A former Tennessee assistant who previously worked with Kentucky offensive coordinator Randy Sanders appears to be headed to Kentucky as the new wide receivers coach.

Footballscoop.com, a national Web site that publishes information about coaching jobs and searches, reported on Friday night that Pat Washington will be named a UK assistant.

Washington, a 23-year college coaching veteran, would replace Tee Martin, who left for the University of Southern California earlier this week.

Washington, who was hired as an assistant coach at East Carolina in mid-January, has submitted his resignation letter effective Monday, ECU spokesman Tom McClellan said on Friday.

McClellan said he could not confirm where Washington is headed but said he understood it was to join a staff with a former colleague in the Southeastern Conference.

Kentucky spokesman Tony Neely said his school cannot announce a new hire until the job has been posted for a week.

Before accepting the job at ECU in January, Washington spent three seasons as running backs coach at Southern Miss.

The 49-year-old former Auburn player was a wide receivers coach at Tennessee for 11 seasons, starting in 1995.

While at Tennessee, Washington helped produce 11 NFL Draft picks, including Marcus Nash and Joey Kent.

Those two players, along with Cedrick Wilson and Peerless Price, are four of the top pass catchers in school history.

Sanders, the UK coordinator, was an assistant coach for the Volunteers from 1991-2005.

Washington, a Mobile, Ala., native, was Auburn’s starting quarterback for two seasons.