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Tommy Thigpen

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5 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Dallas Jackson of Rivals is apparently saying that Tommy Thigpen will be the LB coach at Tennessee.
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5 months ago

Oh man that would be big. Adds another african american coach to.
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Beat me to it Johngineer
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5 months ago

Former Auburn LB coach, IIRC.
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Dude is a beast in recruiting
Formally known as govols011 - follow me on twitter @C_Dillard6
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5 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

hdrizzle21 said...
Oh man that would be big. Adds another african american coach to.

Agreed, Drizz. Good hire if true
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Honoring the greatest coach of all-time ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Neyland ................... http://twitter.com/beckerjerry
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5 months ago

Safeties and linebackers coach at Auburn at differnt points doing his tenure there.

This post was edited by Lcbskballer15 on 12/9/2012 at 2:33 PM
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5 months ago

Thanks for the info John! +1
"Old School"! A strong defense wins championships!
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Recruiting the likes of....
LB Trey Johnson
WR Marquez North
LB Cameron Toney
Unfortunately not Carl Lawson, but it can't hurt having this guy here now.
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Go Vols
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"Old School"! A strong defense wins championships!
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5 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Be a very good hire...Mike Pelton has 2 five star DL and a 4* DE committed....DL coach at Auburn.
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We do not have a spot for Pelton.
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Manndingo said...
Be a very good hire...Mike Pelton has 2 five star DL and a 4* DE committed....DL coach at Auburn.

I played for coach Pelton in high school at oak mtn here in Birmingham, the guy is awesome, a really relaxed guy unless your technique is wrong lol
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5 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Josh ward just tweeted
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5 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Auburn 247 site is saying done deal from sources out of Knoxville.

Thigpen to Tennessee

According to reports out of Knoxville, former Auburn linebackers coach Tommy Thigpen will join the staff of newly hired head coach Butch Jon
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