Ryan Silverfield

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Ryan Silverfield
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Memphis
Conference AAC
Record31–19
Annual salary$1.75 million [1]
Biographical details
Born (1980-08-04) August 4, 1980 (age 43)
Alma mater Hampden–Sydney (2003)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999 Bolles School (FL) (assistant)
2000 Hampden–Sydney (off. asst.)
2001–2002Hampden–Sydney (DL)
2003Hampden–Sydney (TE)
2004Memorial Day HS (GA)
2005 Jacksonville (QB)
2006–2007 UCF (GA)
2008 Minnesota Vikings (OQC)
2009–2010Minnesota Vikings (DL staff assistant)
2011–2013Minnesota Vikings (assistant OL)
2014 Toledo (off. consultant)
2015 Arizona State (OA)
2015 Detroit Lions (assistant OL)
2016 Memphis (OL)
2017–2018Memphis (RGC/OL)
2019Memphis (AHC/RGC/OL)
2020–presentMemphis
Head coaching record
Overall31–19 (college)
1–9 (high school)
Bowls3–1

Ryan Daniel Silverfield (born August 4, 1980) [2] is an American football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Memphis. Silverfield has spent most of his coaching career, which began during his senior year of high school, [3] [4] as either a line coach or a member of the offensive staff. He was hired at Memphis by then-head coach Mike Norvell prior to the 2016 season. After Norvell's departure to Florida State on December 8, 2019, Silverfield served as the interim head coach before being promoted to head coach on December 28, 2019. [5]

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Playing career

Silverfield played for The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida for four years, winning state championships in 1995 and 1998. [2] He then joined the coaching staff as an assistant for the 1999 season, ending his playing career. Silverfield is therefore notable as one of the only coaches in the FBS ranks to have never played college football.[ citation needed ]

Coaching career

Silverfield landed his first college coaching job during his freshman year at Hampden–Sydney College; he opted to coach for his four years in college rather than play. He served as an offensive assistant for one year, then as the defensive line coach for his sophomore and junior years, and as the tight ends coach for his senior year. [6] For the 2004 season, he served as the head coach at Memorial Day High School in Savannah, Georgia, whom he led to a 1–9 record. [7] He then rejoined the college coaching ranks, as he served as the quarterbacks coach at Jacksonville University for one year and a graduate assistant at UCF for two, before joining the Minnesota Vikings staff, where he remained for six years in various positions. [5] Following a one year stint at Toledo, he took a position as an offensive analyst at Arizona State, though he left part of the way through the season to join the Detroit Lions staff as an offensive line coach.

After the conclusion of the 2015 season, he was hired at Memphis by Mike Norvell as an assistant. [8] He remained in that position for two years before being tapped as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator in 2018. He was elevated to assistant head coach in 2019, and was named interim head coach when Norvell left to take the head coach position at Florida State. On December 13, Silverfield was promoted to head coach and debuted in his first college game as head coach on December 28 against Penn State in the 2019 Cotton Bowl Classic. [9]

Personal life

Silverfield has two dogs, Sadee and Cooper. [6]

Head coaching record

High school

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Memorial Day High School(GISA Region 2–AA)(2004)
2004Memorial Day1–90–45th
Memorial Day:1–90–4
Total:1–9

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Memphis Tigers (American Athletic Conference)(2019–present)
2019 Memphis 0–10–0L Cotton †1717
2020 Memphis 8–35–3T–3rdW Montgomery
2021 Memphis 6–63–5T–7thNC Hawaii
2022 Memphis 7–63–5T–8thW First Responder
2023 Memphis 10–36–24thW Liberty
2024 Memphis 0–00–0
Memphis:31–1917–15
Total:31–19

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References

  1. ↑ "Here are the details of new Memphis football coach Ryan Silverfield's five-year contract".
  2. 1 2 "Ryan Silverfield". memphistigersfootball.com. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ "University of Memphis Athletics - Staff Directory". gotigersgo.com. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ Giannotto, Mark. "New Memphis football coach Ryan Silverfield was the popular choice. But is he the right one?". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Barnes, Evan; Giannotto, Mark. "Ryan Silverfield hired as Memphis football head coach". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Memphis Football 2019 Bowl Guide" (PDF). Memphis Football. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  7. ↑ "2004 Memorial Day Blue Thunder - GHSFHA". ghsfha.org. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  8. ↑ "COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Memphis hires Ryan Silverfield as new coach". TimesDaily. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ Arnold, Jon (27 December 2019). "Ryan Silverfield gets trial by fire in first game as Memphis head coach". Dallas News. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
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