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Laundry List of Embarrassing Moments in UT History - Feel to Free to Add!

MO Vol

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Can we get back to the "good ole days" when Doug Dickey was skirting conflict of interest laws by selling $19K of Shaklee meal supplements to UT!

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2001 - Wade Gilley resigns as President after an investigation was launched into his hiring of a woman with falsified credentials with whom he had a romantic relationship.

2003 - John W. Shumaker resigns as President after audit reveals that he spent $80,000 on his university credit card and $493,000 renovating his campus home - audit detailed 18 personal trips that Dr. Shumaker took on university money, including a $6,000 trip to Greece

2009 - John Petersen resigns as President during budget crisis, controversy over his use of the UT airplane, communication with board members and an incident between his wife and a UT donor

2011 - Mike Hamilton resigns as AD after numerous bad coaching changes, NCAA investigations and other bad decisions that leave UTAD in a bad economic spot - despite "resigning" Hamilton receives $1.3 million in severance

2014 - Joe DiPietro does embarassing dance online about TaxSlayer Bowl -

2016 - Jimmy Cheek resigns as Chancellor after mishandling sexual assault complains and controversy over the Office of Diversity and other mismanagement

2016 - Dave Hart resigns as AD after several high-profile sexual assault cases involving football players, a Title IX lawsuit with a $2.5 million settlement, controversy about the removal of the Lady Vols name and an apparel deal with Nike that does not appear to be competitive with other similar deals inked by Nike

UT is a dumpster fire that has been burning for almost 2 decades now.......
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