Mike Gundy Reveals He Turned Down Desperate Tennessee 3 Separate Times for Head Coach Vacancy

This mullet don't play no games.

Mike Gundy likes to party, as his hair style might suggest, and with that comes oh-so-much flirtation. Despite comments made on Wednesday stating that he wants to remain in Stillwater for the rest of his coaching career, Gundy admitted that he flirted -- and eventually turned down -- the Tennessee Vols head gig on three (3!) separate occasions.

We repeat, fittingly, for the third time: 3! That's a lot!

“I’ve had that [Tennessee] job offered three different times…Tennessee put together an unbelievable package [in 2018], and it’s hard to tell somebody no when that happens. But I made the right decision,” Gundy said.

Because he's a man.

If you think this reeks of desperation on Tennessee's part, you'd be right. However, we can't blame the struggling program down in Knoxville for trying to make a big-time hire, and they offered Gundy upwards of six years and $42 million to land him.

The Vols would eventually tab then-Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt to be their next head coach after revolting over the decision to hire Greg Schiano.

Gundy, meanwhile, parlayed his flirtation with Tennessee into a contract bonus from Oklahoma State. That, my friends, is how you play the field.