Phillip Fulmer - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Sep 01, 1950 Winchester, Tennessee, United States 73 years old

American college football player, college football coach

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About Phillip Fulmer

  • Phillip Edward Fulmer Sr.
  • (born September 1, 1950) is a former American football player, coach, and current athletic director at the University of Tennessee.
  • He served as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1992 to 2008, compiling a 152–52 record.
  • He is best known for coaching the Volunteers in the first BCS National Championship Game in 1998, defeating Florida State Seminoles.
  • Fulmer was the Volunteers' 20th head football coach.At the end of his tenure at Tennessee, Fulmer had the second-highest number of wins of any head coach in Tennessee history, 21 behind Robert Neyland.
  • Fulmer also was the third coach in Tennessee history to win a claimed national championship.
  • His 1997 and 1998 teams won consecutive SEC championships.
  • Despite a decline in the later years of his career, he is widely considered by many to be an icon of Tennessee football and one of the greatest coaches ever.
  • In recognition of his accomplishments at Tennessee, Fulmer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.Fulmer served as a special assistant to the athletic director at East Tennessee State University.
  • On June 20, 2017, Fulmer was named as a special advisor to the University of Tennessee president.
  • On December 1, 2017, Fulmer became the Athletic Director at the University of Tennessee.

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