Two days after Phillip Fulmer had his final walk from Neyland Stadium, Lane Kiffin was introduced as the 21st ever Head Coach of the Tennessee Volunteers.

Said Kiffin, in what to expect out of him this year and years to come:

“I’m not promising how many wins we’re going to have, how many championships. I can’t do that, there’s too many variables in all that,” he said. “But I can tell you this right now, no one’s going to outwork us, no one’s going to outwork me as a head coach, and no one’s going to outwork our staff that we put together.”

There were early reports when the news that Kiffin was heading to UT first surfaced that Monte Kiffin, his father and defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Bucs, was going to follow his son to UT. The elder Kiffin said those reports were “mere speculation,” but ya gotta think — part of the draw and reason for hiring Lane is that his dad is one of the best defensive minds in football. It’d be a big loss to UT if he doesn’t indeed come along on the staff.