A road trip in a van whose passengers included a member of a powerful Memphis family aided the search for the Tigers’ 26th head football coach. They agreed on someone Ed Scott had heard speak long before Ryan Silverfield left for Arkansas.

Here's what Charles Huff said at his introduction as Memphis football's head coach, including why Memphis is the "apex predator" in college football.

The Memphis Tigers will face the North Carolina Wolfpack in the 2025 Gasparilla Bowl on Friday, December 19, marking the Tigers' 12th consecutive season with a bowl invitation. The U of M football team (8-4) will be playing against NC State (7-5) in the 2025 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

Memphis football was 8-1 with good odds of getting to the College Football Playoff. Then it lost three games in a row, including to Navy.

Here's what Memphis interim coach Reggie Howard said about holding the Tigers' recruiting class together and preparing for the Gasparilla Bowl.

New Tigers football coach Charles Huff has Nick Saban, James Franklin in his corner.

East Carolina trolled both Memphis and FedEx on social media following a last-minute win over the Tigers on Saturday:

The University of Memphis officially introduced Charles Huff as the new head football coach for the Tigers on Wednesday. Huff said he believed some of the best football players

One of the first people Ryan Silverfield met on his first day as the University of Arkansas football team's new coach was John Calipari.

RALEIGH — NC State spent the last week and a half preparing for its appearance in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. It earned a bid to the event after finishing the season with a 7-5 record and dominating throughout November, winning three of its last four games.