University of Memphis Athletics
Football
Oct 25 (Sat)
11 a.m.
- Title:
- Assistant Coach / Defensive Line
- Email:
- tigers@memphis.edu
- Phone:
- 901-678-5119
Tim Edwards joined the University of Memphis as its defensive line coach in February of 2019. The Delta State University graduate has more than 20 years coaching, after playing professional football for six years.
A 1991 graduate of Delta State with a degree in aviation management, Edwards was an All-American linebacker and defensive linemen for the Statesmen. He was selected to play in the Blue-Gray All-Star game, as well as the Senior Bowl, following his senior season. He was inducted into the Delta State Hall of Fame in 2008.
After college, he played three seasons for the New England Patriots (1991-93) and three seasons for the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1995-97) of the Canadian Football League.
A 12th-round pick in the 1991 NFL Draft, Edwards returned to Delta State in 1996 to begin his coaching career, serving as a graduate assistant. He was hired at Kentucky State as an assistant coach in 1998, serving as the defensive line coach for three seasons before moving to the linebackers coaching spot in 2001.
In the spring of 2002, Edwards briefly stepped into the professional coaching ranks, serving as the defensive coordinator for the AF2’s Carolina Rhinos.
Edwards returned to the college ranks in 2002, serving as the defensive line coach at Pearl River Community College in his native Mississippi.
In 2003, Edwards moved to Hampton University. With Edwards serving as the linebackers coach in 2003, the HU defense ranked seventh in the nation in total defense. The following season, Edwards moved to the recruiting coordinator and defensive line coaching slot and the defense ranked second in scoring defense and sixth in total defense. During his time in Virginia, Hampton won three consecutive MEAC championships, made three FCS playoff appearances and claimed back-to-back black college national championships (2004 and 2005).
After four seasons at Hampton, Edwards stayed in the MEAC, but moved to Florida A&M, spending three seasons there as the defensive coordinator. In 2010, the Rattlers were named MEAC co-champs and Edwards was selected to coach the HBCU All-Star Bowl.
In 2011, Edwards returned south to Louisiana-Lafayette. There, as the defensive line coach, he helped the team to four straight New Orleans Bowl victories and coached numerous all-conference defensive linemen.
In 2015, Edwards was named the defensive line coach at the University at Buffalo. In his first season, he coached a defense that scored seven touchdowns, which ranked second in the nation. In 2017, the Bulls defense tallied 19 sacks, 13 from the defensive line. Last year, the Bulls had 35 sacks, which ranked 25th in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
He and his wife, LuAnn, have three children, Halena, Timothy II and Kenci.
