Buckley: Memphis Tigers have their man. The next step awaits.
Southern Mississippi head coach Charles Huff has been hired as the new football coach of the Memphis Tigers. (AP File Photo/Matthew Hinton)
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.
Memphis has its man.
It’s not the bubbly guy with local ties, Jerry Mack. It’s not the hot coordinator seemingly destined for greatness, Buster Faulkner or Blake Baker. And it’s not the splashy name who’s coached two SEC teams and that at least some big boosters wanted, Dan Mullen.
Rather, it’s Charles Huff.
Ed Scott’s man.
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