"John Chavis is LSU's shutdown Coordinator" (The Tennessean)

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When John Chavis and Phillip Fulmer were assistant coaches at the University of Tennessee a quarter-century ago, they undertook an off-field project together.

"We built a swing set for our kids," Fulmer recalled. Well, not exactly. "John was quite a carpenter. He knew what he was doing," Fulmer said. "I pretty much just stood there and handed him the tools."

That's typical Chavis. He's hands-on. Always has been. Always will be. It's one of the reasons he is among the top defensive coordinators in all of college football. He's Mr. Fix-It. For 20 years, first at Tennessee and now at LSU for the last six seasons, Chavis has structured defenses that have consistently performed well in a changing world of football.

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