Vols Hire Donnie Tyndall as Head Coach

[ge1974]

Of Souither Miss. as their new coach, replacing Cuonzo Martin. $5 million for 8 years.

[KMWTRUCKS]

$625,000 per season?

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

Flip those numbers... He is getting $8 million over 5 seasons...

[ge1974]

Correct, my bad. $1.6 million per season. Thanks.

[TheSultan]

Let's see how this works. He wasn't coaching his own recruits at Southern Miss for the most part. His record at Morehead was good, but not stellar by any means.

[Mark Miller]

He can coach. And he can recruit.

[MulliganMusings]

Good hire but I think Vols Nation found out that their job doesn't have the appeal they thought. They were clamoring for Shaka or Marshall only to get turned down by Louisiana Tech's Michael White before Tyndall took the job.

[MU/Panther]

Very good coach, but Goodman said on the Tim Brando Show. UT doesn't have the money as people think they do.

[MU/Panther]

I think some of these coaches are seeing the grass is not always greener. The money is more, but if the fan base wants you gone in two to three years. It's hard to get a future head coaching job.

[Markedman]

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN now
UTEP coach Tim Floyd has emerged as a strong candidate at Missouri, a source told ESPN.

[warriorfan4life]

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN now
UTEP coach Tim Floyd has emerged as a strong candidate at Missouri, a source told ESPN.

That dude has like forty lives. Would fit in swimmingly to the SEC mindset.

[unclejohn]

That dude has like forty lives. Would fit in swimmingly to the SEC mindset.

Well, aside from USC, he has been successful everywhere he has been. New Orleans, Idaho State, USC, and UTEP. He was not even that bad in the pros. He was in an impossible situation in Chicago. And as you point out, both Missou and the SEC are too slimy to care.