re: Gamecock fans. A question about your upcoming coaching search

Another name to consider...Justin Fuente of the Memphis Tigers. What he's done in three years at formerly-downtrodden Memphis is nothing short of a miracle.

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Coaching Highlights

Guided the University of Memphis to its first conference title in more than 40 years as the Tigers posted a 7-1 record in its second season as a member of the American Athletic Conference in 2014

Led Memphis to a 55-48, double-overtime win over BYU in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl

Coached Memphis to seven straight wins to end the season as the Tigers finished the year with the fourth-longest, current win streak in FBS football and finished with a seven-win gain from 2013, one of the top-nine turnarounds all-time

Memphis finished the 2014 season ranked in the top-25 of the final AP and USA Today/Amway Coaches Polls, a first for the program

The Football Writers Association of American, in conjuction with the Allstate Sugar Bowl, named him one of eight finalists for the 2014 Eddie Robinson Award

Was also named the American Athletic Conference's 2014 Coach of the Year, a unanimous choice of his peers

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