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WBFF Fox 45 :: UT Football Coach Fired After Loss to Vanderbilt
The University of Tennessee has announced football coach Derek Dooley will not return as the Vols coach. The announcement comes the morning after Tennessee suffered an embarrassing lose to Vanderbilt.

Dooley was in his third season as the Vols head coach. In that he posted a 15-21 overall record and only won four games in conference competition. In the past two seasons Dooley’s team only won one SEC game.

Tennessee Athletics Director Dave Hart said in a statement:

"We very much appreciate the effort and energy that Derek Dooley and his staff have poured into our football program at the University of Tennessee," said Hart. "Derek and I met early this morning, and I informed him that I believed a change in leadership, despite the positive contributions he has made to the overall health of the program, was in the best long-term interests of Tennessee football. We will immediately begin the search for the best possible candidate to assume this leadership role."

Tennessee will play host to Kentucky next week in the last game of the season. A game they must win to avoid going winless the in SEC for the first time in school history.

UT Football Coach Fired After Loss to Vanderbilt

Sunday, November 18 2012, 11:14 AM CST

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Alexander: TVA to help fish hatchery stay open
May 18, 2013 16:33 GMT

ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says the Tennessee Valley Authority will help keep a federal fish hatchery in East Tennessee stay open for at least three more years.

The Erwin National Fish Hatchery has faced closure in the past due to federal budget cuts.

The Johnson City Press (http://bit.ly/11MN6tv) cited a statement by Alexander that says the TVA has entered into an agreement with state and federal wildlife agencies that has the agency purchasing fish from both of Tennessee's national fish hatcheries for fish mitigation. That also includes the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery.

Meanwhile, the statement says TVA officials will work with state and federal authorities to find a permanent solution.

The TWRA has said the two hatcheries are responsible for raising 60 percent of all trout in Tennessee.

Information from: Johnson City Press, http://www.johnsoncitypress.com

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