University of Memphis Football

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Aaron Dobson, a former NFL standout, joins the Memphis staff after spending one season at Southern Miss. A 2025 FootballScoop Coach of the Year finalist, Dob...

Andy Kwon comes to Memphis after spending last season at UCLA as the offensive line coach Kwon’s offensive line unit helped UCLA rush for 150-plus yards in six contests and twice for over 200 yards against Penn State (269) and Michigan State (238) in 2025. In total, UCLA averaged 319.9 yards of total offense (180.3 passing, 139.7 rushing). The Bruins’ O-Line was anchored by consistent play from redshirt senior Garrett DiGiorgio, who started at three different positions, and redshirt freshman left guard Eugene Brooks. Kwon arrived at UCLA after leading the offensive line unit for three seasons at Arkansas State, where he guided a pair of Red Wolves to All-Sun Belt Conference honors in each of his past two years with the program. Center Jacob Bayer was named to the first team in 2023 and the second team, in 2024 in addition to being graded as a top-10 center in FBS both seasons according to rankings by Pro Football Focus. Linemen Mekhi Butler and Makilan Thomas each earned second-team acclaim in 2024 and 2023, respectively. Jalen Cunningham (2024) and Jordan Rhodes (2023) were signed by the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints, respectively, as undrafted free agents. The Red Wolves have averaged more than 150 rushing yards per game across each of the past two seasons with Kwon on staff. In Kwon’s second year working with the offensive line in 2023, Arkansas State’s rushing attack more than doubled its output from the previous season, jumping from 88.2 yards per game

David Weeks comes to Memphis after two seasons at Old Dominion as the tight ends coach. He will serve as the co-offensive coordinator as well as the tight ends coach for the Tigers. In his second season with the Monarchs, Weeks helped lead ODU to a 10-3 overall record and a 24-10 victory over South Florida in the StaffDNA Cure Bowl. During the 2025 season, tight end Dawson Johnson led the group, making appearances in all 13 games while recording two starts. The true freshman made 10 catches for 99 yards with one score coming against James Madison. Jailen Butler also played in all 13 games while making 11 starts. His first career touchdown came against Georgia Southern in route to his best game of the season with two catches for 25 yards. In his first season at ODU in 2024, Weeks helped Pat Conroy solidify himself as one of the top tight ends in the Sun Belt Conference and a reliable option for ODU quarterbacks. Conroy earned third-team all-conference honors, catching 37 passes for 523 yards and a team-best five touchdowns. He was the only tight end in the country to have multiple 75-yard touchdown receptions. Conroy's blocking also helped ODU lead the Sun Belt in rushing yards per game. Weeks spent the 2023 season as an offensive analyst at Tennessee, helping the Volunteers to a 9-4 record and 35-0 win over Iowa in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. Prior to joining Tennessee, Weeks spent three seasons at Fordham, coaching the tight ends in 2021 and 2022. In 2022, Fordham led the FCS

Bowman joins Memphis after helping Southern Miss to a 7-5 bowl eligible season where he served as the defensive backs coach. Helping to turn the program around in just one season, Bowman’s defensive backs made a name for themselves. The team’s 21 interceptions ranked first in the country while the 378 interception return yards was the most by any program in Division I in 2025. The Golden Eagles 184 passing yards allowed this season put them as the 23rd best defense in the country. Bowman coached defensive backs Josh Moten and Ian Foster to Sun Belt postseason honors. Moten tied for the SBC lead in interceptions with five, which also ranks No. 3 nationally. His interception per game total was No. 6 in the FBS. Three of his interceptions came at Arkansas State, where the Golden Eagles captured a road victory and earned him Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week honors. He ended the regular season with 56 tackles (35 solo) with 10 pass breakups. Foster recorded 71 tackles (27 solo) to go along with 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack, three interceptions – two returned for touchdowns – seven pass breakups, two QB hurries and a fumble recovery. He returned one interception 99 yards for a score against App State and another 49 yards against Jacksonville State. Foster was named SBC Defensive Player of the Week once during the year. Prior to Southern Miss, Bowman spent two seasons on the Temple Football staff as the cornerbacks coach. In 2024 he added the responsibilities of safeties and be

Eric Mathies comes to Memphis after spending the 2025 season as the defensive line coach at Southern Miss. Helping the Golden Eagles to a 7-5 regular season and bowl eligibility, Mathies coached a defensive line that held opponents to under 150 yards on the ground per game during the 2025 season – good for third best in the Sun Belt. The Southern Miss defense ranked as one of the best in the country with a red zone defense that ranked 10th in the country. In route to helping turn the program around completely, Mathies’ defensive line room saw Brodarius Lewis earn Sun Belt honorable mention postseason honors. Lewis tallied 53 tackles (15 solos), which also entailed two tackles for loss, four pass breakups and four quarterback hurries. He notched at least two tackles in 11 games during the year, including a season-high 11 at South Alabama. Lewis finished second on the Golden Eagles defensive line in tackles. Prior to Hattiesburg, Mathies spent the 2024 season as defensive line coach and run game coordinator at Eastern Kentucky. Prior to his stint at EKU, Mathies worked at Long Island University where he spent four seasons as the assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator. At LIU, he helped transform the program from a Division II program into a formidable FCS program in the Northeastern Conference. In his first season there, he coached and developed the NEC Freshman of the Year, Eric O'Niel, who was also named an FCS Freshman All-American and a Jerry Rice Award Finalist

