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Report: Tennessee finalizing deal with Greg Schiano

USA TODAY columnist Dan Wolken tweets that Tennessee is finalizing a deal with Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano.

USA TODAY columnist Dan Wolken tweets that Tennessee is finalizing a deal with Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano.

Wolken tweeted minutes earlier that Tennessee will name a coach on Sunday and reported that Tennessee's search had turned towards Schiano.

Schiano built up a previously poor Rutgers program while head coach of the Scarlet Knights from 2001-2011. He led Rutgers to an 11-2 record and a final ranking of 12th in the AP Poll in 2006, then left to take the Tampa Bay Bucs head coaching job in 2012. He went 11-21 as the Bucs head coach in two seasons before being fired.

Schiano was an assistant at Penn State from 1990-1995 and a Washington Post report cites testimony from former Penn State assistant Mike McQueary saying that Schiano knew about Jerry Sandusky's improper conduct with young boys.

Schiano has denied those allegations.

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