MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Billy J. Murphy, the former head football coach and athletic director for the University of Memphis for more than 30 years, was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as part of the 2022 class at the 64th National Football Foundation (NFF) Annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.
Murphy joins Allyn McKeen, the Memphis head coach from 1937-38, in the College Football Hall of Fame.
The 18 First Team All-America players and three standout coaches in the 2022 class were selected from the national ballot of 78 players and seven coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision, the 99 players and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks and the NFF Veterans Committee candidates.