Senior defensive back Akeem Davis making an impact off the field

In a day and age where college football headlines are filled with police reports, suspension notices, and scandals, it is easy to become discouraged in the future of collegiate athletics. Akeem Davis, a senior defensive back for the University of Memphis, is one of the rare causes of optimism.

Through the schoolwork, study hours, practice time, Read more...

Wednesday Football Practice Interviews

Memphis football head coach Justin Fuente addressed the media after practice on Wednesday and gave some feedback on where they are overall as a team. Sophomore linebacker Charles Harris also spoke on the difference in pace and intensity. Check out those interviews below.

Justin Fuente

Charles Harris

NCAA Releases Memphis Athletics APR

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Last week, four University of Memphis athletics teams were honored by the NCAA for posting Academic Progress Rates (APR) among the top 10 percent of their respective sports in the nation. Those four programs were baseball, men’s basketball, women’s golf and women’s tennis.
On Wednesday, the NCAA released the APRs for all of Read more...

Tigers release television games for 2012

IRVING, Texas – Four University of Memphis football games are scheduled for television this fall, the Conference USA office announced Thursday.

Three of the four Tigers’ television games are in October with contests versus East Carolina Oct. 13, UCF Oct. 20 and SMU Oct. 27. Memphis’ regular-season home finale against Southern Miss Nov. 24 was also Read more...

Memphis football tags TCU's Justin Fuente as new head coach

As first reported yesterday afternoon by CoachingSearch.com, TCU’s co-offensive coordinator Justin Fuente emerged as one of the favorites for the Memphis job and news broke this afternoon that the 35-year old coach will take over the head coaching position for the Tigers.

First reported by John Martin of Scout.com, the University of Memphis’ coaching search committee Read more...