• Matt Luke was a key off-season addition to the Tennessee football coaching staff.

• Luke takes the position handling tight ends, assisting Greg Adkins with the offensive line and coordinating UT's recruiting efforts -- all responsibilities he held during a four-year coaching career at Mississippi.

• "Matt is a fine coach, an excellent recruiter and brings a lot of enthusiasm to our staff," head coach Phillip Fulmer said.

• An Ole Miss graduate, Luke was an outstanding player and team captain for the 1998 Rebels squad that finished 7-5 and defeated Texas Tech in the Independence Bowl.

• Despite battling injuries and illness, Luke enjoyed a brilliant career at the center position, earning four letters and starting 33 games.

• He was selected 1998 Ole Miss Most Valuable Senior by the Jackson (Miss.) Touchdown Club among his numerous playing awards. Twice he earned Academic All-SEC honors and was a member of the Dean's honor roll from 1995-99.

• Luke graduated in May 2000 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.

• After finishing his playing career, Luke remained at Ole Miss as a student-assistant coach under David Cutcliffe during the 1999 season.

• "There's not a finer man in the profession than Coach Cutcliffe," Luke said "He has been a tremendous influence on my life and my coaching career. I'm looking forward not only to learning from him but being around him again.

• "We're going to get this thing going and win SEC championships."

• Luke's first full-time position was at Murray State, where he coached the offensive line during the 2000 and 2001 seasons.

• He then was re-hired by Cutcliffe and the Ole Miss staff to coach tight ends and the offensive line and last year was the only assistant coach retained by Ed Orgeron for his debut season in Oxford.

• Luke's father, Tommy, was a defensive back at Ole Miss in the 1960s and his older brother, Tom, quarterbacked the Rebels from 1989-91.

• A Gulfport, Miss., native, Luke is married to the former Ashley Grantham of Oxford, Miss. The couple celebrated their first wedding anniversary in March.