Tennessee, and not Alabama, lands linebackers coach William Inge
Tennessee football intercepted linebackers coach William Inge on his way from Washington to Alabama.
Inge is expected to be hired by UT, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told Knox News on Monday. The source requested anonymity because no official announcement has been made.
Inge was reportedly headed to Alabama, where he'd reunite with former Washington coach Kalen DeBoer. Instead, the Vols nabbed him to be their new linebackers coach.
Inge will replace Brian Jean-Mary, who left last week to join Michigan's staff. This is the first new defensive assistant coach hired under UT coach Josh Heupel since assembling his original staff in 2021.
Inge had served under DeBoer for the past four seasons at two schools. He was Washington's co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2022-23. And he was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Fresno State in 2020-21.
Inge's other coaching stops include Iowa (1998-2000), Northern Iowa (2001-04), Colorado (2005), San Diego State (2006-07), Cincinnati (2008-09), University of Buffalo (2010-11), Buffalo Bills (2012) and Indiana (2013-19).
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email adam.sparks@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe.
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