Former Alabama Crimson Tide defensive coordinator and Tennessee Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt has been trying to get back into the coaching game for years now following sanctions and repercussions from the pay-for-play scandal that ended his tenure in Knoxville.

It’s now becoming clear that the reason he has not returned yet is not because of schools not having interest, but more so the NCAA preventing it from happening.

Pruitt received a six-year show cause once the NCAA concluded its investigation into Pruitt, which means that any school hiring him would have to go through several hurdles to be ruled eligible to do so. Essentially, it makes it difficult if not impossible for the coach to receive a new job.

One of those schools who has been pursuing Pruitt is Jacksonville State,

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