Update: Potential Memphis football head coach candidates
Who will lead the Memphis Tigers football team on the field when they take the field in 2026? (Courtesy Memphis Athletics)
The carousel stopped just long enough Sunday, Nov. 30, to drop longtime Memphis Tigers coach Ryan Silverfield off at Arkansas.
Now it’s spinning again, with the Tigers in search of Silverfield’s successor.
Where it will stop, nobody knows for sure.
At least not yet.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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