On Wednesday, Tennessee hired Josh Heupel as their new head coach, and not everybody was happy about that hire.
The move drew plenty of reaction from alumni, media and players, but none had a stronger reaction than Albert Haynesworth. He was pissed the football program hired Heupel and didn’t even bother interviewing wide receivers coach and the program’s former quarterback Tee Martin.
The former Vols defensive tackle from 1999-2001 took to Facebook and ranted on the program and accused them of participating in “systemic racism.”
“BOYCOTT TENNESSEE FOR SYSTEMATIC RACISM!!!!!
“Obviously Tennessee Vols take Tee Martin for granted! Why do s–t on him, hell he even reduce his salary to help the university out when he didn’t have to? Is it bc he’s black? UT won’t even interview him. I bring race into it bc UT has passed over good qualified black coaches like Kippy Brown and others in these past coaching searches. Majority of your players are African-American why not put a African-American coach to lead them especially the one that won Tennessee a championship?
You guys give everyone except a black qualified man a chance! With this said I will not be attending any games or supporting until I see change in the university that I love so much! I hope my fellow black Tennessee alumnus will follow me in boycotting the university in showing how serious we are about not feeling the equality for our fellow qualified black coaches!!!”
Former NFL wide receiver Peerless Price and member of Tennessee’s 1998 championship team also spoke out on the situation:
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Martin played professionally from 2000-2005 before retiring and starting as a coach. He was brought back to the program in 2019 and served as the associate head coach and wide receivers coach.
