Hill: NCAA rules will change story for Memphis football’s next Anthony Miller or Calvin Austin — and maybe the next Charles Huff
Memphis Tigers head coach Charle Huff during the Memphis Tigers football Fan Fest at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium on Aug. 8, 2026. (Wes Hale/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
Long before Memphis football coach Charles Huff captured the attention of Tigers fans with his humor and charisma, he was an undersized player at Hampton University who made his offensive coordinator fear for his job.
No, not because Huff wanted it.
Fred Kaiss, now the offensive coordinator for the UFL’s DC Defenders, worried Huff might be the player who would cost him his job.
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