Charles Huff, head coach of the Memphis Tigers football, decided that music at practice is officially canceled. Gone, finished, no aux cord and no vibes. Just pure, unfiltered football.
And somehow, Lil Baby got dragged into it.
Coach Huff was explaining his decision, and instead of giving a boring speech, he name-dropped Lil Baby like he was part of the coaching staff. Imagine showing up to practice expecting hype music, only to hear your coach say, “Yeah… we’re not doing that anymore.”
“When the Navy SEALs get ready to go do a mission, they not listening to Lil Baby,” Huff told reporters Friday. “When they training to go to war, which we’re training to go to war, they ain’t listening to NBA YoungBoy. Coach Saban trained us like that. We should be focused on what it takes to execute the next play. Not who’s on the aux, who’s pressing play. I’ve never seen the military get ready to go on a crucial war mission with NBA YoungBoy playing in their heads or in the background.”
Huff is entering his first full season with the Tigers after they hired him as their next head coach in Dec. 2025.
He replaced Ryan Silverfield, who left Memphis to become Arkansas’ new head coach.
Let’s be real: Huff has a point. Practice is not a party, it’s where the work gets done. No distractions, no shortcuts. Just grind.
NEW: Memphis football doesn’t practice with music…
Head Coach Charles Huff explains why: “When the Navy SEALs get ready to go on a mission, they’re not listening to Lil Baby.” 😳 pic.twitter.com/MBHZUOxmGO
— College Transfer Portal (@CollegeFBPortal) March 28, 2026
Still, banning music completely feels a little extreme. Like banning snacks because someone ate too many chips. But hey, he’s the coach. His rules.
So for now, Memphis practices will sound very quiet. No beats, ho hooks. Just football.
And somewhere out there, Lil Baby is probably wondering why he just got blamed for all of this.
