While there’s been plenty of positive news surrounding the Tennessee football team this offseason, a major blow recently came in for head man Josh Heupel and his staff. In case you missed it, special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler is leaving to join Matt Rhule’s staff at Nebraska.
Thanks to Ekeler, Tennessee’s special teams have been brilliant in recent seasons. This is a return home for Ekeler, as he’s a Nebraska native and he was on the Cornhuskers’ staff earlier in his career. Before making the move from Knoxville to Lincoln, though, Ekeler took to social media to send a heartwarming goodbye to fans everywhere. You can tell how hard this decision was for him:
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