Close friend reunites with Ryan Silverfield on Tigers’ coaching staff
Chris White is the University of Memphis football program’s newly hired special teams coordinator. White and Tigers head coach Ryan Silverfield were on the Minnesota Vikings staff together. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
Newly hired special teams coach Chris White has known head coach Ryan Silverfield for more than a decade. The two friends are now back on the same staff or the first time since 2012.
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Frank 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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