Tennessee is reportedly targeting former Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, one day after UW DC Ryan Walters brushed off links to the Volunteers.

Odom is the brother of Purdue head coach Barry Odom. Brian Odom played with Heupel at Oklahoma in 2000, winning the 2000 Iron Man Award given by the Sooners' strength coaches. He was also Arizona's assistant director of performance enhancement in 2005, while Heupel was the Wildcats' tight ends coach.

If Ryan Walters seems at all distracted these days in his preparation for the LA Bowl and Boise State, it's only because much of Tennessee has anointed him as t

UW DC Ryan Walters on Tuesday addressed rumors connecting him to the open coordinator job at Tennessee, and spoke about the future he sees at Washington.

Josh Heupel is searching for a new defensive coordinator, and the Tennessee head coach could reportedly look to a former Mizzou colleague.

Washington Huskies DC Ryan Walters has been named a top candidate to take over as the Tennessee Volunteers DC after just one year in Seattle.

Tennessee fired defensive coordinator Tim Banks, and now Josh Heupel is looking for his replacement. Here are a few names he could consider.

But AP spoke to him yesterday and he said he’s had no contact with Tennessee. It could just be semantics (maybe his agent spoke to Tennessee on his behalf) or maybe it was a different Ryan Walters? I know that sounds dumb but I looked on LinkedIn and I see no less than 500 Ryan Walters.

The Tennessee Vols officially parted ways with defensive coordinator Tim Banks on Monday. Tennessee made the move after the Vols finished the 2025 season with the No. 92 scoring defense in the nation.