Sean Carlson announced as new coach of UT

For those “nitpicking” Pitcher…. How many on this board have actually run 1:48.12/3:39.23 and made Olympic Trials and US Championship finals pre super spikes? You really going to call out alumni from a university who wants the best? I never heard Vol1500 once go after Ross or Carlson. The only point I’ve seen him make against the program is that through Clark and Sullivan, they did a terrible job of recruiting and developing local talent. Period. Nobody that has gone to UT from East Tennessee has done jack from 800 to XC…it’s not just 1600.

Fam has gone after Ross. Talk to anyone that’s seen him and they’ll confirm it.

Bet he’ll do the same for Carlson.

We are talking about Tim Pitcher, not “Reckless” treadmill world record holder Fam.

Serious question for the Alumni of Tennessee-

Why can't the Tennessee Alumni be supportive of the program?

Rather than attempt to tear it down every singe year? Not a single congratulatory message to any of the athletes or to the teams over the past couple years. These teams have been very successful.. 3rd at Indoor NCAAs, 3rd at Outdoor NCAAs, and 3rd at SECs are all feats that have occurred this year.

I have always thought that being hateful and rude will never get you, or anyone, anywhere in life. Support the program and the athletes that are coming into the program, you're negative opinions will only hurt the athletes. Yes, I am talking to you late 80's and early 90's alumni!

These old UT alums don’t get it.

carlson is a master recruiter. He added Dylan Jacobs (with his 10 NCAA PTS) and probably hasn’t even unpacked his carry-on yet.

Ross brings his son and they’re already NCAA Champions outdoors 2023.

Master recruiter? It’s his old athlete. I wouldn’t attribute that to recruiting.

Any rumors on the assistant hire?

Tennessee has certainly been able to produce HS talent, but how many actual impact guys at the NCAA level does it have?

For example in 2018, Tennessee put 4 guys to Foot Lockers, but where are they now? Outside of Bullock at Ole Miss, none of them have panned out. Renfree can’t make Notre Dame’s travel squad. Ahlmeyer has done nothing at Furman.

Two sub 9 guys this past year in Miles Alley and Aiden Britt, and I don’t think they’ve even competed in uniform. Carlson will be completely fine bringing in transfers and grads just like he did at ND.

The real battle I see brewing up is Carlson vs Vanhoy. Carlson right now is taking a lil bit of the fanboy attention away from vanhoy who is usually the one getting it all on letsrun. Who’s better?? Vanhoy has the advantage right now and has a fleet of guys that get it down especially mid distance. Carlson has had more long distance success and the anomaly of nuguse in md. Early rumors were that vanhoy would take tennessee job so what’s going to happen?

is vanhoy worried about Carlson joining the SEC?

Interesting. In what capacity?

It's a fair point and a fair concern. Tennessee kids have been a mixed bag in college (though probably like most states). Aaron Templeton has some success at the NCAA level, making finals in track and finishing 5th at NCAA XC his senior year. Brodey Hasty has been inconsistent at best, not living up to the hype. He has definitely made the NCAA championships and grabbed an All-American certificate in XC. I'd say he's had an impact at the national level, but not as we would have expected given what he did in HS.
The 2018 class had Titus Winders who made Footlocker with Renfree and Carter Coughlin. Titus was recently the D2 National Champion indoors at 5k (13:37 or 13:39) and 3k (7:47), and pulled in a 2nd team All-America outdoors 2 weeks ago in the 5k. Titus has recently transferred to Iowa State, so we'll see how he fares against the big dogs. Coughlin made some noise for Wake Forest at the ACC championships a couple of years ago, but has struggled on the national stage.
The 2019 (2018 Footlocker) class isn't exactly as you call it. Bullock has an All-America certificate in XC and was honorable mention in track. While Renfree has had his struggles, he too has an All-America certificate in XC, finishing 22nd in 2020. Agreed on Ahlmeyer...no idea what's going on there. One from this class who did not make Footlocker but ran 4:04 for 1600 was Davis Bove. He's pulled in 2 All-American certificates at LSU indoors and has run 3:56 for the mile.
The 2020 class had Canaan Anderson and Silas Winders who made Footlocker. While COVID helps with classification records, Anderson ran 3:42 this year setting the freshman record at UT and made NCAA regionals. Silas Winders (who made Footlocker twice) has struggled a bit at Southern Indiana...though I did read he just transferred to Iowa State with his brother Titus.
As for the 2021 class, it's a bit unfair to say they haven't done anything at the national level when they were redshirt freshman at programs that are fairly deep. Miles Alley ran 3:50 and 1:52 this outdoor and Aiden Britt ran 8:22 and 14:30. While not stellar by any account, it's definitely at their high school bests and probably expected for redshirt freshmen.
Tennessee has definitely had some drop off in college, but I think it's not accurate to say they haven't made an impact at the NCAA level. It's probably equal proportionally to other southeast states.

I think it’s a fair question… I think the SEC just got a bit more worried and the ACC just signed in relief a bit!

so are many others (in the portal)

Tennessee is definitely thinking outside the bun on their hiring.

Knoxville has great burrito spots. I heard they have many tattoo parlors too.

Vanhoy is a better coach. Different skill sets though. ND is a way better brand than Ole Miss. Carlson will likely have advantages here at Tennessee if everything I have heard is true. He is a GREAT recruiter and a good solid but not amazing coach.

Weren’t all but two of Ole Miss’ guys injured come post season this year?

Would they really use an assistant spot on her?

If Carlson hires an assistant, dir of ops, and recruiting coordinator then that's two non-coaching staff members. Only him and assistant count towards Ross' 6