Middle Tennessee Offensive Coordinator Tony Franklin has announced he is retiring in a long form article posted at FootballScoop.com

“Football is not a contact sport. It’s a violent game,” Franklin wrote. “If played the way it must be played to maximize success, you must mentally and physically condition a group of young boys, or men, to have little to no regards for their health, or the health of their opponents. You must swarm to the football and destroy everything on your pathway to reach it.“

Sources have told GoMiddle this move was a mutual parting of ways. Coach Rick Stockstill said earlier this week he would like to move to more of an Air Raid system in 2021.

Stay tuned as we keep track of any new information regarding the separation between MT and Franklin, and as we track down news of his eventual replacement.