Phillip Fulmer Honored before Spring Game
April 18, 2009 by Allison Boyer
Filed under Football
Former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer was honored with the Gen. Robert Neyland Trophy by the Knoxville Quarterback Club before the Volunteers’ annual Orange and White spring scrimmage game before a crowd of nearly 51,500 people on Saturday.
Phillip Fulmer, before one of his final games at Tennessee. Image: Newscom
In case you don’t follow news from that college or the SEC, Fulmer spent 17 seasons as Tennessee coach before resigning being fired last season and replaced by Lane Kiffin. Says Fulmer,
“We all realize that we love the university very much, but it really can’t love you back. It’s bricks and mortar and there’s people that make decisions along the way and sometimes they’re the right decisions and sometimes they’re the wrong decisions. We’re going through getting past all of that.”
While at Tennesse, Fulmer won 75% of hs games and led the Volunteers to a National Championship, 2 SEC Chapionship titles, and seven East Division titles before going 5-7 last season.
