Former Cretin-Derham Hall quarterback Chris Weinke joins Volunteers as running backs coach

Former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Chris Weinke is joining Tennessee's staff as a running backs coach.

The former Cretin-Derham Hall and Florida State quarterback's contract runs through Jan. 31, 2020, and pays him $355,000 annually.

He spent the 2017 season with new Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt at Alabama while helping the Crimson Tide win a national title. Weinke was an offensive analyst, while Pruitt was defensive coordinator.

Weinke played with the Carolina Panthers from 2001-06 and the San Francisco 49ers in 2007. He was the Los Angeles Rams' quarterback coach from 2015-16 and spent five years as program director at IMG Academy.

Marty Hurney will be calling the shots once again with the Panthers. Carolina rehired Hurney as its general manager. Hurney previously worked for the Panthers from 1998-2012, beginning as GM in 2002. He rejoined the Panthers last July as on an interim basis. The Panthers reinstated Hurney as interim GM last week after an NFL investigation found no wrongdoing into charges of harassment by his ex-wife.

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