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Memphis football plans to hire Old Dominion’s Kevin Decker, per source
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Memphis football plans to hire Old Dominion 's Kevin Decker as its new offensive coordinator, a source confirmed to The Commercial Appeal on Dec. 18.
The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because no official announcement has been made.
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Decker has been Old Dominion's offensive coordinator since 2023. Before that, he was offensive coordinator at Fordham and Brown. The Monarchs were No. 19 in the country in yards per game in 2025. That included the No. 7 rushing offense in the country.
Old Dominion went 10-3 in 2025, including a win over USF (albeit a USF team playing with an interim coach and without star quarterback Byrum Brown ) in the Cure Bowl on Dec. 17.
At Old Dominion, Decker worked closely with Monarchs quarterback Colton Joseph . The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Joseph has announced he plans to enter the transfer portal and could be a target for Memphis. New Tigers coach Charles Huff said multiple times at his introductory press conference that he wanted a mobile quarterback, and Joseph rushed for over 1,000 yards in 2025.
Huff's initial coaching staff at Memphis won't be formally announced until after the Tigers face NC State in the Gasparila Bowl on Dec. 19 (1:30 p.m., ESPN), but it's also expected to include Southern Miss defensive coordinator Jason Semore for the same role. Semore was with Huff at Marshall and went with him to Southern Miss.
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Huff was hired to replace Ryan Silverfield, who was hired by Arkansas .
And there's a connection between Memphis' departing offensive coordinator and it's incoming one. Tim Cramsey left for Arkansas with Silverfield, but Cramsey was the offensive coordinator at the University of New Hampshire when Decker was a quarterback there. Cramsey was the offensive coordinator at Montana State when he hired Decker as an analyst in 2015. That was Decker's first college coaching job.
The staff changes won't take place until after Gasparilla Bowl. Reggie Howard will be Memphis' interim coach for the bowl game.
Reach sports writer Jonah Dylan at jonah.dylan@commercialappeal.com or on X @thejonahdylan.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis plans to hire Old Dominion's Kevin Decker as OC, per source
