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Mike Norvell stepped off the plane in the Bluff City Dec. 4, 2015, as he became the 24th head coach for the University of Memphis football program. In his first season he had the most wins by a firstyear head coach in program history and was the first to lead the Tigers to bowl eligibility his rookie season. Norvell came to Memphis with an ability to develop dynamic offenses, and his first season with the Tigers did not disappoint. Prior to coming to Memphis, Norvell coached at Arizona State, Central Arkansas, Tulsa and Pittsburgh. He played wide receiver at Central Arkansas from 2001 to 2005 and is the school’s all-time receptions leader.

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GEOFF CALKINS is the lead sports columnist for The Commercial Appeal, for 20 years he has been entertaining and challenging Memphians in print, on the radio and on TV. He’s been named best sports columnist in the country three times. He’s won five Green Eyeshade awards as the best sports columnist in the South. Calkins graduated from Harvard and Harvard Law School and then decided the legal business was not for him. Now as a fixture in the Memphis community you can catch him every morning from 9-10 am on the the Geoff Calkins Show on 92.9 FM. Calkins has three boys (ages 16, 13 and 11) and two large, shaggy Bernese Mountain Dogs.

GARY PARRISH is the award-winning national columnist for CBSSports.com, a regular on CBS College Sports, and the host of “The Gary Parrish Show with Geoff Calkins”on 92.9 FM ESPN. Before moving to CBSSports.com in July 2006, Gary spent seven years as a staff writer at The Commercial Appeal, where he mostly covered Memphis basketball. He is best known as the reporter who uncovered “The Albert Means Recruiting Scandal” that placed Alabama on probation and led to the conviction of Logan Young, the first booster ever convicted of a federal crime for essentially buying a prospect. Parrish is a native of Horn Lake and University of Memphis graduate, you can catch him on 92.9FM every afternoon from 4-6 pm.