NEW YORK ? Former Tennessee football coach Philip Fulmer was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Under Fulmer, the Volunteers won the 1998 national championship, finished in the AP top 25 in 13 of 17 seasons, appeared in 15 bowl games, won two Southeastern Conference championships and either won or shared seven SEC East Division titles.
Other former coaches elected were R.C. Slocum of Texas A&M and Jimmy Johnson, who led Miami to two national titles.
Art Monk of Syracuse, Dave Casper of Notre Dame and Jonathan Ogden of UCLA are among 14 former players who will be inducted in December.
Monk played receiver at Syracuse from 1976-79, leading the team in receiving three straight seasons. He is sixth in school history with 3,899 all-purpose yards. He went on to a long NFL career with the Redskins and New York Jets.
Casper lined up all over the field in his career at Notre Dame from 1971-73, though he became a star at tight end. He led the Fighting Irish to the 1973 national title and played 11 NFL seasons with the Raiders, Oilers and Vikings.
Ogden won the Outland Trophy was the nation?s top lineman in 1995 before being taken as the fourth overall pick in the 1996 NFL draft by the Ravens.
Other players inducted: Running backs Charles Alexander of LSU and Otis Armstrong of Purdue; quarterbacks Steve Bartkowski of California, Ty Detmer of BYU and Tommy Kramer of Rice; defensive backs Scott Thomas of Air Force and Greg Myers of Colorado State; split end Hal Bedsole of Southern California; defensive end Gabe Rivera of Texas Tech; linebacker Mark Simoneau of Kansas State; and guard John Wooten of Colorado.
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