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HOT BOARD: Ryan Walters a Candidate for Tennessee Defensive Coordinator Opening? | All-SEC VOLS

Locked On Vols - Daily Podcast On Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball

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4.8 • 797 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers fans await a pivotal coaching hire as Ryan Walters is one of a few names that has emerged as a candidate for the next defensive coordinator. Could Walters’ track record at Washington, Illinois, and Missouri be the spark the Vols’ defense needs, if this one gets to the finish line? Host Eric Cain breaks down Walters’ coaching connections, impressive defensive statistics, and what a Walters-led unit could mean for Tennessee’s SEC ambitions of the hire was made. Eric Cain spotlights the Volunteers’ All-SEC honorees, including standout performances by Chris Brazzell and DeSean Bishop, while exploring Josh Heupel’s program expectations and the evolving pressure to win in the SEC. Insightful analysis from Josh Ward examines Tennessee’s Music City Bowl matchup against Illinois and assesses what’s next for Vols basketball following a three-game slide and the loss of Cade Phillips. Can Tennessee football make the right defensive coordinator hire to reclaim championship contention?

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We're breaking down the perceived candidates to be Tennessee's next defensive coordinator,

0:03.8

and Ryan Walters might make the most sense.

0:06.0

Here's why.

0:12.0

You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers,

0:17.4

part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:21.8

What is up, everybody?

0:22.7

Welcome into it.

0:23.5

Your Wednesday morning, Locktown Falls, and I'm your host, Eric Kane, a member of the ballquest.com team here in town covering your Tennessee volunteers.

0:30.7

We are a part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every single day, your number one sports podcast and network available.

0:36.6

And every day, yours could not do podcast and network available and every day,

0:37.7

or could not do this show without you. So really, really do appreciate you for being here

0:41.2

and making us a part of your morning routine. We've got a lot to get into here today. Ward Wednesday,

0:45.9

Josh Ward's thoughts on the defensive coordinator change, who should be next, what he's looking

0:50.2

for and all that, the Music City Bowl news, all that coming up in segment number three, seven Tennessee volunteers named all SEC by the league's coaches. We'll get some information on

0:59.9

that and I'll say who those seven are. But first, over the next couple of days until, you know,

1:03.9

there's a hire that's made, I'm going to be breaking down some of the perceived candidates,

1:09.0

who I believe would make a whole lot of sense for Tennessee's

1:11.9

defensive coordinator job. Now, today we're going to talk about Ryan Walters. And again,

1:16.6

I'm not sitting up here saying that anybody's in the running or this guy's the perceived favorite

1:21.1

or that any of these guys that I talk about the next couple of days or forever along the stakes

1:25.9

or lined up to get interviews or anything. I'm just trying to, like, Ryan Walters is everywhere. National media members

1:32.8

have been kind of linking his name to Tennessee here on the ground floor. Of course, he's been on

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