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1.......1 losing season in 17 yrs..... this is the guy to get!!!!!
http://www.twincities.com/gophers/ci_16772862?nclick_check=1
He wouldn't attempt to guess who would become the University of Minnesota's next football coach, but Gophers men's basketball coach Tubby Smith made it pretty clear after Friday's practice that he had a favorite.
Smith hopes former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer gets the job. That's no surprise considering Fulmer won a BCS national championship with the Volunteers in 1998, the same year Smith won a national title at Kentucky.
"He's a good man," Smith said. "I've known him for a long time, having both been in the (Southeastern Conference). I think he would be a great candidate."
Fulmer was fired after 17 seasons at Tennessee following a 5-7 season in 2008, which was his only losing season with the Vols. Fulmer, 60, hasn't coached since then. But Smith, 59, who left Kentucky for Minnesota while under fire in 2007, said that his absence from the game shouldn't be a factor in him getting hired.
"He's got the connections," Smith said. "When you got a guy like (former Tennessee quarterback) Peyton Manning helping, shoot, you can go into homes and sell. You can say, 'Hey, look, these are the guys I've had, the guys I've coached.' "
http://www.twincities.com/gophers/ci_16772862?nclick_check=1
He wouldn't attempt to guess who would become the University of Minnesota's next football coach, but Gophers men's basketball coach Tubby Smith made it pretty clear after Friday's practice that he had a favorite.
Smith hopes former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer gets the job. That's no surprise considering Fulmer won a BCS national championship with the Volunteers in 1998, the same year Smith won a national title at Kentucky.
"He's a good man," Smith said. "I've known him for a long time, having both been in the (Southeastern Conference). I think he would be a great candidate."
Fulmer was fired after 17 seasons at Tennessee following a 5-7 season in 2008, which was his only losing season with the Vols. Fulmer, 60, hasn't coached since then. But Smith, 59, who left Kentucky for Minnesota while under fire in 2007, said that his absence from the game shouldn't be a factor in him getting hired.
"He's got the connections," Smith said. "When you got a guy like (former Tennessee quarterback) Peyton Manning helping, shoot, you can go into homes and sell. You can say, 'Hey, look, these are the guys I've had, the guys I've coached.' "
