Charles Huff has done this before.
Marshall was terrific for years under Doc Holliday. Huff had the pressure of coming in to keep the success going when he took over in 2021, and he did just that with 32 wins in four years and a Sun Belt ***** le.
He left for Southern Miss last season, bringing along a slew of top Thundering Herd players with him. It worked, turning a 1-11 team into a solid 7-6 team that got to a bowl.
Memphis needed a coach, and now Huff is at his third head coaching gig in three years.
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His situation with the Tigers is a bit like the expectations he had at Marshall.
Memphis is a winner.
It hasn't had a losing season since 2013, and won 21 games in two years before former head coach Ryan Silverfield's bunch went 8-5 last year.
Silverfield left for Arkansas, Huff stepped in, and there's no grace period whatsoever.
Almost the entire team is made up of transfers, but there's continuity with 12 key players coming over from Southern Miss.
But can Memphis win in the American Conference with (mostly) a Sun Belt team?
It came up with one of the stronger coaching hires in the cycle to find out.
Head Coach: Charles Huff (1st year; 6th year overall, 39-25)
Marshall was terrific for years under Doc Holliday. Huff had the pressure of coming in to keep the success going when he took over in 2021, and he did just that with 32 wins in four years and a Sun Belt ***** le.
He left for Southern Miss last season, bringing along a slew of top Thundering Herd players with him. It worked, turning a 1-11 team into a solid 7-6 team that got to a bowl.
Memphis needed a coach, and now Huff is at his third head coaching gig in three years.
© Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
His situation with the Tigers is a bit like the expectations he had at Marshall.
Memphis is a winner.
It hasn't had a losing season since 2013, and won 21 games in two years before former head coach Ryan Silverfield's bunch went 8-5 last year.
Silverfield left for Arkansas, Huff stepped in, and there's no grace period whatsoever.
Almost the entire team is made up of transfers, but there's continuity with 12 key players coming over from Southern Miss.
But can Memphis win in the American Conference with (mostly) a Sun Belt team?
It came up with one of the stronger coaching hires in the cycle to find out.
Head Coach: Charles Huff (1st year; 6th year overall, 39-25)
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