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The move left employees in both athletic departments stunned. Currie had recently been linked to athletic director openings at Arizona and Florida, but both looked elsewhere. Meanwhile, former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer had emerged as the favorite to replace Dave Hart as the athletic director with Chattanooga’s David Blackburn believed to be another option


The Volunteers hired a search firm and appointed a six-person hiring committee, which included Peyton Manning, to help select the new AD. A source with knowledge of the search said that committee had zeroed in on Fulmer, the top choice among fans and boosters. But Davenport changed course this week, the source said, and decided to make her own selection. Her first call went to Currie. When that conversation went well, she flew to Manhattan and offered him the job Tuesday morning.

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