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Josh Heupel is making a unique move to bolster his Tennessee football staff, USA TODAY Sports has learned.
Heupel and the Vols have added former national championship-winning Michigan staff member Josh Sinagoga to the Tennessee coaching staff, three people familiar with the process confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. Sinagoga will serve in an defensive analyst-type of role and already has begun working with the Vols' staff.
Why is this move unique?
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A longtime offensive analyst and coach, Sinagoga is on Rocky Top going to help bring an offensive viewpoint to first-year Tennessee defensive coordinator Jim Knowles’ stop-unit.
Two people familiar with the Tennessee staff’s thinking in bringing Sinagoga aboard explained “they (Vols coaches) really like what (Sinagoga) can bring from a quarterback’s perspective for defensive preparation and to help explain what the quarterback is likely thinking in different scenarios.”
Most recently the assistant head coach and director of operations at De La Salle College, Sinagoga was on the Michigan staffs of Jim Harbaugh, with whom he won Big Ten and national titles in 2023, and Sherrone Moore. He also garnered additional FBS coaching experience at Central Michigan, Iowa and Cincinnati, where Sinagoga worked with future NFL draft pick Desmond Ridder at the quarterback position.
Heupel has re-imagined almost his entire Tennessee defensive staff, as well as the strength and conditioning program, going into an important 2026 season after last year’s 8-5 mark. He fired incumbent coordinator Tim Banks and hired Knowles, architect of Ohio State’s College Football Playoff-winning 2024 unit, after Knowles spent last season at Penn State.
Tennessee opens its 2026 season at home inside Neyland Stadium on Sept. 5 against FCS program Furman.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Why Josh Heupel, Vols adding former Michigan assistant is so unique
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Heupel and the Vols have added former national championship-winning Michigan staff member Josh Sinagoga to the Tennessee coaching staff, three people familiar with the process confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. Sinagoga will serve in an defensive analyst-type of role and already has begun working with the Vols' staff.
Why is this move unique?
Vols news: Tennessee prized transfer Chaz Coleman no longer with program
A longtime offensive analyst and coach, Sinagoga is on Rocky Top going to help bring an offensive viewpoint to first-year Tennessee defensive coordinator Jim Knowles’ stop-unit.
Two people familiar with the Tennessee staff’s thinking in bringing Sinagoga aboard explained “they (Vols coaches) really like what (Sinagoga) can bring from a quarterback’s perspective for defensive preparation and to help explain what the quarterback is likely thinking in different scenarios.”
Most recently the assistant head coach and director of operations at De La Salle College, Sinagoga was on the Michigan staffs of Jim Harbaugh, with whom he won Big Ten and national titles in 2023, and Sherrone Moore. He also garnered additional FBS coaching experience at Central Michigan, Iowa and Cincinnati, where Sinagoga worked with future NFL draft pick Desmond Ridder at the quarterback position.
Heupel has re-imagined almost his entire Tennessee defensive staff, as well as the strength and conditioning program, going into an important 2026 season after last year’s 8-5 mark. He fired incumbent coordinator Tim Banks and hired Knowles, architect of Ohio State’s College Football Playoff-winning 2024 unit, after Knowles spent last season at Penn State.
Tennessee opens its 2026 season at home inside Neyland Stadium on Sept. 5 against FCS program Furman.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Why Josh Heupel, Vols adding former Michigan assistant is so unique
Continue reading...
