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QUICK FACTS T ABLE GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School: .....University of Memphis City/Zip: .....................Memphis, TN 38152 OF Founded: ........................................... 1912 Enrollment: ..................................... 20,562 Nickname:........................................ Tigers C ONTENTS School Colors: ..............Royal Blue & Gray Arena (Capacity):....FedExForum (18,400) U P FRONT 2 Affiliation: ..........................NCAA Division I An inside look at the University of Memphis, Tiger Basketball and the city of Conference: .................... Conference USA Memphis. President: ..................... Dr. Shirley Raines Director of Athletics:............. R.C. Johnson Athletic Dept. Phone: .........(901) 678-2335 2007-08 OUTLOOK 31 A position-by-position look at the Tigers. A broadcast roster is included in this HISTORY section. First Year of Basketball: ................1920-21 All-Time Record: ........................................ ............................1312-804-1 (.615)/86 yrs OACHING TAFF NCAA Tourn. App:. ........20 (25-20 Record) C S 35 NIT Appearance: ...........16 (19-15 Record) Meet University of Memphis coach John Calipari and the Tiger staff. COACHING STAFF Head Coach:.............................................. T HE TIGERS 55 ............John Calipari (Clarion State, 1982) Get to know the Tigers and what to watch for in 2007-08 along with their career Record at Memphis: ....181-63 (.742)/7 yrs statistics. Collegiate Record: ...374-134 (.736)/15 yrs Basketball Office Phone: ...(901) 678-2346 Assistant Coaches: .................................... T HE OPPONENTS 85 ....... Derek Kellogg (Massachusetts, 1995) In addition to the challenge of the Conference USA schedule, the Tigers will play .......................John Robic (Denison, 1986) opponents from the Big East, MAAC, Ohio Valley, Pac 10, SEC, Sun Belt and .....Jose “Chuck” Martin (Monmouth, 1993) Coordinator/Operations: ............................ West Coast Conference. .......Tyrone Weeks (Massachusetts, 1997) Asst. to Coord. of Operations: ..... Andy Allison (Youngstown State, 2000) C ONFERENCE USA 101 Dir. of Student-Athlete Dev./Manager: ....... Along with information on Conference USA, check out statistics from the 2006-07 .............................Rod Strickland (DePaul) season. Asst. to Recruiting Coord.:......................... .......... Shyrone Chatman (Memphis, 2002) Director, Performance Enhancement: Y EAR IN REVIEW 107 ............. Richard Hogans (Memphis, 1999) Section includes statistics, box scores and a look back at the careers of last year’s Athletic Trainer:.......................................... ...............Chris Simmons (Memphis, 2002) seniors. Video Coordinator: ..................................... ....................Bryan Settle (Memphis, 2007) IGER ISTORY Graduate Head Manager: T H 123 ...............Scott Robinson (Memphis, 2007) The University of Memphis’ all-time individual and team statistical leaders. TEAM INFORMATION Starters Returning/Lost:........................ 5/0 M EDIA INFO 201 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:............. 10/5 Media services, credentials and policies, FedExForum diagram along with maps 2006-07 Record: .................................33-4 of the U of M and the city. Home: ..........................................19-0 Away: .............................................9-2 Neutral: ..........................................5-2 CREDITS MISSION STATEMENT 2006-07 C-USA Record: ...............16-0/1st EDITOR: Lamar Chance The primary mission of the department of ath- COVER/DESIGN ELEMENTS: Brandon Kolditz letics at the University of Memphis is to provide ASSISTANCE BY: Matt Dillon a successful athletic program at the highest ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Media Relations Contact: ...Lamar Chance PHOTOGRAPHY: Joe Murphy, Julia Weeks, Gerald Gal- level of competition. Characterized by academ- lik, Sideline Carolina, Troy Glasgow, Charles Small, SID Office Phone: ..............(901) 678-2349 ic, athletic and moral excellence in a diverse Richard T. Clifton, Gil Michaels, Rob Johnson, Jim collegiate environment, the program will abide Mobile Phone:....................(901) 734-9949 Kiihnl, David Gonzales, Kyle Terada, Brian Spurlock. by the spirit of the rules governing students and E-Mail: ............... [email protected] NBA Photos-Getty Images, Harlem Globetrotters, intercollegiate athletics and will be known for SID Fax:.............................(901) 678-4134 The Upper Deck Company, Commencement Spe- its good sportsmanship and integrity. The U of Press Row Phone: .............