UT’s Sunseri Preparing His Players For Everything

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When Justin Wilcox left for Washington and Derek Dooley hired ex-Alabama linebackers coach Sal Sunseri to head up Tennessee’s defense, the third-year coach said his Vols would be more “multiple.”

Sunseri’s approach this spring has been just that and he hopes it pays off for his team this fall:


“The game of football right now is a bunch of changes, strength, motions, different looks and all that.  You have to give them the tough things early so they adjust to the tough things early, because when the easy things come, it makes it that much easier.

We’re going to prepare them for every situation.  That’s our job as coaches.  We’re going to get them right, and they’re going to fly to the football, and they’re going to know what they’re supposed to do.”


With his neck most likely on the line this season, Dooley’s squad is switching from a base 4-3 defense to a base 3-4.  How well his players pick up Sunseri’s system could decide both men’s fate.