Tennessee hired Alabama's Dave Hart as its vice chancellor and athletic director. Hart, who previously was athletics director at Florida State and East Carolina, has worked since August 2008 as executive director of athletics assisting Alabama athletic director Mal Moore. "I want this to be perfectly clear: I am absolutely and totally committed to the University of Tennessee," Hart said at a news conference Monday night. "I wanted to say that early because I don't want you to trip over each other to ask the Alabama question." Tennessee had been looking for a new athletic director since Mike Hamilton resigned in June in the wake of a lengthy NCAA investigation into the Volunteers basketball and football programs that resulted in a self-imposed two-year probation for the athletics department. Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...rt-alabama-crimson-tide-new-athletic-director
