Memphis athletic director wants Tiger football to be more than ‘just OK’
Laird Veatch emails boosters about Tigers football program
“(Coach Ryan Silverfield), I and everyone in the Memphis Football family are not striving for minimum standards,” University of Memphis new Athletic Director Laird Veatch said in his email. “To be clear, our shared goal and expectation remain for Memphis to be the top program in our conference and compete annually on the national stage.” (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco also expressed a vote of confidence in Silverfield when he spoke to The Daily Memphian on Thursday.
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Laird Veatch Ryan Silverfield Memphis Football AAC Mike ArescoFrank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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