On February 10, 2019, Coach Ty Knott will enter his inaugural season with the Memphis Express as their running backs coach and special teams coordinator. However, when the idea of coaching football was first presented to him, he was skeptical. “My father-in-law asked me to coach,” recalls Knott. “I said no.” Knott and his two…
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From an Academic to a President: How Dr. M. David Rudd is Driving the University of Memphis to Succeed
He did not want to be president. He was an academic. Why would an academic want to be president of a university? When Dr. M. David Rudd, provost at the time, saw the deficit the University of Memphis was facing in 2014, he wanted to help his colleagues stop the financial bleeding, so he took…
Football Gives Mike Singletary and Memphis Another Chance
He thought he was done. Mike Singletary, former NFL Hall of Fame linebacker for the Chicago Bears and head coach for the San Francisco 49ers, worked on developing his skills as a head coach, but could not find a job. “I made some phone calls trying to get on a team, but no one was…
The 901 Connection 