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Arkansas officially hires OC: Tim Cramsey - DC: Ron Roberts - STC: Chad Lunsford
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:11 pm
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New Arkansas Head Coach Ryan Silverfield has hired his coordinators with Tim Cramsey named offensive coordinator, Chad Lunsford special teams coordinator and Ron Roberts defensive coordinator.
Cramsey rejoins Silverfield after serving as his offensive coordinator at Memphis for the last four seasons. In his four seasons calling plays for the Tigers, his offenses were among the nation’s best in scoring, ranking in the Top 25 all four years while averaging 36.3 points per game over 51 games across his tenure.
His final Memphis offense featured a balanced attack in 2025, averaging 420.7 total yards per game with 186.1 yards rushing and 234.6 yards passing. The Tigers’ offense featured three All-American Conference selections, including first teamers WR Cortez Braham Jr. and OL Travis Burke. RB Sutton Smith was third-team selection as a running back and a first-team pick as a return specialist. Braham Jr. led the Tigers with 63 receptions, 889 yards and eight touchdowns. Smith paced the Memphis running game with 669 yards on just 102 carries with seven touchdowns. As a returner, Smith combined for 280 yards on 15 punt returns and five kick returns, including a 99-yard touchdown at UAB.
Memphis’ 11-win season in 2024 was fueled by Cramsey’s offense that helped the Tigers finish the season No. 23 in the Coaches’ Poll and No. 24 in the AP Poll. The Tigers averaged 35.7 points per game to rank 12th nationally while averaging 444.5 yards per game to rank 16th in the FBS. QB Seth Henigan became the American Conference’s all-time leading passer with 14,266 yards and 104 touchdowns in his four-year career with the Tigers.
Prior to joining Silverfield’s Memphis staff, Cramsey served as the offensive coordinator at Marshall for four seasons (2018-21). His 2021 offense finished the year ranked 16th with 456.8 yards per game of total offense and 18th in passing yards per game with 294.4 yards. RB Rasheen Ali earned Freshman All-American honors from the Football Writers Association of America and First-Team All-Conference USA after leading the nation in rushing touchdowns (23), scoring (11.5 ppg), total points (150) and total touchdowns (25). His 1,401 yards were good enough for 10th in the FBS. QB Grant Wells passed for 3,532 yards to finish 15th in the nation. In 2020, Wells earned Conference USA Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-Conference USA. RB Brenden Knox was named Conference USA Most Valuable Player after scoring 11 touchdowns and running for 1,387 yards.
Cramsey has served as an offensive coordinator at seven schools since 2009, when he was promoted to take over the offense at New Hampshire, his alma mater. He called plays at FIU in 2012, Montana State for three seasons (2012-15), Sam Houston State in 2017, Marshall and Memphis.
As a player at New Hampshire (1994-97), Cramsey played quarterback and long snapper. He and his wife, Amy, have two sons, Brock and Bryce.
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:11 pm to hawgfaninc
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Lunsford joins the Arkansas staff after most recently serving as the special teams coordinator for Auburn in 2025.
Auburn kicker Alex McPherson benefitted from working with Lunsford in his senior season, making a career-best 20 field goals. The Tigers owned one of the better teams units in the Southeastern Conference, allowing just six yards per punt return (5th in SEC) while ranking third in the league with 22.95 yards per kick return, including a kick return for a score.
Lunsford brings a wealth of head coaching experience to the Arkansas staff, having served as head coach at Georgia Southern (2018-21) and as an interim head coach at Florida Atlantic for the final two games in 2024.
While with the Owls, he served as the team’s special teams coordinator and tight ends coach. Punter Logan Lupo was among the best in the American Conference in 2023 and 2024. His 44.5 yards per punt ranked third in 2024 and his 44.1 average was third in 2023. FAU was ranked No. 4 nationally in punt returns in 2023, a 28-spot leap, while the kick return unit moved up 36 spots. Punt returner LaJohntay Wester finished second nationally in punt return touchdowns and was a FWAA First-Team All-American and Wester AAC Special Team Player of the Year and First Team AAC selection.
As the head coach at Georgia Southern, Lunsford went 28-21 taking over as the interim head coach in 2017. In his first full season as the head coach, the Eagles went 10-3 capped by a win in the Camellia Bowl. His first three teams all earned bowl berths with wins in the Camellia Bowl in 2018 and in the New Orleans Bowl in 2020.
Prior to taking over as the head coach at Georgia Southern, Lunsford served as the special teams coordinator (2016), tight ends coach (2014-15) and wide receivers coach (2013). He earned his first SEC experience at Auburn 2009-12 in an off-field role as the Tigers’ Director of Scouting and Player Personnel. The Tigers brought in three of the nation’s top recruiting classes in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
His coaching career started in 1996 as a student assistant at Georgia Military College. He took over the tight ends at Appalachian State for two seasons (2001-02) before his first opportunity at Georgia Southern as the team’s slotbacks coach (2003-05). After stints at Griffin HS (2006) and another at Georgia Military College (2007-08), Lunsford found his way back to Georgia Southern in 2013 as the wide receivers coach.
Lunsford is married to the former Tiffany “Tippy” Hyde, the couple has three children – Sophie, Rhett and Josie.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:11 pm to hawgfaninc
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The veteran Roberts takes over the Arkansas defense after leading the Florida defense each of the last two seasons.
Roberts brings over 30 years of coaching experience, including head coaching experience at the high school level, Division II level at Delta State and the FCS level at Southeastern Louisiana. He has served as a defensive coordinator at the Power 4 level since 2020 when he led Baylor’s defense before taking over Auburn’s defense in 2023.
