UT VOLS FOOTBALL NEWS

Tennessee Coach Derek Dooley is turning to technology in an effort to find the leadership his Vols lacked last season.

Tennessee Coach Derek Dooley is turning to technology in an effort to find the leadership his Vols lacked last season.

Tennessee hopes to turn its 2011 season-ending loss to Kentucky into a powerful motivator for the Vols heading into 2012.

The emphasis was clear. One look at Tennessee’s 2012 football signing class reveals it.

The emphasis was clear. One look at Tennessee’s 2012 football signing class reveals it.

Shaun Ellis and Deon Grant share more than a football history with the University of Tennessee. The two also share a bond formed after Ellis was nearly killed in a car crash.

Derrick Ansley, the newest and final member on Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley's revamped staff of assistants, will work specifically with cornerbacks.

University of Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley announced Friday that the Vols have hired Derrick Ansley as cornerbacks coach. Ansley joins the Vols from Central Florida, where he was recently named defensive backs coach following two seasons as an assistant in the secondary at Alabama from 2010-11.

Ansley joins the Vols from Central Florida, where he was recently named defensive backs coach following two seasons as an assistant in the secondary at Alabama from 2010-11.

Derrick Ansley, the newest and final member on Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley's revamped staff of assistants, will work specifically with cornerbacks, UT confirmed Friday in its first official acknowledgement of the hire.