NASHVILLE — 247Sports today announced that John Brice, award-winning journalist and leading beat reporter covering the Tennessee Volunteers, will join the network’s growing roster of talent as SEC Editor – Tennessee Volunteers.



Brice, who has 18-plus years of professional journalistic experience, will lead team coverage for GoVols247.com, 247Sports’ team site dedicated to coverage of the Volunteers, joining Wes Rucker and Ryan Callahan to deliver the most informative Volunteers team and recruiting news in the market.



“I am incredibly excited about joining the 247Sports and CBSSports.com family,” said Brice, who will start on August 1st. “We have a great roster in place to bring Tennessee Volunteers and college football fans unprecedented coverage and insight across all platforms. I’ve had great admiration for the talented individuals at 247Sports, and with 247Sports now part of the CBSSports.com team, this is a dream opportunity for me.”



Brice comes to 247Sports from Rivals.com, where he was a Senior Writer for its website covering the Volunteers from 2008 through 2013 before being promoted to his most recent position of Assistant Editor. He also served as the primary football writer and columnist and contributed to recruiting coverage.



“I have followed John’s work for many years and have tremendous respect for his talent, relationships and ability to own major news stories around the Tennessee Volunteers and college football,” said 247Sports founder and GM Shannon Terry. “He is one of the elite talents in our team-based industry and significantly strengthens our position in a key and rapidly growing market.”



Brice has been honored by the Tennessee Press Association, Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors, and Society of Professional Journalists, including for his coverage of the University of Tennessee’s firing of Derek Dooley, and for breaking the NCAA’s investigation into Bruce Pearl’s basketball program. In addition, Brice helped break Tennessee’s hiring of Butch Jones and was the first to report his salary in December. He also broke the national story of UT’s new alternate gray uniforms, the Vols first such planned alternate jersey, as well as the departure of offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian, the hiring of offensive coordinator Mike DeBord, the firing of defensive coordinator John Jancek, and the spring-ending shoulder injury to All-SEC linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin.



In addition to his deep experience in print and online media, Brice has been an analyst on the syndicated University of Tennessee football coach's show for the past four years, has co-hosted the statewide syndicated radio show 'The Nation' with ESPN's Chris Low for the past seven years, and was the sideline reporter covering Tennessee football for IMG College during the 2015 season.



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