Followed Mike Norvell. Ryan Silverfield held Memphis at National Program II for 6 seasons.
I don’t know, when we line up, how we even match up against Utah. I don’t know how we match up with Georgia in our first SEC game from a talent standpoint
He’s a world-class track athlete
The bigger question is: Why hasn’t there been success? It’s easy to just say it’s coaching
Ryan Silverfield probably has the toughest job of all these guys
You know, Ryan Silverfield probably has the toughest job of all these guys. I mean, I think they only won 2 games last year or whatever, so probably needs to do a lot
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
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.
Just 1–2 against Dana Holgorsen.
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
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Sure Ryan. Let's look at this quote in December when you're like 5-8 against SEC coaches and we go *maybe* 3-9.
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17th-best Arkansas tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Followed Bobby Petrino (2008–2025).
A portal-built roster.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
A typical class-year mix of incoming transfers.
4 NFL Draft picks: Julian Neal (2026), Mike Washington Jr. (2026), Fernando Carmona (2026), Taylen Green (2026)
4th-best Memphis tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Mike Norvell (2016–2019).
| Season | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||
| Record | 8–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 11–2 | 0–1 | |
| Postseason | W bowl | — | W bowl | W bowl | W bowl | L bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #67 | #46 | #58 | #60 | #68 | #60 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||
| Pass rate | 51.6 | 51.7 | 48.0 | 52.9 | 51.9 | 46.7 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||
| OC | Kevin Johns | Kevin Johns | Tim Cramsey | Tim Cramsey | Tim Cramsey / Larry Smith | Tim Cramsey / Larry Smith | |
| DC | Mike MacIntyre | Mike MacIntyre | Matt Barnes | Matt Barnes | Spence Nowinsky / Jordon Hankins | Jordon Hankins | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||
| Offense | 43 | 54 | 57 | 95 | 90 | 69 | |
| Defense | 34 | 36 | 88 | 46 | 31 | 37 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 45.6 | 50.0 | 45.3 | 48.4 | 49.2 | 42.9 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 49.6 | 48.0 | 37.4 | 34.6 | 42.0 | 27.8 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 39.0 | 45.2 | 32.6 | 47.5 | 37.2 | 37.8 | |
A portal-built roster.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
8 NFL Draft picks: Antonio Gibson (2020), Chris Claybrooks (2020), Dustin Woodard (2020), Kenneth Gainwell (2021), Dylan Parham (2022), Calvin Austin III (2022), Kobee Minor (2025), Travis Burke (2026)