Jerry Gray Candidate for Memphis Job
by srr50 on Nov 24, 2009 8:15 PM CST
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PrintThe former UT All-American and All-Pro defensive back is one of two leading candidates for the Head Coaching vacancy.
Gray is currently in his fourth season as the Redskins secondary-cornerbacks Also on staff - as the defensive quality control coach - is Arthur Smith, son of the FedEx founder and CEO. Fred Smith is a prominent Memphis booster who is also a minority owner in the Redskins. His youngest son, Cannon, is a quarterback for the Tiger football team. He is sitting out this year after transferring from Miami.
Larry Porter, a former Memphis running back is also in contention. He is the running backs coach/chief recruiter for Les Miles at LSU. Rivals has twice named him recruiter of the year.
Gray,a member of the University of Texas’s All-Time Team, was a two-time consensus All-America and two-time Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a safety at Texas in 1983 and ’84 and was a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Rams in 1985.
Gray spent a couple of years in the mid-90's as the defensive backs coach at SMU.
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So you’re saying he’s not going to be our next defensive coordinator?
by HenryJames on Nov 24, 2009 9:16 PM CST reply actions
espn.com is reporting that he has gotten the job but memphis is waiting until after they have played their last game to make an announcement.
by Ronald on Nov 24, 2009 10:21 PM CST reply actions
Redskins Park is a wonderful place to be right now.
by Sugarpants on Nov 24, 2009 10:37 PM CST reply actions
My mom taught him in 2nd or 3rd grade in Lubbock. She should have failed the traitor.
by dedfischer on Nov 25, 2009 7:24 AM CST reply actions
Is he a traitor because he went to Texas or a traitor because you are a Cowboys fan?
by t1climb1 on Nov 25, 2009 7:54 AM CST reply actions
Man fuck this. Doesn’t Porter recruit Houston? Get him the hell out of here.
by magnusbleuveigner on Nov 25, 2009 8:28 AM CST reply actions
Switzer wanted Gray to run the Wishbone for OU, but even in HS Jerry understood that his future was as a DB.
by srr50 on Nov 25, 2009 9:01 AM CST reply actions
Doesn’t sound like that good a situation. Memphis seems like a coaching graveyard.
by j.r.69 on Nov 25, 2009 9:14 AM CST reply actions
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