Arkansas football announces hirings of three coordinators on Ryan Silverfield's staff
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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas football announced the hirings of three coordinators under new head coach Ryan Silverfield on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
Offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey, defensive coordinator Ron Roberts and special teams coordinator Chad Lunsford are officially Razorbacks. Cramsey is following Silverfield from Memphis, while Roberts and Lunsford are leaving SEC rivals to join Arkansas.
Since Cramsey took over as offensive coordinator in 2022, the Tigers finished fourth, first, first and third in scoring offense in the American Conference. Memphis was No. 6 in the country in scoring offense in 2023.
Cramsey also helped develop Seth Henigan into Memphis’ all-time leading passer, with a record-breaking season in 2024. In his 50 games with the Tigers, Henigan threw for 14,266 yards (first in career passing yards in the American Conference) and 104 touchdowns (tying him for first all-time in the AAC with Houston’s Clayton Tune) and became Memphis’ all-time leading passer and the winningest quarterback in program history during his tenure.
During his senior campaign, Henigan threw for over 3,500 yards with 25 touchdowns while totaling 3,692 yards of total offense.
In 2025, Memphis ranked 19th nationally in scoring offense (34.6 points per game) and 36th in total offense (420.7 yards per game).
Roberts was the Florida defensive coordinator in each of the last two seasons, previously serving in the same position with Auburn.
Roberts did sterling work with the Gators in 2024, as the Florida defense powered a late-season turnaround that helped Billy Napier keep his job for another season. As a unit, the Florida defense finished the 2024 season ranked ninth in the nation in red zone defense (.725), 11th in sacks per game (3.0), 11th in fumbles recovered (11) and 13th in turnovers forced (25).
The unit took a step back in 2025, but offensive regression also played a role with the Florida defense spending too much time on the field. The Gators ranked 69th in total defense and 64th in scoring defense.
In his lone season at Auburn, Roberts guided a top-50 in scoring defense, sacks, tackles-for-loss and total defense. The Tigers also ranked top-25 in third-down defense and first downs allowed while ranking No. 1 in the SEC in red zone defense.
Lunsford was with Auburn in 2025, and the Tigers owned one of the better teams units in the conference. They allowed 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 also brings head coaching experience to the Arkansas staff. He was head coach at Georgia Southern from 2018-21 and served as the interim head coach at Florida Atlantic for the final two games in 2024.
According to multiple reports from CBS and ESPN, Arkansas should field a larger coaching staff under Silverfield than it did with Sam Pittman. The Hogs will reportedly have multiple offensive line and secondary coaches, but none of those hirings have been made official.
Jackson Fuller covers Arkansas football, basketball and baseball for the Southwest Times Record, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at jfuller@usatodayco.com or follow him @jacksonfuller16 on X, formerly known as Twitter.
This article originally appeared on Fort Smith Times Record: Arkansas football, Ryan Silverfield announce hirings of three coordinators
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