University of Memphis Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Defensive Graduate Assistant
- Email:
- kdstwart@memphis.edu
- Phone:
- 901-678-5119
Kye Stewart is in his third season as a member of the University of Memphis football coaching staff, serving in the role as a graduate assistant coach on the defensive side of the football.
In 2014, Memphis ranked 11th in FBS Football in scoring defense, allowing just 195 points per game. The Tigers ranked 27th nationally in total defense, giving up 349.5 yards an outing. Memphis’ 106.31 defensive pass efficiency rating led the American Athletic Conference and ranked eighth nationally while the Tigers’ 121.5 rushing defense average was 19th nationally.
Memphis won the American Athletic Conference championship, the team's first league title since 1971, and posted a 10-3 record en route to a Miami Beach Bowl title.
In Stewart's first season as a member of the staff in 2013, Memphis' defense ranked 39th nationally in total defense (370.7 ypg allowed) and 12th against the run (116.3 ypg allowed).
Stewart joined the Memphis staff after playing four seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Saskatchewan Rough Riders (2009-11) and the Edmonton Eskimos (2012). Stewart, who played linebacker, was a member a Saskatchewan team which advanced to the Grey Cup Finals both in 2009 and 2010.
Stewart played in the CFL after a four-year playing career at Illinois State.
At Illinois State, Stewart was a two-time, all-Gateway Conference player who concluded his playing career finishing fourth in the voting for the Buck Buchanan Award which is annually given to the Defensive Player of the Year in NCAA FCS football. ISU advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs during junior season in 2006.
He graduated from ISU in 2008 with a degree in communications and a minor in business administration. Kye is a native of Nashville.
