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The University of Memphis campus is located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of downtown in the University District neighborhood of east Memphis. It has an area of 1,160 acres (4.7 km 2 ), although this figure does not include the law school in the former United States federal customshouse in downtown Memphis, which opened in January 2010.
The Memphis Tigers are the athletic teams that represent the University of Memphis, located in Memphis, Tennessee.The teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the American Athletic Conference, except for the rifle team, which is a member of the single-sport Great America Rifle Conference.
The Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of Memphis in NCAA Division I men's college basketball. The Tigers have competed in the American Athletic Conference since 2013. As of 2020, the Tigers had the 26th highest winning percentage in NCAA history. [ 2 ]
The Memphis Tigers football team represents the University of Memphis in college football in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The Tigers play in the American Athletic Conference as an all-sports member. [2] They play home games at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. The team's head coach is Ryan Silverfield. [3]
Miriam DeCosta-Willis – first African American faculty member at what was then Memphis State University [69] Ralph Faudree – mathematician with a focus on Ramsey theory; provost of the university [70] Robert Fisher – MBA, president of Belmont University [71] Stan Franklin – cognitive scientist; proponent of artificial consciousness [72]
On January 1, 2007, then-Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton proposed a new stadium be built in place of the old one. Some in the University of Memphis community prefer the construction of a smaller, on-campus stadium, but such a venue would almost certainly be inadequate (in terms of capacity and amenities) for the Liberty Bowl.
The University of Memphis has the greenlight to launch its own school district, and it plans to open new schools throughout Shelby County. Here's how.
The first inter-school game of the Memphis Tigers (then West Tennessee State Normal School) was a 24–0 win over Whitehaven High School in 1914. The University dropped women's athletics in 1936 and did not return women's athletics to varsity sport status until the 1972–73 season. [2]