Collierville High School wide receiver Joakim Dodson had a big junior season and gained national attention at the college level. The Tennessee coaching staff must have learned of the in-state product’s impressive performances and managed to sign him to earn his commitment in early February.A few weeks later, Tennessee Rivals confirmed that Dodson would transfer to Baylor. Dodson recorded 49 receptions for 839 yards and seven touchdowns in his junior season at
Collierville and is ranked No. 556 in the class of 2025 by 247Sports’ Composite Rankings.Dodson teams with Baylor School wide receiver Cameron. Sparks, the Vols’ top target they’ve been pursuing since he was in the eighth grade. Sparks is the No. 42 prospect in the class of 2025 and has the attention of a number of high-quality programs, including Auburn, Florida State, Georgia and Tennessee. This can only help Tennessee’s chances of getting future volume on the Sparks roster..Since William Inge has never coached in the SEC and is relatively unknown to most Vol fans, I thought it would make sense to go straight to t
he source to learn more about Inge as a coach, recruiter and how things went after UW’s national title .\ nThanks to Max from Husky for answering my questions and being honest.Where did Inge and DeBoer’s coaching relationship begin? I saw DeBoer hire Inge as his DC during his second stint in Fresno when DeBoer became HC?Or did they work together in Fresno and DeBoer brought Inge with him to Washington?Inge and DeBoer first worked together when DeBoer was the offensive coordinator at Indiana . At the time, Inge was the Hoosiers’ linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. But
when DeBoer got the Fresno State coaching job, he brought Inge with him and made him the DC/LB coach.Then after two seasons at Fresno State, DeBoer brought Inge with him when he took the Washington job and Inge. was the DC/LB coach for the Huskies.2. When DeBoer and Inge left for Seattle, was Inge DC Assistant / HC Assistant primarily a title, or did she have certain responsibilities that came with the titles?No, it certainly wasn’t a situation where Inge just got the title to do . the work more impressive. He shared defensive coordinator duties with safeties coach Chuck Morrell,
and they seemed to have a fairly even division of responsibilities. Inge was the primary defensive play caller, but both were heavily involved in the defensive game planning. Both spoke to the press every week during the season.3. Inge’s family tree is full of small jobs in many schools. Although that comes with years of experience in different places, I think the longest he was in Indiana was six years — when he gave up big numbers as a defensive coordinator.He won’t be a DC. here, but does the record worry you if you’re a Vol fan? I know the standard for assistant coaching contracts is two seasons, but regardless – it took him quite a while to find a coach willing to take him to the next stop. Maybe it’s just context?I personally never worry about a coach’
s performance when he’s a coordinator, even though that won’t be their primary role. Inge was never a defensive coordinator at Indiana and it’s amazing that Indiana is good at football on both sides of the ball, so as a Vols fan I wouldn’t worry about it.[Wikipedia lists Inge as an Indiana associate. . DC for two seasons, but I really don’t know enough to make a decision].More important is his ability as a quarterback coach. Washington was in turmoil. The Huskies brought in Cam Bright from Pitt to start Inge’
s first season at UW after he put up big numbers in the ACC and was a disaster for the Huskies. Edefuan Ulofoshio played all-conference this season, but was also very good before missing most of 2022 due to injury. Husky fans were upset that local legacy Carson Bruener didn’t start over Alphonzo Tuputala at the 2nd ILB spot because he got great playing time.4. How do Husky fans feel about DeBoor’s departure? Jedd Fisch seems like a really good tenant, so there’s that, right? Can you explain what happened to Inge in Washington/Alabama? Was he trying to stay in Seattle with Fisch, or was he always going to ‘Bama and somehow the hire wasn’t announced?Not good, although time will heal some wounds. Washington was undefeated and playing for a national championship on Monday. Their head coach said yesterday that he wouldn’t dream of leaving Washington until his daughter (who is a 5-star softball prospect committed to UW and is a current HS senior) is out of college, if at all. 4 days later he was presented in Alabama. There was no time to celebrate the team’s achievements. There’
s no stopping how close the Huskies came. Then almost the entire team moved or went to the draft and it’s a complete rebuild for coach Fisch.At first it seemed that DeBoer was just taking his offensive staff with him to Alabama and it was possible that Inge would stay in Seattle. Under the direction of Jedd Fisch. That wasn’t exactly a surprise considering how much better the offense was than the defense. Inge attended Fisch’s introductory press conference and it seems likely that
she at least did an interview about the new staff. Inge’s stay still looked likely as linebacker coach was the last open position on the staff.Instead, Inge started leaking to Alabama before the Huskies filled that LB coach and a few days later Inge was introduced to Tennessee. . Whatever happened this week, it seems clear that Inge was not DeBoer’s first choice to go with him to Alabama, or that Inge was willing to wait and see if he could stay in Washington and risk not getting a job in Tuscaloosa.\
n\ n5. I’m most worried about Inge as a recruiter. He replaces one of the top recruits in Brian Jean-Mary and doesn’t have much recruiting experience in the South. Should that be a concern or do you see him hitting the ground running?Angel had a mixed record as a recruit. Washington only signed three linebackers while on staff, and none were four-star prospects. I mentioned that Pitt transfer Cam Bright didn’t pan out, but UAB transfer Kris Moll and USC transfer Ralen Goforth were both solid backup options over those two seasons.It looks like things may have changed with the UW commitment. four-star LB Zaydarius.