Kevin Decker comes to Memphis as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after three seasons at Old Dominion. During the 2025 season, Decker helped coach the Monarchs to a 10-3 overall record and a 24-10 victory over South Florida in the StaffDNA Cure Bowl. ODU continued to improve its offensive numbers, finishing the regular season fifth in the country in passing yards per completion (14.92), seventh in rushing offense (236.9) and in the top 35 in FBS in first downs offense (272). Putting up over 32 points per game and ranked as the 32nd best offense in Division I during the season, the Monarchs put up 30 or more points in six games this season and 24 or more points in 12 of their 13 contests. Their average of over 460 yards of offense put them 15th in country and second in the Sun Belt in total offense. Decker helped coach quarterback Colton Joseph, the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the year while being named to the second team. Jospeh went on to throw for 2,624 yards and 21 touchdowns while adding in 1,007 yards on the ground and scoring 13 touchdowns of his own. He ranked sixth in the country with his 34 total touchdowns and second with 15.2 yards per completions Offensive lineman Zach Barlev was named to the first team after starting all 12 regular season games at left tackle for the Monarchs while helping to allow the fewest sacks in the Sun Belt. Offensive lineman Ryan Joyce and wide receiver Tre Brown both earned second and third team honors, respectively. Ste

Lance Guidry , one of college football's most respected defensive minds, has been named the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of ...

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Telly Lockette joins Memphis after one season at Southern Miss as the running backs coach. Helping to turn a 1-11 Golden Eagle team into a 7-5 bowl eligible team, Lockette saw his running back room put up an average of 137.4 yards per game during the 2025 season. Southern Miss put up 150+ rushing yards in four games while racking up a season-best 225 yards on the ground in its 42-25 win over Jacksonville State. Jeffery Pittman led the charge for the Golden Eagles with eight scores on the ground – good for ninth best in the Sun Belt – and 65.0 rushing yards per game – the seventh best in the conference. Lockette came to Southern Miss after working four years on the Marshall staff serving as the run game coordinator and running backs coach. In 2024, Lockette helped lead a Herd rushing attack that registered 201.7 yards per game, which ranked No. 19 nationally. He mentored running back Khalan Laborn in 2023, who had been away from the game for nearly 18 months. Laborn returned with a vengeance under Lockette’s teachings, finishing the season in the top 10 in FBS in rushing yards (1,513, 10th) and rushing TDs (16, 10th) – both of which led the Sun Belt Conference. Lockette also coached running back Rasheen Ali, who battled back to become a major contributor late in 2022 after missing the first eight games of the season due to injury, and currently plays for the Baltimore Ravens. Under Lockette’s guidance, Ali led all FBS running backs in rushing touchdowns (23) in 2021 while amas

Tim Conner joins the Memphis Tigers after three seasons as the assistant special team’s coach at Cincinnati. Conner helped coach a Bearcats team that allowed just over 17 kickoff return yards per game in 2025 – the third best average in the Big 12. Senior kicker Stephen Rusnak was automatic for Cincinnati going a perfect 46-of-46 for PATs while leading the team with 85 total points scored. Long snapper Eli Stein earned PFF All-Big 12 postseason honors after he helped Cincinnati to a 42.03 net punting figure, which ranked 17th nationally. Conner served in a similar role under Scott Satterfield at Louisville in 2022, where he helped coach Cardinals’ punter Mark Vassett to a 44.6 punting average, which ranked 17th nationally. Additionally, the Cardinals were sixth nationally in kick of return average (24.73) and No. 12 in field goal percentage (90.9%). Conner served as a special teams analyst for three seasons at Georgia Tech from 2019-21 where he helped assist in the development of 2020 Ray Guy Award winner Pressley Harvin III, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021. The Yellow Jackets led the nation in gross punting average and ranked second in net punting average in 2020. Before Georgia Tech, Conner spent two seasons from 2017-18 as an offensive and special teams analyst at Temple. In 2018, Temple led the nation with six special teams touchdowns. Prior to joining Collins’ staff at Temple, Conner spent two seasons as at Huntingdon College, first as running backs/H-

Tim Duffie comes to Memphis after spending the past 13 seasons as the safeties, cornerbacks and most recently the defensive passing game coordinator at Oklahoma State. Tim Duffie joined the Oklahoma State staff in March of 2013 and coaches the Cowboy cornerbacks. He coached the safeties from 2013-14. He was elevated to Defensive Passing Game Coordinator in 2023 while retaining his coaching duties at cornerbacks. Six of his 11 years in Stillwater have resulted in 10-win seasons. In 2023, Duffie’s group helped OSU rank No. 2 in the FBS with a defensive fourth down conversion rate of just 24%. Korie Black allowed only 16 receptions to rank No. 3 among FBS cornerbacks with at least 350 coverage snaps. Duffie’s 2022 cornerbacks helped OSU finish the season ranked among the top three Big 12 teams in pass efficiency defense and among the top three FBS teams in third down defense. In 2021, both of OSU’s starting cornerbackers earned All-Big 12 honors from the league’s head coaches as Jarrick Bernard-Converse was on the first team and Christian Holmes was on the second team. It was just the second time ever and the first time since 1997 that both of OSU’s starting cornerbacks were on the coaches’ all-conference team. As a team, the Cowboys wrapped up the year ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 in passing efficiency defense. Duffie coached Rodarius Williams to second-team All-Big 12 honors in 2020 as he set the OSU school record for consecutive starts at 48 games. Pro Football Focus graded him