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GENERAL STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW HISTORY 15 HONORS VOLMANAC RECORDS UTSPORTS.COM // @VOL_FOOTBALL STAFF JEREMY PRUITT TENNESSEE FOOTBALL HEAD COACH • 5 x National Champion (‘17, ‘13, ‘12, ‘11, ‘09) • 44 NFL Draft Picks • 13 First Round Picks • 18 All-Americans • 96-13 Record as an Assistant (.881 winning pct) • 18 All-Conference First Team Selections • Coached Nation’s No. 1 Defense in ‘17, ‘16, ‘13 • Former Alabama, Georgia and Florida State DC • 2 x Broyles Award Finalist • His defenses have allowed only 14.7 ppg since 2013 Jeremy Pruitt was introduced as the 26th head COACHING CAREER coach in Tennessee football history on Dec. 7, 2017, taking the helm of the Volunteers after cementing Year School Position himself as the nation’s top defensive coordinator 1997 Alabama Graduate Assistant 1998 Plainview HS Defensive Backs during stints at Alabama (2016-17), Georgia (2014-15) 1999 West Alabama Defensive Backs and Florida State (2013). 2000 Plainview HS Defensive Coordinator Pruitt comes to Rocky Top with five national 2001-03 Fort Payne HS Assistant Coach championships to his credit, including the 2018 College 2004 Hoover HS Defensive Backs Football Playoff National Championship victory he 2005-06 Hoover HS Defensive Coordinator/DBs helped lead Alabama to a month after taking the UT 2007-09 Alabama Director of Player Development job. He also was part of three national championships 2010-12 Alabama Defensive Backs (2009, 2011, 2012) on the staff of the Crimson Tide 2013 Florida State Defensive Coordinator/DBs 2014-15 Georgia Defensive Coordinator/DBs from 2007 to 2012, and was the defensive coordinator 2016-17 Alabama Defensive Coordinator/ILBs during the Seminoles’ undefeated national 2018-pres. Tennessee Head Coach championship season in 2013. Pruitt was a standout high school coach before joining the Alabama staff as the Director of Player Development. He played collegiately for coaching legends Boots Donnelly, at Middle Tennessee State, and for Gene Stallings, at Alabama, after growing up in Rainsville, Ala., a town just 45 minutes south of Chattanooga. Pruitt is a teacher at heart, spending time as a physical education instructor right out of college while serving as an assistant football coach for his father at Plainview and Fort Payne high schools. In his introductory press conference, Pruitt joked that he taught every kid in Fort Payne, Ala., how to tie their shoes from 2001-04. Former players he recruited and coached swear by Pruitt years later, including NFL All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey, Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry, Pro Bowl linebacker Telvin Smith and Redskins linebacker Ryan Anderson to name a few. He owns a 96-13 (.881 winning percentage) record The Pruitt family (left to right): Jeremy, Ridge, Jayse, Flynt and Casey. as a collegiate assistant coach and is a two-time Broyles Award finalist in addition to being named current NFL stars Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Dre Kirkpatrick, National Recruiter of the Year by 247Sports in 2012. Lamarcus Joyner and Telvin Smith. He has coached 44 NFL draft picks and 18 All- Pruitt served as the defensive coordinator/inside Americans. The list of players coached by Pruitt reads linebackers coach during his second stint with the like a who’s who of college football’s top defensive Crimson Tide in 2016 and 2017, leading an Alabama players this decade and includes 2017 National team that topped the nation in scoring defense, total Defensive Player of the Year Minkah Fitzpatrick, 2016 defense and rushing defense, while advancing to the Butkus Award (nation’s top LB) winner Reuben Foster, College Football Playoff both seasons. 2016 National Defensive Player of the Year Jonathan Pruitt’s 2017 defense allowed only 11.9 points per Allen, top 10 NFL draft picks Ramsey, Roquan Smith, game, 260.4 total yards per contest and 94.7 rushing Leonard Floyd, Mark Barron and Dee Milliner, and yards. Six Crimson Tide defensive players earned 16 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL 2018 MEDIA GUIDE GENERAL THE PRUITT FILE Born: May 28, 1974 Hometown: Rainsville, Ala. Education: West Alabama (’99) Playing Experience: Middle Tennessee – DB (93-94), Alabama STAFF – DB (95-96) Wife: Casey Children: Sons: Jayse (22), Ridge (3) and Flynt (1) National Championships (5) 2017 – Alabama (Defensive Coordinator) PLAYERS 2013 – Florida State (Defensive Coordinator) 2012 – Alabama (Defensive Backs Coach) 2011 – Alabama (Defensive Backs Coach) 2009 – Alabama (Director of Player Development) NFL Draft Picks Coached (44 total, 13 First Rounders) LB Roquan Smith (RD 1) - Georgia ‘18, Chicago Bears All-SEC honors in 2017, the most among any team DB Minkah Fitzpatrick (RD 1) - Alabama ‘18, Miami Dolphins REVIEW DT Da’Ron Payne (RD 1) - Alabama ‘18, Washington Redskins in the conference, with