There are 14 article(s) tagged Jeff Crane:

• July 2024

  • Memphis deputy athletic director Jeff Crane leaving for South Carolina

    The development comes about a month after Memphis tapped Virginia deputy AD Ed Scott to be its new athletic director.

    By Tim Buckley, Frank Bonner II July 26, 2024

  • Phase 2 of Liberty Stadium renovations begins

    Monday marks the start of Phase 2 of the Tigers’ three-phase, $220 million renovation of Liberty Stadium. 

    By Parth Upadhyaya July 23, 2024

  • Lifting the veil off NIL: How the Memphis Tigers really get it done

    Nowadays — three years after NIL was made official on July 1, 2021 — some of college sports’ highest-paid athletes are millionaires in an ecosystem composed of kids, coaches, collectives and even agents.

    By Tim Buckley July 02, 2024

• June 2024

  • As Tigers welcome new AD, college sports world remains maddeningly uncertain

    As the U of M waits for its new athletic director’s first day on the job, the rest of the Tigers athletic department traverses a path of unknowns throughout a summer of uncertainty.

    By Tim Buckley June 27, 2024

  • Interim AD, two others added to Tigers athletic director search

    The Memphis Tigers now are expected to interview up to 10 candidates for their vacant athletic director job, including current interim AD Jeff Crane.

    By Tim Buckley June 25, 2024

  • Tigers coach Silverfield talks ‘excitement’ at standing-room-only event in Lakeland

    Interim athletics director Jeff Crane says the stadium funding is right on schedule. 

    By Frank Bonner II June 13, 2024

• May 2024

  • Phase 1: Liberty Stadium renovations have begun

    Phase 1 of renovation work at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium is now underway.

    By Tim Buckley May 29, 2024

  • Memphis begins search for new AD, forms advisory committee

    Memphis has organized a six-person advisory committee to assist university president Bill Hardgrave in the search for a new athletic director.

    By Parth Upadhyaya May 03, 2024

  • Memphis interim athletic director addresses stadium reno, NIL deal, interest in job

    Jeff Crane, who was named Memphis’ interim AD on April 23 after former AD Laird Veatch departed for Missouri, talked about a variety of topics in an interview with The Daily Memphian.

    By Parth Upadhyaya May 02, 2024

• April 2024

  • Memphis names interim athletic director

    University of Memphis president Bill Hardgrave addresses the departure of athletic director Laird Veatch and names an interim AD.

    By Tim Buckley April 24, 2024

• August 2023

  • The Memphis Tigers have now sold more than 11K football season tickets

    Deputy athletic director Jeff Crane said Memphis would like to sell at least another 1,000-1,200 more season tickets before the 2023 season starts. Single-game tickets sales are on the rise, he said.

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    By Frank Bonner II August 16, 2023

• September 2021

  • U of M comes to aid of former Tigers basketball player Tim Duncan

    Duncan, now the athletic director at the University of New Orleans, called his alma mater when the Privateers needed help in the wake of Hurricane Ida.

    By Steven Johnson September 10, 2021

• May 2020

  • Silverfield right ‘at home’ at Memphis

    Tigers football coach Ryan Silverfield can walk to work; now if only the pandemic would abate so his day could include working with players and staff in person.

    By Don Wade May 13, 2020

• April 2019

  • University of Memphis hires Jeff Crane as deputy athletic director

    Jeff Crane, an athletic administrator at South Carolina, will become the deputy athletic director at the University of Memphis, according to a source.

    By Geoff Calkins, Jonah Jordan April 17, 2019