University of Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton talks to reporters about the resignation of football coach Lane Kiffin on Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010, at the UT campus. (News Sentinel file photo)
Tennessee men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl, left, watches the Lady Vols play Rutgers with UT Athletics Director Mike Hamilton March 29, 2005 at Thompson-Boling Arena. Pearl just signed a five-year UT contract worth $800,000 annually after Buzz Peterson was fired March 13.
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Tennessee football head coach Lane Kiffin holds a press conference at the Wolfe-Kaplan Center on Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 in Knoxville, Tenn. Kiffin answered questions regarding Tennessee being the Chik-Fil-A bowl and the recent investigation by the NCAA. At right is University of Tennessee Athletic Director Mike Hamilton.
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FILE – In this Oct. 17, 2007, file photo, then-Tennessee men’s athletic director Mike Hamilton, left, and then-women’s athletic director Joan Cronan talk during a tour of the newly renovated Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn. With retirement looming at the end of the month, Cronan remains confident about the future of the Lady Vols brand even as the school where she’s spent the last three-plus decades faces adversity in the wake of consolidating its men’s and women’s athletic departments. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
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Mike Hamilton speaks during a news conference announcing his resignation as athletics director at Tennessee on June 7, 2011.
