University of Memphis Athletics
Join Us In Welcoming New Head Football Coach Justin Fuente
Dec 08, 2011 | Football
Dec. 8, 2011
TCU's co-offensive coordinator Justin Fuente will be introduced as the new University of Memphis head football coach at a press conference today.
The press conference will be held at 12 p.m. CT in the Penny Hardaway Hall of Fame Assembly Room at 570 Normal Street. It is open to the public and will be streamed live on GoTigersGo.com.
Fuente will lead the Memphis Tigers in his first head coaching stint after serving the last five seasons on Gary Patterson's staff at TCU. Fuente joined the TCU football coaching staff in February 2007 as running backs coach and was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in February 2009. As part of his new duties, he moved from running backs coach to quarterbacks coach.
A native of Tulsa, Okla., the dynamic play-caller helped guide a TCU program to consecutive BCS bowl game appearances with a 2011 Rose Bowl victory over fifth-ranked Wisconsin that followed an appearance in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. From 2008-10, TCU was the only program in the country that finished in the top-10 in both the Associated Press and USA Today polls all three years. A 1999 graduate of Murray State, he has been with TCU since 2007.
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