There are 42 article(s) tagged Ed Scott:

• January 2025

  • Calkins: Ed Scott aims to make Memphis ‘a Top 25 athletic program in America’ — believe it or not

    Memphis athletic director Ed Scott has been on the job for a tumultuous, wrenching but ultimately triumphant six months. In that time, Scott has seen enough to believe Memphis can be “a Top 25 athletic program in America.” Now he needs others to believe it, too.

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    Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium will have reduced capacity, according to new plans

    By Geoff Calkins January 29, 2025

  • Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium will have reduced capacity, according to new plans

    Memphis athletic director Ed Scott said the new capacity for Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium will be 42,000-44,000 — not the 50,000 that was originally planned.

    By Geoff Calkins January 29, 2025

  • Calkins: Ed Scott on realignment, Penny, the NCAA investigation, attendance and more

    Memphis athletic director Ed Scott has been on the job for six months. Here’s what he has to say about realignment, the ongoing NCAA investigation, Ryan Silverfield, Penny Hardaway and the university’s plans for paying players.

     

    By Geoff Calkins January 28, 2025

• December 2024

  • Tigers Podcast: Football season recap, basketball’s rough schedule

    Memphis football writer Frank Bonner II, basketball writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin discuss this year’s football season and the raised level of expectations for Memphis basketball as it prepares for its final two non-conference games. 

    By Frank Bonner II, Parth Upadhyaya, John Martin December 27, 2024

  • Tigers AD remembers Marlon Dechausay, champion for student-athletes

    Memphis athletic director Ed Scott said he never imagined that on a work trip he’d lose his friend of 14 years. Tigers associate AD Marlon Dechausay suffered a heart attack while in Hawaii for the Maui Invitational. He died Dec. 4.

    By Frank Bonner II December 21, 2024

  • How a tiny Texas bowl came up big with the No. 25 Memphis Tigers

    Much had to fall into place for the Frisco Bowl to land 10-win Memphis and West Virginia of the Big 12. Tigers athletic director Ed Scott and bowl director Sean Johnson reveal how everything came together.

    By Tim Buckley December 08, 2024

• November 2024

  • U of M’s Ed Scott solidifies executive leadership team

    Cooper Jones and Katherine Sulentic will serve as deputy athletics directors under the Tigers’ new AD. Sulentic comes to Memphis after 14 years as the NCAA’s associate director of enforcement, investigations and processing.

    By Parth Upadhyaya November 13, 2024

  • Memphis AD: Tigers football has the ‘right guy leading us’

    Ed Scott also gave updates on Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and Liza Wellford Fletcher Stadium.

    By Frank Bonner II November 07, 2024

  • Buckley: Tony Bennett walked away from college basketball. Penny Hardaway isn’t going anywhere.

    “As far as Penny Hardaway, I can honestly say this: I couldn’t be prouder of his willingness to try to adapt and understand what he does well and where we can help him,” Ed Scott said.

    By Tim Buckley November 04, 2024

• October 2024

  • Analysis: Memphis Tigers face ‘tough decisions’ about revenue sharing

    If all falls into place as expected at the start of the 2025-26 school year, House vs. the NCAA could change the look of college sports as we know it now.

    By Tim Buckley October 14, 2024

• September 2024

  • Memphis AD knows Pac-12 decision was emotional for fans

    Fans have waited for their turn to celebrate a move to a Power Conference for years. The new-look Pac-12 no longer qualifies for that distinction, but some believed it would be better than the AAC.

    By Frank Bonner II September 27, 2024

  • Buckley: It was a bad deal. Really bad. Ed Scott makes a convincing case.

    The Tigers’ first-year athletic director was persuasive explaining why Memphis turned down the Pac-12, not just saying it was bad but explaining why in no uncertain terms.

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  • Memphis athletic director shines light on Tigers’ decision to stay in AAC

    “It really came down to what our future looks like,” Ed Scott said. “... The financials were not there.”

    By Parth Upadhyaya September 27, 2024

  • New student-athlete housing a ‘recruiting advantage’ for the Tigers

    The new building will be located close to soccer, baseball, softball and track and field venues, including the future Liza Wellford Fletcher Stadium. 

    By Tim Buckley September 11, 2024

  • Calkins: Ed Scott is the man for the moment. But can he save Penny Hardaway?

    Scott said Hardaway would absolutely, unequivocally be back “based on every piece of information I have right now, today.” Tomorrow, the information could be different.

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    By Geoff Calkins September 11, 2024

  • Memphis AD: Hardaway will ‘absolutely, unequivocally’ stay Tigers’ coach

    Scott said Memphis has not gotten an update from the NCAA regarding the case stemming from Malcolm Dandridge’s eligibility status, whose findings Scott confirmed the Tigers self-reported to the NCAA.

    By Parth Upadhyaya September 06, 2024

  • Memphis AD to appear on ‘The Geoff Calkins Show’ amid basketball chaos

    Ed Scott will speak publicly after Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway announced he’d parted ways with members of his staff and an anonymous letter alleged Memphis violated NCAA rules. 

    By Parth Upadhyaya September 06, 2024

  • Tigers fundraising on a roll as stadium renovation continues

    Dollars are flowing in since Ed Scott’s late-June hiring and his late-July arrival as the Memphis Tigers’ new athletic director.

    By Tim Buckley September 05, 2024

  • Calkins: Rick Stansbury is the latest to go — and the chaos is not ideal.

    “Penny Hardaway has fired Rick Stansbury and three other staffers just weeks before a new season begins. The continuing chaos is not ideal.”

     

    By Geoff Calkins September 05, 2024

  • New U of M athletic director addresses lost football revenue, sagging ticket sales

    Memphis athletic director Ed Scott says his biggest concern is sales of single-game tickets. But the Tigers are also projecting more than $750,000 in lost revenue due to the ongoing Liberty Stadium renovation.

    By Tim Buckley September 05, 2024

• August 2024

  • Group of Five debate: Should there be a separate playoff for certain G5 teams?

    The Memphis Tigers’ new athletic director isn’t keen on the new AAC commissioner’s interest in discussing the idea of a different playoff for Group of Five teams that don’t crack the College Football Playoff.

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    By Tim Buckley, Frank Bonner II August 29, 2024

  • Tigers to remain at FedExForum for next couple seasons

    The university is in the process of finalizing a two-year extension of its FedExForum lease agreement with the Grizzlies, new Tigers athletic director Ed Scott confirmed.

    By Parth Upadhyaya August 27, 2024

  • How Tigers athletic director is approaching raising money

    Athletic director Ed Scott is taking over the department at an interesting time for Memphis and the rest of the college sports.

    By Frank Bonner II August 25, 2024

  • Memphis athletic director puts new hire Tim Duncan in charge of basketball

    Duncan will work directly with Tigers coach Penny Hardaway as part of his responsibilities.

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    By Parth Upadhyaya August 23, 2024

  • Tim Duncan returns to Memphis to help Tigers ‘kick the door in’

    Duncan, a former Tiger basketball player under coach Larry Finch and a teammate of Penny Hardaway, is back where it all started in a leadership role with the athletic department.

    By Parth Upadhyaya August 22, 2024