reputation as an ace recruiter, leading many analysts to praise him as one of the game's top head coach recruiters. Despite his decline over the last several years of his career, Fulmer's winning percentage was still among the top in the country for head coaches who had over ten years' experience. After winning the National Championship in 1998, a street near Neyland Stadium was renamed "Phillip Fulmer Way". During Fulmer's tenure, Tennessee had a seven-game winning streak over longtime rival Alabama from 1995–2001. The winning streak marked the longest for a Tennessee coach in the Third Saturday in October. Fulmer never lost to the Kentucky Wildcats, winning 17 straight games. Post-coaching career Fulmer was a sports analyst on CBS's SEC Postgame Show, as well as various programming on the CBS College Sports Network. Fulmer was a strong candidate for the University of Louisville head coaching job. He stated in many interviews that he was interested in the job and had a phone interview with Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich. However, the job was eventually offered to Charlie Strong. After UConn head coach Randy Edsall left for Maryland in January 2011, sources confirmed that Fulmer expressed interest in the coaching vacancy at Connecticut. After Mike Hamilton stepped down as University of Tennessee athletic director, Fulmer was frequently brought up by Tennessee fans as a potential replacement, but said that he did not consider himself a likely candidate. Fulmer appeared as himself in the 2009 biographical sports drama film The Blind Side. On May 15, 2012, Fulmer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Fulmer served as a consultant and special assistant to athletic director Richard Sander at East Tennessee State University, which relaunched a football program it had shut down for financial reasons in 2003. Fulmer became a founding partner at BPV Capital Management in Knoxville. He serves as part of the business development team. On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Fulmer will serve as a special advisor to the University of Tennessee president. On December 1, 2017, following the suspension of John Currie, the previous athletic director at the University of Tennessee, Fulmer was named the new Athletic Director for the university. In April 2018, Fulmer signed a four-year contract extension. In 2018, Fulmer was able to achieve getting the University of Tennessee to #35 in the NACDA Directors' Cup. In 2019, he helped improve Tennessee's