It looks like Joe Judge is adding to his Giants coaching staff, with the anticipated hiring of Jeremy Pruitt certainly an interesting development.
Pruitt, 46, was fired as Tennessee’s head coach on January 18 after a school-based investigation revealed widespread recruitment violations within the football program. The university will not pay Pruitt his $ 12.6 million buyout.
Pruitt’s role in the Giants has yet to be revealed. The outside linebacker coach position is open, with Bret Bielema leaving for Illinois. Pruitt was a defensive back coach and defense coordinator in the ranks of the university. He was 16-19 in three years with Tennessee, 3-7 last season.
While Pruitt has no coaching experience in the NFL, he is familiar with Judge as the two teamed up in Alabama on Nick Saban’s staff from 2009-11.
There is another Giants connection for Pruitt. Their internal linebackers coach, Kevin Sherrer, was Pruitt’s defensive coordinator in Tennessee before joining Judge’s staff last season.