Rumors could help recruiting: Charles Huff leans into brutally honest comments as Memphis football coach

Rumors enter recruiting pitch

Charles Huff addressed recruiting and job speculation during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. The 43-year-old said talk that he could leave Memphis can work in his favor with prospective players.

Huff has the Tigers at 7-2 in his first season at the school. He has been mentioned as a possible early candidate to move as the coaching carousel gets underway.

A possible move to something bigger

Huff told reporters that if he left Memphis, he would be heading to a bigger opportunity rather than a high school job. He said he tells recruits they would go with him.

“Every time a coach says, ‘Coach Huff ain’t going to be there,’ it actually works in my favor,” Huff said. He pointed to 31 players at a previous stop and 17 others as examples of players who had gone with him.

Financial competition and goals

Huff also discussed Memphis competing financially for recruits. He said the program could be competitive within the ACC, but added that the goal was to compete for players on the national stage, not only within a conference. He suggested that recruits might see a potential move as a chance to join a coach and organization they already value while reaching a program he described as better than Memphis.