Robert Emory

Actually he wasn't a good coach for a "long time," depending on one's definition of a long time. Fulmer's success was in the nineties and that wasn't because of his coaching ability, rather it was because of a tremendous amount of talent. Tennessee won in the nineties despite Fulmer's lack of coaching ability. During his last nine years, Fulmer's overall winning record was considerably less than Tennessee's all time winning percentage. And Fulmer's last four years were even worse. Fulmer is a very, very, very average coach, hence his difficulty in getting any serious consideration for a good job. Additionally he is a bit long of tooth at 59, and Fulmer wants to pick and choose which job he gets. He wants to make it into the CFHOF and wants a job that will help him achieve that. Fulmer is in denial of the concrete cold and hard facts about his accomplishments (lack of).