Sports 180 had its traditional Tennessee sports movie casting on Wednesday.
The idea is pretty simple: When a key figure leaves the Tennessee athletic department, we cast the movie of the major players from that time period.
Dave Hart’s tenure as the athletic director at Tennessee ended on Friday, which meant it was time for another casting call.
As always, we allowed ourselves an unlimited budget. And as always, we cast ourselves into the movie. After all, it’s our “movie.”
Many thanks to the listeners for your suggestions. They sure kept us entertained.
Here’s the cast for “Tennessee: The Dave Hart Era” as it stands today. It always remains subject to change. (Click each actor’s name for his or her IMDB bio.)
Dave Hart – George Hamilton
Mike Hamilton – Rick Moranis
John Currie – Johnny Knoxville
Butch Jones – Michael Rooker
Derek Dooley – Ty Burrell
Cuonzo Martin – Dennis Haysbert
Bruce Pearl – Lou Ferrigno
Rick Barnes – Kevin Costner
Jimmy Cheek – Dan Aykroyd
Beverly Davenport – Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Pat Summitt – Meryl Streep
Holly Warlick – Jane Lynch
Joe DiPietro – Mandy Patinkin
Charlie Strong – Titus O’Neill
Lane Kiffin – Daniel Tosh
Josh Richardson – Michael B. Jordan
Tyler Bray – Justin Timberlake
Erik Ainge – John Malkovich
Josh Ward – Josh Ward (Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas also suggested)
Will West – Will West (Jeff Daniels as Harry Dunne also suggested)