBS College Sports. ”He would bring in a real good staff, and he’s a relentless worker.”
Fulmer had a 152-52 record during a 17-year stint at Tennessee that included a national championship in 1998. Fulmer has made no secret about his desire to return to coaching and has said he’ll only consider programs committed to winning national championships.
The 59-year-old also has been linked to the opening at Louisville.
Prediction: No one will care about this report other than Phil Fulmer.
December 4th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Concur with the prediction. Let’s see, Louisville and ND – how would you rate each program’s committment to winning a NC? I don’t see balance there.