Former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer is returning to college football to help restart the program at East Tennessee State. Fulmer, 62, will serve as a consultant and special assistant to athletic director Richard Sander as East Tennessee State relaunches a football program it had shut down for financial reasons in 2003. The recent College Football Hall of Fame inductee doesn't expect to coach the new team, which could begin playing at the Football Championship Subdivision level as soon as 2015. "I never say never on anything, (but) it's not likely," Fulmer said Tuesday after a news conference announcing East Tennessee State's plans to bring back football. "Nobody expects that, that I've talked to within the administration. I was really clear and frank, and they were grateful for that. That wasn't the place in life that I wanted to be. It's a great opportunity for somebody to come in and make their own legacy." Fulmer said the idea that he might coach East Tennessee State came up when university officials first told him the school might bring back football. Sander has indicated he would like to have a coach in place by mid-May. "When they approached me about being the coach, it was very flattering, but I'm just at a different stage in life where I'm enjoying my children and my grandchildren and I'm enjoying the business that I'm in with some partners I'm dedicated to as well," Fulmer said. "However I can help in this process, I will. I'm thrilled they're talking about doing it the right way." Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...ultant-special-assistant-east-tennessee-state
