Butch Jones said after Tennessee's Tuesday practice that rumors of Michigan's interest in him were "not even worth discussing."

Michigan is currently coached by an embattled Brady Hoke, who's struggling through a 3-5 season and widely believed to be on his way out in the next couple of months.

Jones, who has been at Tennessee since before the 2013 season, has led the Vols to an 8-12 record the past two years but is on track to sign one of the nation's top recruiting classes for a second consecutive year and has been praised for putting a foundation in place for one of the nation's winningest all-time programs to get back on track.

Tennessee's coach didn't have much to say about the situation when asked about it after Tuesday's practice, though.

"It's not even worth discussing," Jones said. "There's no validity to it. I'm not even gonna waste your time or my time by even commenting on that. I think y'all know how I feel."

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