Entering his first season as the defensive coordinator for Tennessee, Jim Knowles is tasked with turning around a unit that looked lackluster in 2025. The Vols and Danny White broke the bank to sign 5-star transfer Chaz Coleman, but he will no longer be counted on to be a game-changer for UT in 2026. Sorry, but that's not what everyone wants to be hearing right now:Vols DC Jim Knowles on generating a pass rush after the Chaz Coleman situation: Time will tell. We need to have other tools in the tool box to create pass rush if need be." Now, the pass rush as a whole is a big question mark with Week 1 now less than a month away.