Source: LSU’s Porter to take Memphis job
November 29, 2009
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)—An LSU official says Tigers assistant Larry Porter hasaccepted an offer to become the next head coach at Memphis.
The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity becausePorter did not plan to inform the Tigers’ players of his decision until afterSaturday night’s game against Arkansas.
Memphis officials have scheduled a news conference for Sunday, but athleticdepartment spokesman Bob Winn said Saturday only that the announcement“pertains to the football program.”
Memphis (2-10) completed its season with a 33-30 overtime loss against Tulsaon Friday. Coach Tommy West was fired earlier in the month, but finished out theseason. He was 49-61 in nine seasons as Tigers coach.
Porter, a former Memphis running back, is LSU’s running backs coach and atop recruiter for the program.
He has been with LSU for five seasons, coming over from Oklahoma State withcoach Les Miles in 2005.
Porter played four seasons at Memphis and finished his career in 1993 with2,194 yards rushing. He ranks sixth in school history in rushing and fourth inrushing touchdowns with 20.
He started his coaching career at Tennessee-Martin in 1998.
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