Daryl Dickey Daryl Raymond Dickey ( born June 11 , 1961 ) is an American football coach and former player . He is currently the head football coach at the University of West Georgia , a position he has held since the 2008 season . From 1997 to 2000 , Dickey served as the head coach at Presbyterian College . Dickey played quarterback for the University of Tennessee , where he is remembered for coming off the bench during the 1985 season and leading the Vols to the SEC Championship and a 35 - 7 upset of Miami in the Sugar Bowl . Playing career . Dickey attended Fairview High School in Boulder , Colorado . He initially joined the University of Tennessee football team in 1980 , but left the team for a year after suffering an injury . He redshirted in 1982 . For most of his college career , Dickey was a backup to star quarterbacks Alan Cockrell and Tony Robinson . His lone start prior to the 1985 season came against Army in 1984 , when he completed 14 of 24 passes for 167 yards en route to a 24 - 24 tie . During the 1985 season , Robinson , at the time a candidate for the Heisman Trophy , suffered a season - ending knee injury in the fourth quarter of a close game against Alabama . Dickey , by that time a fifth - year senior , stepped in as his replacement , and the Vols held on for a 16 - 14 victory . After a 6 - 6 tie against Georgia Tech the following week , Dickey led the Vols to five consecutive victories , helping the team earn its first SEC Championship since 1969 . During this run , Dickey threw just one interception in 130 attempts , at one point throwing 106 consecutive passes without an interception . As SEC Champions , the Vols earned a berth in the Sugar Bowl , played on New Year ' s Day in 1986 . Their opponent , the Miami Hurricanes , were ranked number two in the nation , having won ten consecutive games , and were in contention for the national championship . Completing 15 of 25 passes for 131 yards and a touchdown , Dickey led the Vols to a 35 - 7 upset of the Hurricanes , and was named Sugar Bowl MVP . Dickey played professional football for the San Diego Chargers in the NFL and for the Memphis Showboats in the USFL . Coaching career . Dickey began his coaching career at Tennessee as a graduate assistant coach and then as the assistant quarterback coach ; he later became a volunteer assistant at Florida State University . Dickey left Florida State to become the quarterbacks coach at the University of Kentucky in 1990 and served in that position before becoming Kentucky ' s offensive coordinator in 1993 through 1994 . In 1995 , Dickey became offensive coordinator for Georgia Southern University , a position he held through 1996 when he became head coach at Presbyterian College in South Carolina . After four years as Presbyterian ' s head coach , in 2001 Dickey joined the staff of Bobby Bowden as quarterbacks coach at Florida State , and is presently the head coach at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton , Georgia . Family . Dickey is the son of Doug Dickey , the former head football coach of the University of Tennessee and the University of Florida . He is married to the former Kendall George from Knoxville , Tennessee . They have three children together : Karis ( 21 ) , Dallas ( 18 ) , and Daryl Andrew ( 16 ) .