Brandon Deaderick - Football Coach - University of Tennessee Athletics

Brandon Deaderick

Title:
Quality Control Analyst

Brandon Deaderick is in his third season working as a defensive quality control analyst on Jeremy Pruitt’s staff.

During Deaderick’s time at Tennessee, the Vols have shown significant improvement on the field. After just missing out on a bowl game in 2018, UT staged one of the most impressive in-season turnarounds in college football during the 2019 season. After starting the year 2-5, UT won its final five regular-season games before posting a dramatic comeback victory over Indiana in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.

Tennessee’s defense played a major role in turnaround, holding opponents to only 14.4 points per contest in the final five games of the year, which was tops in the SEC during that stretch.

Prior to entering the collegiate coaching ranks, Deaderick spent seven years in the National Football League, including three seasons with the New England Patriots (2010-12), who drafted him in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft. In 2011, Deaderick started at defensive end for the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI.
Deaderick also saw action in the regular season for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2013) and the New Orleans Saints (2014). For his career, Deaderick played in 60 games and made 17 starts while totaling 62 tackles, six tackles for loss, 5.5. sacks and three forced fumbles.

Deaderick played collegiately at the University of Alabama (2005-09), where he was a part of the Crimson Tide’s undefeated 2010 BCS National Championship team. During his final three years at Alabama, Deaderick was coached by Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt’s mentor Nick Saban. Pruitt was also a part of the staff during those three seasons as the Director of Player Development.

Deaderick signed with the Crimson Tide after a standout prep career at Elizabethtown High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. As a junior in 2003, Deaderick racked up 95 tackles and 22 sacks, earning all-state honors while leading the Panthers to their first state championship game in 24 years.