(901) 205-2758 cialists, Inc., Brian Tirpak and Contrast Photography M is a Tennessee Board of Regent institution Mailing/Shipping Address: ......................... PRINTING: EBSCO Media, Birmingham, AL 35233 and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action ..............................570 Normal, Room 203 university. ...................................Memphis, TN 38152 UOM954-FY0708/5M5C Web Site: ............. www.goTIGERSgo.com THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS • 1 • GOTIGERSGO.COM THIS IS... THE UNIVERSITY For almost a century the University of Memphis has been a catalyst for progress in the city of Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the surrounding Mid-South region. From its inception as a FACTS AT A GLANCE normal school dedicated to the education of public school teachers, to its role today as an educator PRESIDENT of technologically-savvy graduates who face a complex world, the University of Memphis has always Dr. Shirley C. Raines fulfilled its current mission while looking forward to and planning for its future. Exceptional students from Tennessee, from every other state in the nation and from almost 100 FOUNDED countries around the world choose to attend the University of Memphis. They come here on the recom- 1912 as West Tennessee State Normal School mendation of their major professors at European universities; they come here to study subjects that are offered nowhere else; they come to study alongside men and women who are recognized and CAMPUS SIZE 1,160 acres and 202 buildings at eight sites respected throughout the academic and scientific communities as foremost in their fields. Ever forward-looking, the University of Memphis is poised to enter one of its most historic and OPERATING BUDGET productive periods. From the faculty and staff we have in place to our alumni and benefactors, our $344 million “people assets” have never been more willing, able and generous in their efforts to build an academic environment that makes a life-long impact on the young minds at the U of M. LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT $1.43 billion ENROLLMENT (FOR FALL 2006) Total ...................................................20,562 Undergraduate ..................................15,984 Graduate .............................................4,578 Law School .............................................409 Full-time ................................................ 67% Part-time ...............................................33% WORKFORCE Approximately 2,400 employees, including 870 full-time faculty University of Memphis students can choose to study abroad at 165 institutions in 45 countries. COLLEGES & SCHOOLS • Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Communication and Fine Arts NAME CHANGES • College of Education • Fogelman College of Business and Economics • Graduate School 1994 The University of Memphis • Herff College of Engineering • Loewenberg School of Nursing 1957 Memphis State University • School of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology • University College 1941 Memphis State College DEGREES 1925 West Tennessee State Teachers College The Memphis campus is the safest university in a • 15 bachelor’s degrees in more than 50 majors metropolitan area in the state of Tennessee. and 70 concentrations 1912 West Tennessee State Normal School • Master’s degrees in over 45 subjects • Doctoral degrees in 21 disciplines • Specialist degree in education • Juris Doctor (law degree) • Online degree program All academic buildings on the main University of Memphis campus have wireless Internet access. THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS • 2 • GOTIGERSGO.COM THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS TIGER PRIDE Fogelman College of Business and Economics is ranked by Princeton Review as one of the 143 Best Business Schools of 2005. Our graduate program in discrete mathematics and combi- Memphis boasts an 18:1 natorics was ranked one of the top 15 programs nationally student-teacher ratio. by U.S. News and World Report in 2006. Loewenberg School of Nursing students had over a 97 per- cent passage rate on the December 2005 state licensure exam. Ned R. McWherter Library Our audiology program is ranked 8th and speech-language pathology is ranked 13th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. For more than a decade, the pass rate on the bar exam for graduates of the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law has exceeded state averages. Our Center for Earthquake Research and Information Kemmons Wilson School of Hos- (CERI) is among the leading earthquake research organi- pitality & Resort Management zations in the United States. FedEx Institute of Technology The U of M has 24 Chairs of Excellence, more than any oth- er university in Tennessee. A Chair of Excellence is a state- NOTABLE ALUMNI designated, definitive authority in his or her field of study. Martin S. Belz (1972) ........................................President of Belz Enterprises Isaac Bruce (1997) .........................................................