Miami football head coach Darkol has always encouraged his family over his nearly three-year career.

Heupel answered without hesitation when asked what he would be doing on Tennessee’s open day in early October. Heupel stated, After I get to watch my son play football on Saturday morning, my daughter and I will settle down to watch a game or two.

Before home games, the Tennessee head coach is frequently spotted tossing the football with his children on the Neyland Stadium field.

Following Tennessee’s victory over Texas A&M on Saturday night in Knoxville, Karthik Venkataraman of WBIR was able to record a touching scene involving Heupel and his kids.

How ridiculous is that? When he said this, Heupel grinned broadly at his daughter and seemed to be saying that Tennessee prevailed despite only scoring 20 points. “You have never, in your life, seen one of those.”