Jeremy Pruitt

Jeremy Pruitt
	Pruitt in 2018
Personal information
Born:	May 28, 1974 (age 50); Rainsville, Alabama, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Plainview; (Rainsville, Alabama)
College:	Middle Tennessee; Alabama
Career history
As a coach:
	Alabama (1997); Graduate assistant; Plainview HS (AL) (1998); Defensive backs coach; West Alabama (1999); Defensive backs coach; Plainview HS (2000); Defensive coordinator; Fort Payne HS (AL) (2001–2003); Assistant coach; Hoover HS (AL) (2004); Defensive backs coach; Hoover HS (AL) (2005–2006); Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach; Alabama (2007–2009); Director of player development; Alabama (2010–2012); Defensive backs coach; Florida State (2013); Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach; Georgia (2014–2015); Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach; Alabama (2016–2017); Defensive coordinator & inside linebackers coach; Tennessee (2018–2020); Head coach; New York Giants (2021); Senior defensive assistant;
Career highlights and awards
	5× National Champion (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017);
Head coaching record
Career:	NCAA: 5–19 (.208); Bowls: 0–0 (–)

Jeremy Pruitt (born May 28, 1974) is an American football coach who most recently was a senior defensive assistant for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach at the University of Tennessee from 2018 to 2020 and defensive coordinator at the University of Alabama from 2016 to 2017, University of Georgia from 2014 to 2015, and Florida State University in 2013.

As a defensive coordinator, Pruitt's defenses frequently ranked in the top 10 nationally in total defense and related categories. Pruitt worked for Alabama as Director of Player Development from 2007 to 2009 before becoming the Crimson Tide's defensive backs coach in 2010. Prior to joining the college ranks, he served as an assistant coach at the high-school level. Pruitt was a 2013 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach, and was again a finalist in 2016. He played college football at Middle Tennessee and Alabama.^[1]^[2]

Pruitt appeared on the TV series Two-A-Days in 2006 while an assistant coach at Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama.^[3] In January 2021, Pruitt was fired from Tennessee for cause, as a result of significant recruiting violations.^[4] He was replaced by Josh Heupel.

^ Kausler Jr., Don (December 20, 2012). "It's official: Alabama assistant Jeremy Pruitt is Florida State's new defensive coordinator". AL.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
^ "Jeremy Pruitt Named Tennessee's Head Football Coach". University of Tennessee. December 7, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
^ Kausler Jr., Don (June 22, 2010). "Outspoken, persistent, intense: That's Nick Saban's newest assistant coach, Jeremy Pruitt". AL.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
^ "Tennessee Fires Head Coach Jeremy Pruitt and Eight Other Staff Members Amid Recruiting Investigation". January 18, 2021.

[1] Kausler Jr., Don (December 20, 2012). "It's official: Alabama assistant Jeremy Pruitt is Florida State's new defensive coordinator". AL.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

[2] "Jeremy Pruitt Named Tennessee's Head Football Coach". University of Tennessee. December 7, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

[3] Kausler Jr., Don (June 22, 2010). "Outspoken, persistent, intense: That's Nick Saban's newest assistant coach, Jeremy Pruitt". AL.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

[4] "Tennessee Fires Head Coach Jeremy Pruitt and Eight Other Staff Members Amid Recruiting Investigation". January 18, 2021.

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