Memphis Touchdown Club
About Memphis Touchdown Club
The Memphis Touchdown Club was established in 1975. Today, the Club's purpose and mission are the following:
1. To promote the game of college football for the benefit and enjoyment of the Club's members and guests.
2. To promote Memphis as a national sports city and destination.
3. The presentation of the American Football Coaches Association's (AFCA)
Annual Academic Achievement Award.
4. Benefit Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
2025 Speaker Series
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We are pleased to announce the 2025 Fall Speaker Series for the Memphis Touchdown Club, presented by Landers Auto Group. This will be a 8-event series beginning on Monday, August 18th.
All but one event will be held at the Hilton Memphis Hotel. The Ryan Silverfield meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Germantown.
All are evening events beginning at 5:30pm
Membership Pricing:
Fall 2025
Eight (8) Meetings
$475
Individual one-time only guest fee $75
The Memphis Touchdown Club Speaker Series will once again partner with
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and a portion of our proceeds will go to benefit Le Bonheur. 92.9 FM ESPN and WREG-TV in Memphis are the media partners for the Memphis Touchdown Club’s Spring Football Speaker Series.
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Monday, August 18th
Tony Barnhart
"Mr. College Football"
Monday, September 8th
Mack Brown
College Football Hall of Famer
Monday, September 15th
Bob Kesling
Former Voice of the Vols
Monday, October 6th
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis Head Coach
Monday, October 13th
Rich Clark
CFP Executive Director
Monday, October 20th
Alyssa Lang
SEC Network
Monday, November 10th
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt Head Coach
Monday, November 17th
Cliff Odom
MS State Assistant Coach
Latest News
Memphis Touchdown Club Presents 2024 AFCA Academic Achievement Award
The Memphis Touchdown Club continued its long tradition of the presenting the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Academic Achievement Award at the recent AFCA Convention in Charlotte. The Award is sponsored by BSN SPORTS. Seven universities were honored: Air Force, Clemson, Liberty, Notre Dame, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wake Forest. All seven schools shared the highest graduation rate for members of their 2017 freshman football student-athlete classes, based on the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate. The Academic Achievement Award was established in 1981.
The Memphis Touchdown Club congratulates this year’s Academic Achievement Award recipients and thanks BSN SPORTS for its outstanding support!
Troy Calhoun, Air Force Head Coach, received the Academic Achievement Award from Memphis Touchdown Club board members Greg Cotton and Harold Graeter.
Greg Cotton, CJ Kersey (BSN SPORTS, Regional Sales Director), Jim Bistrow (BSN SPORTS, Vice President of Sales), Harold Graeter
