Anatomy of a hire: How the Memphis Tigers zeroed in on Charles Huff
University of Memphis new head football coach Charles Huff speaks during his introductory press conference on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Early on a late-November Sunday morning, Memphis Tigers athletic director Ed Scott learned for certain that head football coach Ryan Silverfield was leaving to take over the top job at Arkansas.
Five days later, Scott’s decision on Silverfield’s successor was approved.
Yet Scott’s choice — former Southern Miss and Marshall head coach Charles Huff — didn’t learn he was the guy until the next day.
Until after much of the rest of the college football world already knew.
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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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