Peyton Manning explains why one popular request from Tennessee Vols fans is likely never going to happen

Over the last decade, there's consistently been a portion of the Tennessee Vols fan base that's suggested that UT legend and NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning should get into coaching -- specifically on Rocky Top.

Manning is one of the greatest football players of all time, and he's immensely popular in East Tennessee, so it's understandable why some Vols fans would love to see Manning on the sideline in Neyland Stadium in some capacity.

But it's almost certainly never going to happen.

And there are a couple of reasons why that's the case.

For starters, Manning has two teenage kids he wants to be present for. He doesn't want to be on the road all of the time, or at the facility for 14 hours a day. Instead, he’d prefer to coach his own kids and attend their events without the constraints of a full-time coaching gig.

The Tennessee legend also enjoys being at more than one Vols game a year in his post-NFL life, something that was recently detailed by The Athletic.

From The Athletic : Manning didn’t want to spend every fall weekend on the road, hustling to stadiums. He’d been doing that since he was a freshman at Tennessee in 1994. He wanted to be home. He wanted to coach his son’s flag football team and watch his daughter play volleyball. He wanted to catch more than one Volunteers game a year.

Another reason why Manning isn't interested in coaching is because he doesn't think he'd be any good at it.

“A lot of people just assumed I’d be a good coach," said Manning to The Athletic recently . "And I’m like, ‘Why? Because I can call some plays at the line of scrimmage?’ I used to call them when our other QBs were in. We’d go three-and-out, three-and-out, punt, punt. I’m like, ‘I’m no good at this.'”

If you don't have the passion for coaching, then there's really no point in considering it as a career. Manning is making the right call here. There's no substitue for being present for your kids -- you only get one shot to watch them grow up. And that's clearly important to Manning.

The truth is that Manning is helping Tennessee in the best way that he possibly can. And that's by being an incredible ambassador for the program (in all sports). Manning almost never misses a chance to rep the Vols or to attend big events involving UT. And that's invaluable for Tennessee.

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