Why Phillip Fulmer got banned from UT Vols football practice for coaching linemen
Phillip Fulmer couldn’t help himself.
Tennessee’s athletics director saw a couple of offensive linemen who he thought needed coaching during a drill last fall. So Fulmer, the former Vols coach, jumped in and coached them up.
That’s an NCAA violation.
Fulmer’s mistake was among eight NCAA violations that Tennessee reported during the last six months of 2018. UT released a report detailing the violations to USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee in response to a public records request.