"I will always be grateful for the opportunity Mike gave me to be the head football coach at Tennessee. The tremendous support he provided our staff and program has allowed us to set a strong foundation for the future of Tennessee football."Update 9:55 amUT Men's Athletics Department Spokesman Jimmy Stanton confirms that Director Mike Hamilton will be on hand at an 11:00 am news conference to announce his resignation. You can watch that press conference live on WBIR-TV and on WBIR.com.Stanton also saidHamilton will betravelingtoIndianapolisfor the NCAA hearings.Previous story10News has learned that the University of Tennessee will hold a news conference at 11:00 am to announce the resignation of Men's Athletics Director Mike Hamilton. Hamilton joined the athletic department in 1992. Hehas been the Men's Athletics Director since 2003.In recent years, Hamilton has executed controversial hirings and firings including the firing of football coach Philip Fulmer and the hiring of his replacement Lane Kiffin. Under his watch, popular basketball coach Bruce Pearl built a program up and then left in a cloud of numerous NCAA violations.This is in advance of the NCAAhearings this month concerning the recent basketball and football violations.Stay with 10News and WBIR.com throughout the day for the latest on this developing story./>
