January 8, 2008
Will UR Football Coach Head to UT?
Word on the street is that University of Richmond head coach, Dave Clawson, may be leaving UR to be the offensive coordinator for the Tenessee Vols.
While no official announcement has been made, there is plenty of chatter about his impending departure.
CSTV reports the announcement could be made today.
GO Vols Xtra had these details:
University of Richmond head football coach Dave Clawson is the latest candidate to interview for Tennessee’s vacant offensive coordinator position, sources told the News Sentinel.
Clawson spent Monday in Knoxville interviewing with UT coach Phillip Fulmer, the third known candidate to interview for the job since David Cutcliffe left Dec. 15 to become Duke’s head coach.
Other possible candidates, according to sources, are former Michigan assistants Mike DeBord, and Scott Loeffler. Loeffler interviewed with Fulmer before the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla.
Clemson offensive coordinator Rob Spence and San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks coach Frank Cignetti also interviewed for the job.
Spence told reporters he’d remain at Clemson shortly before the Chick-fil-A Bowl and reaffirmed that Sunday in the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier. Also Sunday, Cal named Cignetti its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
UT also spoke with former assistant Kippy Brown, who has since been promoted from wide receivers coach to passing game coordinator by the Detroit Lions.
Clawson, 40, has been with the Spiders since 2004.
A phone call to Clawson’s office went unanswered Monday evening.
Prior to joining Richmond, Clawson was the head coach for five seasons at Fordham and offensive coordinator at Villanova for three seasons. While at Villanova, he coached Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook.
In the last two seasons at Richmond, the Spiders’ offense has set a school record with 8,817 total yards.
This season, Richmond finished 11-3, losing to eventual national champion Appalachian State 55-35 in the playoffs
Considering that UR’s swim coach, Matt Kredich, also left UR to coach the Lady Vols swim team (back in 2004), I wouldn’t doubt that UT was happy with their first recruitment and decided to go for a second Spider coach.








That is pretty awesome! Good for him!
The TD offered an update today, with no real new info.
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/sports.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-01-10-0099.html