Fulmer, Tuberville adjust uncomfortably to view off sidelines
Their bank accounts and free time have expanded, and their golf scores have shrunk.
They’ve taken fun trips with friends and family, visited college and pro football practices and re-introduced themselves to loved ones after years of being immersed in their jobs.
But Saturday, on the first weekend of the new college football season, it will fully hit Phillip Fulmer and Tommy Tuberville that they are no longer head coaches.
“This is the first time since the sixth grade that I don’t have football in the fall,” said Fulmer, a former Tennessee offensive lineman forced out as Vols boss after 29 seasons coaching at his alma mater, the last 16 as head coach. “I’ve got the bug (to coach).”
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