defensive back Fitzpatrick LB Rashaan Evans (RD 1) - Alabama ‘18, Tennessee Titans and defensive lineman Raekwon Davis garnering LB Lorenzo Carter (RD 3) - Georgia ‘18, New York Giants DB Ronnie Harrison (RD 3) - Alabama ‘18 - Jacksonville Jaguars first-team honors. Fitzpatrick collected consensus DL Da’Shawn Hand (RD 4) - Alabama ‘18, Detroit Lions All-America honors for the second straight year DB Anthony Averett (RD 4) - Alabama ‘18, Baltimore Ravens LB Shaun Dion Hamilton (RD 6) - Alabama ‘18, Washington Redskins HISTORY in addition to the Jim Thorpe Award (nation’s top DT Joshua Frazier (RD 7) - Alabama ‘18 - Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back) and Chuck Bednarik Award (nation’s DB Marlon Humphrey (RD1) - Alabama ‘17, Baltimore Ravens DE Johnathan Allen (RD 1) – Alabama ’17 – Washington Redskins top defensive player) honors. LB Reuben Foster (RD 1) – Alabama ’17 – San Francisco 49ers In his first season as Alabama’s defensive LB Ryan Anderson (RD 2) – Alabama ’17 - Washington Redskins DT Dalvin Tomlinson (RD 2) – Alabama ’17 – New York Giants coordinator, Pruitt led the most dominant defense DE DeMarcus Walker (RD 2) Florida State ’17 – Denver Broncos in college football in 2016. The Tide led the nation in LB Tim Williams (RD 3) – Alabama ’17 - Baltimore Ravens DB Eddie Jackson (RD 4) – Alabama ’17 – Chicago Bears HONORS scoring defense (13.0 ppg), rushing defense (63.9 ypg) CB Marquez White (RD 6) – Florida State ‘17 – Dallas Cowboys and total defense (261.8 ypg). The Tide also led the CB Jalen Ramsey (RD 1) – Florida State ’16 – Jacksonville Jaguars LB Leonard Floyd (RD 1) – Georgia ’16 – Chicago Bears nation in defensive touchdowns with 11. Pruitt coached LB Reggie Ragland (RD 2) – Alabama ’16 – Buffalo Bills the aforementioned Foster to consensus first team All- DT A’Shawn Robinson (RD 2) – Alabama ’16 – Detroit Lions DT Jarran Reed (RD 2) – Alabama ’16 – Seattle Seahawks America honors and the Butkus Award after finishing CB Cyrus Jones (RD 2) – Alabama ’16 – New England Patriots the season with 115 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and five LB Jordan Jenkins (RD 3) – Georgia ’16 – New York Jets VOLMANAC DE Mario Edwards (RD 2) – Florida State ’15 – Oakland Raiders sacks, while Allen earned unanimous first-team All- DT Eddie Goldman (RD 2) - Florida State’15 – Chicago Bears America honors and won the Chuck Bednarik Award CB Ronald Darby (RD 2) - Florida State ’15 – Buffalo Bills DB Landon Collins (RD 2) – Alabama ’15 – New York Giants (nation’s top defensive player), the Vince Lombardi CB P.J. Williams (RD 3) – Florida State ’15 – New Orleans Saints Award (nation’s top lineman), the Ted Hendricks Award LB Ramik Wilson (RD 4) – Georgia ’15 – Kansas City Chiefs DB Damian Swann (RD 5) – Georgia ’15 – New Orleans Saints (nation’s top defensive end), and the Bronko Nagurski LB Amarlo Herrera (RD 6) – Georgia ’15 – Indianapolis Colts Trophy (nation’s top defensive player). FS Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (RD 1) – Alabama ’14 – Green Bay Packers CB Lamarcus Joyner (RD 2) - Florida State ’14 – St. Louis Rams RECORDS Prior to his return to Alabama, Pruitt was the DT Timmy Jernigan (RD 2) – Florida State ’14 – Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator for two seasons at Georgia, FS Terrence Brooks (RD 3) – Florida State ’14 – Baltimore Ravens LB Telvin Smith (RD 5) – Florida State ’14 – Jacksonville Jaguars guiding the nation’s No. 1 pass defense in 2015 and DB Vinnie Sunseri (RD 5) – Alabama ’14 – New Orleans Saints leading a squad that finished in the top 20 nationally in CB Dee Milliner (RD 1) – Alabama ’13 – New York Jets DB Mark Barron (RD 1) – Alabama ’12 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers scoring defense, pass defense and total defense in 2014. CB Dre Kirkpatrick (RD 1) – Alabama ’12 – Cincinnati Bengals The 2015 Bulldogs’ defense ranked seventh CB DeQuan Menzie (RD 5) – Alabama ’12 – Kansas City Chiefs nationally in total defense, allowing 305.9 yards per Conference Championships (4) game, third in red zone defense (.676) and in first 2016 SEC – Alabama (Defensive Coordinator) 2013 ACC – Florida State (Defensive Coordinator) down defense (189), seventh in pass efficiency defense 2012 SEC – Alabama (Defensive Backs Coach) (104.99) and eighth in scoring defense (16.9 ppg). 2009 SEC – Alabama (Director of Player Development) Pruitt’s 2014 Georgia defense ranked fifth All-Americans Coached (18) DB Minkah Fitzpatrick – Alabama ’17 – Unanimous nationally in passing yards allowed (170.4 ypg) and DB Minkah Fitzpatrick – Alabama ’16 – Consensus was fourth in the country in turnover margin (+1.23). LB Rashaan Evans – Alabama ‘17 – AFCA DL Da’Ron Payne – Alabama ’17 – AFCA During his stint in Athens, Pruitt coached seven DE Jonathan Allen - Alabama ’16 – Unanimous future NFL Draft picks and four all-conference LB Reuben Foster – Alabama ’16 - Unanimous DB Marlon Humphrey - Alabama