Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach / Wide Receivers
- Email:
- tigers@memphis.edu
- Phone:
- 901-678-5119
Desmond Lindsey joined the Memphis staff in January of 2018 after spending the previous two seasons on the staff at Southern Miss.
In 2016 at Southern Miss, Lindsey coached the tight ends and helped the Golden Eagles earn a New Orleans Bowl berth. In 2017, he moved to coaching the wide receivers, helping junior wideout Korey Robertson to a breakout year. Robertson had 72 catches for 1,070 yards, 11 touchdowns and five 100-yard receiving games. Robertson’s 11 touchdown receptions were tied for eighth nationally.
“I am extremely excited about the addition of Coach Lindsey and his wife, Sherita, to our football family,” head coach Mike Norvell said. “He has an unbelievable track record of developing wide receivers who have had a lot of success in college and have been able to advance their careers to the next level.”
Lindsey was a pivotal part in Southern Miss’ recruiting efforts and was responsible for recruiting the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Lindsey began his coaching career as the wide receivers coach at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. There, he helped the Bulldogs to the 2005 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) South Division championship and also coached two wide receivers to MACJC all-state honors.
He left the Bulldogs to become the wide receivers coach at the University of Arkansas-Monticello. At UAM, he helped the Tigers to their first NCAA playoffs appearance in 34 seasons and mentored three of the Gulf South Conference’s top-10 receivers in 2007.
In 2008, Lindsey joined the staff at West Alabama (UWA), working with offensive coordinator Will Hall, who was hired as Memphis’ associate head coach in January. He spent six seasons on the staff at UWA, including the last three as assistant head coach, before joining’s Hall’s staff at West Georgia (UWG) in 2014.
At UWA, Lindsey led the recruiting efforts for a team that led the Gulf South Conference in scoring offense (49.5), total offense (539.1), total defense (338.5), rushing offense (305.1), rushing defense (127.1) and pass efficiency (182.9). He mentored seven all-conference receivers, including Gerald Worsham, who became UWA’s all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards. In his last three seasons at UWA, the program posted a record of 25-11 with two conference titles.
Lindsey joined Hall at UWG as the assistant head coach, recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach in 2014. That fall, the Wolves made their deepest playoff run in the program’s NCAA Division II history, advancing all the way to the semifinals before falling to eventual champs CSU-Pueblo.
In 2015, the Wolves posted a 12-2 record and shared the Gulf South title with North Alabama. The Wolves again made the semifinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs (falling to eventual champs Northwest Missouri State), before Lindsey joined former Memphis defensive coordinator Jay Hopson’s staff at Southern Miss in 2016.
Having served as the recruiting coordinator at West Georgia, Lindsey continued to be an important part of the recruiting plan at Southern Miss.
“Desmond has tremendous relationships in south Mississippi and throughout the region, having grown up in Taylorsville and playing college ball at both Jones Junior College and Delta State. He’s a relentless recruiter and will be a tremendous representative of our community on and off the field,” Norvell said.
Lindsey has twice been selected to participate in the Bill Walsh NFL Coaches Fellowship Program, working with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009 and with the Tennessee Titans in 2013. In 2012, he was one of 30 coaches from an NCAA school selected to participate in the NFL/NCAA Football Academy in Dallas. That academy provides 30 college coaches and coaches from 30 NFL teams with development and networking opportunities to enhance their chances at success in the football coaching industry.
Lindsey received his both his bachelor’s (2004) and master’s (2009) degrees from West Alabama. Lindsey and his wife, Sherita, have two children: Deja Moffett and Khloe Lindsey.
