Deal between Greg Schiano and Tennessee falls apart
Greg Schiano
CLOSE Amid public outcry and protest  Tennessee backed out of a deal to hire  Greg Schiano  as its new football coach. USA TODAY  Sports
Ohio state defensive coordinator Greg Schiano  runs on to the field before  his  team's game against Rutgers. (Photo: Mel Evans  AP)
In a stunning turn of events Sunday evening  Tennessee and Ohio State defensive coordinator  Greg Schiano  backed out of a deal for  him  to become the Volunteers football coach after unprecedented social media backlash to reports  including one from USA TODAY Sports  that the hire was imminent.
WOLKEN: Meltdown over potential hiring of  Schiano  is bad look for Tennessee
Tennessee athletics director John Currie flew to Columbus  Ohio  on Sunday in hopes of culminating the deal and bringing  Schiano  back to Knoxville for a news conference. The paperwork was in the process of being finalized when the decision was made to reassess the situation.
Part of the backlash stems from  Schiano 's connection to Penn State and Jerry Sandusky. Testimony that was unsealed last year detailed former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary's claim that he heard that Schiano  who was an assistant with the Nittany Lions  had witnessed Sandusky "doing something" to a boy in the shower.
CLOSE Amid public outcry and protest  Tennessee backed out of a deal to hire  [TGT]as its new football coach. USA TODAY  [TGT]runs on to the field before  [TGT]  team's game against Rutgers. (Photo: Mel Evans  AP)
In a stunning turn of events Sunday evening  Tennessee and Ohio State defensive coordinator  [TGT]backed out of a deal for  [TGT]  to become the Volunteers football coach after unprecedented social media backlash to reports  including one from USA TODAY Sports  that the hire was imminent.
WOLKEN: Meltdown over potential hiring of  [TGT]is bad look for Tennessee
Tennessee athletics director John Currie flew to Columbus  Ohio  on Sunday in hopes of culminating the deal and bringing  [TGT]back to Knoxville for a news conference. The paperwork was in the process of being finalized when the decision was made to reassess the situation.
Part of the backlash stems from  Schiano 's connection to Penn State and Jerry Sandusky. Testimony that was unsealed last year detailed former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary's claim that he heard that [TGT]who was an assistant with the Nittany Lions  had witnessed Sandusky "doing something" to a boy in the shower.