It’s already year three of the Ryan Silverfield era in Memphis. Where did the time go?
Silverfield took over for Mike Norvell as the interim head coach for the Tigers’ biggest game in program history — the 2019 Cotton Bowl against Penn State. Silverfield eventually shed the interim tag following the bowl and subsequently guided Memphis to an 8-3 campaign in 2020, complete with a postseason victory.
However, the wheels started to fall off last year as the Tigers finished 6-6, marking the first time they failed to exceed a .500 record since 2013. That campaign featured a roller coaster of results, including thrilling upset victories over Mississippi State and SMU at the peaks and head-scratching blown leads to Temple and UTSA at the troughs.