FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2019, file photo, Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt yells at the officials during an NCAA college football game against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tennessee fired Pruitt Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.
“While the investigation is continuing the information provided to us indicates serious violations of NCAA rules," Plowman said.
Fulmer, 70, will be retiring, and Tennessee is retaining Parker Executive Search to help hire a new athletic director.
Pruitt ends a tenure that started after a tumultuous coaching search highlighted by Tennessee replacing John Currie as athletic director with Fulmer.
Before kickoff, a Knoxville radio station reported Tennessee and the NCAA were looking into recruiting issues.