Tennessee football expected to hire strength and conditioning coach
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Tennessee is expected to hire its head strength and conditioning coach on Tuesday. The Vols will hire Derek Owings from Indiana, according to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports.
“Tennessee is expected to hire Indiana’s Derek Owings as its new head strength and conditioning coach job, sources tell CBS Sports,” Zenitz announced. “Set to be a notable win for Josh Heupel. The 32-year old Owings has been an important behind the scenes figure these past two years at Indiana.”
Indiana (16-0) defeated Miami (13-3), 27-21, on Tuesday in the 12-team College Football Playoff national championship game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Owings served as the Hoosiers’ director of athletic performance for football from 2024-25. He was also James Madison’s director of strength and conditioning (2020-23), Texas Tech’s associate director of strength and conditioning (2019-20), UCF’s assistant strength and conditioning coach (2018) and a graduate assistant at Utah State (2016-18).
Owings played wide receiver at Eastern Michigan from 2012-13 and tight end at Mercer from 2014-15.
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