Jeremy Pruitt admitted to handing over cash to the mother of a player in a fast food restaurant bag during his tenure as the head coach of the Tennessee football team. A document obtained by the Knoxville News Sentinel revealed a woman contacted Pruitt and asked for money. In response, Pruitt took money out of his vehicle and placed it inside a Chick-fil-A bag and gave it to the woman outside the team facility. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The University of Tennessee received a notice of allegations in July detailing 18 Level I rules violations against the football program while Pruitt was the head coach. Pruitt coached Tennessee from 2018 to 2020. He was fired in January 2021 after the university conducted an internal investigation. Pruitt and others were fired and found to have "repeatedly deceived" administrators and compliance staff overseeing the program. The former coach told investigators he gave the unidentified woman the money because ...