Tim Conner

Biography

Tim Conner joins the Memphis Tigers after three seasons as the assistant special team’s coach at Cincinnati. Conner helped coach a Bearcats team that allowed just over 17 kickoff return yards per game in 2025 – the third best average in the Big 12. Senior kicker Stephen Rusnak was automatic for Cincinnati going a perfect 46-of-46 for PATs while leading the team with 85 total points scored. Long snapper Eli Stein earned PFF All-Big 12 postseason honors after he helped Cincinnati to a 42.03 net punting figure, which ranked 17th nationally. Conner served in a similar role under Scott Satterfield at Louisville in 2022, where he helped coach Cardinals’ punter Mark Vassett to a 44.6 punting average, which ranked 17th nationally. Additionally, the Cardinals were sixth nationally in kick of return average (24.73) and No. 12 in field goal percentage (90.9%). Conner served as a special teams analyst for three seasons at Georgia Tech from 2019-21 where he helped assist in the development of 2020 Ray Guy Award winner Pressley Harvin III, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021. The Yellow Jackets led the nation in gross punting average and ranked second in net punting average in 2020. Before Georgia Tech, Conner spent two seasons from 2017-18 as an offensive and special teams analyst at Temple. In 2018, Temple led the nation with six special teams touchdowns. Prior to joining Collins’ staff at Temple, Conner spent two seasons as at Huntingdon College, first as running backs/H-