Former Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt has sued the NCAA, claiming $100 million in lost wages due to his 2021 firing and six-year show-cause penalty. In the lawsuit, Pruitt alleges that Tennessee and the NCAA conspired to make him the “sacrificial lamb” for rules violations that preceded his tenure as Volunteers coach.

Former Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Thursday claiming that the association "conspired" with the University of Tennessee and other parties to make Pruitt a "sacrificial lamb" in an investigation into recruiting violations,

Jeremy Pruitt is suing the NCAA for $100 million for lost and future wages, accusing the organization of conspiring with the University of Tennessee making him possibly the “last coach in America to be punished for impermissible player benefits.