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Tigers head coach Ryan Silverfield watches during a spring game at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium on April 26. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Ryan Silverfield is a football junkie.
As an 18-year-old senior at The Bolles School — a college preparatory and boarding school in Jacksonville, Florida — Silverfield got his first coaching gig as an assistant and has been immersed in the profession ever since.
He had stops at several colleges and NFL teams before landing a job as Memphis’ offensive line coach in 2016 and was named the Tigers’ head coach ahead of the 2020 season.
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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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