25 Facts About Jeremy Pruitt

Jeremy Pruitt was born on May 28,1974 and is an American football coach who most recently was a senior defensive assistant for the New York Giants of the National Football League.

Jeremy Pruitt previously served as the head coach at the University of Tennessee from 2018 to 2020 and defensive coordinator at the University of Alabama from 2016 to 2017, University of Georgia from 2014 to 2015, and Florida State University in 2013.

Jeremy Pruitt worked for Alabama as Director of Player Development from 2007 to 2009 before becoming the Crimson Tide's defensive backs coach in 2010.

Jeremy Pruitt was a 2013 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach, and was again a finalist in 2016.

Jeremy Pruitt played college football at Middle Tennessee and Alabama.

Jeremy Pruitt appeared on the TV series Two-A-Days in 2006 while an assistant coach at Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama.

Jeremy Pruitt was born in Rainsville, Alabama, the son of Dale and Melissa Jeremy Pruitt.

Jeremy Pruitt's father is a long-time high school head coach, with stints at Pisgah, Plainview, Ft.

Jeremy Pruitt began his college football career at Middle Tennessee State under Hall of Fame head coach Boots Donnelly.

Jeremy Pruitt was recruited as a quarterback, but switched to defensive back during his freshman season.

Jeremy Pruitt saw action in nine games during his junior season as a member of the 1995 Alabama squad, and seven games during his senior season as a member of the Outback Bowl-winning 1996 squad.

Jeremy Pruitt began coaching as a student assistant on the 1997 Alabama team, where he worked primarily under defensive backs coach Curley Hallman.

Jeremy Pruitt worked as an assistant coach under his father at Plainview High School in 1998 and 2000 and at Fort Payne from 2001 to 2003.

Jeremy Pruitt coached defensive backs in 1999 at West Alabama, where he earned his degree.

Jeremy Pruitt served as an assistant coach under Rush Propst at Hoover High School from 2004 to 2006, winning state championships in 2004 and 2005.

In 2007, Jeremy Pruitt joined the Alabama coaching staff as Director of Player Development.

Jeremy Pruitt was named National Recruiter of the Year in 2012 by 247Sports.

In 2013, Jeremy Pruitt was hired as the defensive coordinator at Florida State.

In 2014, Jeremy Pruitt joined the Georgia coaching staff as the defensive coordinator.

Jeremy Pruitt returned to Alabama as defensive coordinator in 2016, replacing Kirby Smart, who had left to become the head coach at Georgia.

In December 2017, Jeremy Pruitt was hired as the head coach at the University of Tennessee, capping a tumultuous coaching search that followed the firing of head coach Butch Jones, and led to the replacement of athletic director John Currie by Hall of Fame coach Phillip Fulmer.

The next week, against ETSU, Jeremy Pruitt won his first game as head coach.

The four-game losing streak saw Jeremy Pruitt try to find answers to inconsistent quarterback play by constantly switching players out at the position.

On March 10,2021, Jeremy Pruitt was hired by the New York Giants as a senior defensive assistant under defensive coordinator Patrick Graham and head coach Joe Judge.

Jeremy Pruitt was not retained after the 2021 season ended.