Rip Scherer

Head coach, Memphis, 1995 to 2000

College career22-44

Program liftNo. 978tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

0-3 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Jackie Sherrill.

Rivalry record

0-3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

11-18

37.9% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-3

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Ole Miss0-30%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Jackie Sherrill0-6

6 meetings, 1995–2000

’95 L’96 L’97 L’98 L’99 L’00 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-3 0.0%

Power Program

1-1 50.0%

National Program

1-22 4.3%

Regional Program

20-18 52.6%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1995-2000) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least7Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

At least 7 — the draft class following his 1995 season is missing from this table entirely.

0 roster-verified · 7 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
2001	R2.06	Idrees Bashir	Defensive Back	Indianapolis Colts	Estimated
2001	R2.23	Michael Stone	Defensive Back	Arizona Cardinals	Estimated
2001	R4.28	Marcus Bell	Defensive Tackle	Arizona Cardinals	Estimated
1999	R3.26	Mike McKenzie	Defensive Back	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
1997	R5.21	Tony Williams	Defensive Tackle	Minnesota Vikings	Estimated
1997	R6.37	Richard Hogans	Linebacker	Chicago Bears	Estimated
1997	R7.32	Marvin Thomas	Defensive End	Chicago Bears	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.