His first Florida defense in 2024 helped the Gators to a late-season rally to win the team’s final four games with wins over No. 21 LSU, No. Ole Miss, rival Florida State and Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl. The Gators’ defense finished the season ranked ninth nationally in the red zone (.725), 11th in sacks per game (3.0) and fumbles recovered (11) and 13th with 25 turnovers gained. Florida forced at least one takeaway in 12 of the team’s 13 games, including 10 consecutive games.
The Gator defense improved in nearly every statistical category from 2023 to 2024, including sacks (+17), tackles for loss (+28), forced fumbles (+11), pass breakups (+12), interceptions (+11) and turnovers gained (+18).
In his lone season at Auburn, the defense saw improvements and was among the best in the country and SEC in multiple categories.
Roberts guided Auburn to Top 50 finishes in scoring defense, sacks, tackles for loss and total defense. The Tigers also ranked in the Top 25 in third-down defense and first-downs allowed while ranking No. 1 in the SEC in red zone defense. In the conference, Auburn was second in third-down defense, third in pass defense and fourth in interceptions. According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), Roberts’ defense graded high in pass coverage (17th), total defense (18th), rushing defense (19th) and tackling (24th).
In his three years at Baylor (2020-22) as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers’ coach, he helped the Bears capture the program’s third Big 12 Title in program history and first BCS/New Year’s Six bowl victory in the modern era.
In 2021, the defense was one of the nation’s top units as one of three defenses to limit every opponent to 30 points or less. Baylor led the conference in interceptions (19), turnovers gained (27), turnover margin (0.93) and defensive touchdowns (3). Additionally, the Bears were second in the Big 12 in run defense (118.4 ypg), scoring defense (18.3 PPG), pass efficiency defense (121.54) and sacks per game (3.14).
En route to the conference title, BU held Oklahoma to its lowest scoring (14) and yardage (260) marks in five years under Lincoln Riley. Baylor became the first Big 12 team to hold OU without a passing TD since Nov. 22, 2014, which snapped a 65-game streak for the Sooners.
Roberts’ defense also helped capture the 2022 Sugar Bowl while limiting Ole Miss to just seven points, an offense that averaged 28.9 points per game that season. The Bears had 10 sacks in the win to set a Sugar Bowl record as was Al Walcott’s 96-yard interception return for a touchdown.
In his first season in Waco in 2020, the defensive unit finished second in the conference in pass defense (203.0 ypg), interceptions (12) and third in turnovers forced (17).
Roberts began his coaching career in 1990 as the head coach at Houston HS in Tennessee. He took over as the head coach at Burroughs HS in his native California in 1994 before spending seven seasons combined at Greensboro (1997), Tusculum (1998-2002) and Texas State (2003) before returning to California and the high school ranks as the head coach at Mount Whitney HS in 2004. Roberts took over the defense at Delta State in 2005 leading the Fighting Okra’s defense for two seasons before being named the head coach in 2007. He made the jump to Southeastern Louisiana as the Lions’ head coach in 2012. He served as Billy Napier’s defensive coordinator at Louisiana for two seasons (2018-19) before leaving for Baylor.
Roberts played at UT Martin, where he was a linebacker. He and his wife, Didi, have three children – Reed, Reilly and Ryan.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:21 pm to hawgfaninc
I still can’t believe Ryan Silverfield got an SEC job. Never won anything at Memphis with one of the world’s largest logistics companies bankrolling his program
What a cycle this was
What a cycle this was
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:27 pm to Jacobowitz
Arkansas should be a better job than they perceive themselves to be. Just weird they always hire basement level candidates.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:29 pm to DiamondDog
Tyson is the only person giving money and that’s for basketball. It’s a poverty program.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:34 pm to Jacobowitz
Believe most of our fans would be happy if won 10 games here like he did at Memphis.
Good chance at being in the playoffs then, and at that point it’s a matter of how the football bounces
Good chance at being in the playoffs then, and at that point it’s a matter of how the football bounces
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:52 pm to 1999
Walmart doesn't give them anything? Waltons could be the biggest NIL players.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:55 pm to DiamondDog
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Just weird they always hire basement level candidates.
Bielema wasn’t a basement level candidate, his resume was stacked, but alcohol got the better of him. Resume doesn’t always equate to great hire. IMO it’s the X factors that better determine a great head coach hire.
We’ve basically been in the wilderness since 2011 because our leadership hasn’t properly evaluated those X factors in hires.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:02 pm to hawgfaninc
Should’ve hired Petrino
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:22 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:45 pm to hawgfaninc
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STC: Chad Lunsford
I'm so sorry.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:52 pm to hawgfaninc
Elite hires. Congrats to yall
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:59 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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I'm so sorry.
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Didn’t realize he was supposed to save your special teams & the freeze train wreck in 1 year
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:25 pm to DiamondDog
They have the branding in the stadium and that’s it.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:35 pm to hawgfaninc
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Didn’t realize he was supposed to save your special teams & the freeze train wreck in 1 year
ST were very undisciplined and an issue all year. Lots of penalties, false starts and other pre-snap penalties or block in the backs. Untimely muffed punts.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:23 pm to hawgfaninc
Your program once went and swiped the Atlanta Falcons' headcoach. It seems like your AD just lowballs his own athletic department. Not saying Silverfield won't get it done. I'm saying that it never should have fallen to his name. Eric Morris would have been a damn good hire there, and I'd say that Arkansas is higher up job wise than Okie lite.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:25 pm to Ironhead985
And Ron Roberts seems to be a pretty good DC. Florida had a good defense, but like LSU, their offense also sucked arse.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:04 pm to hawgfaninc
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Cramsey played quarterback and long snapper.
Have not seen this before.
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