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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Pepper Rodgers had a larger than life personality and wanted to make people know one thing, he loved Memphis.
Pepper Rodgers first came to Memphis in 1984. He was the head coach of the USFL’s Memphis Showboats and then the head coach of the Memphis Mad Dogs in the Canadian Football League.
His ventures went beyond football. He was bar owner, author, actor, but most of all, a connector of people.
“Reggie White who is in the NFL Hall of Fame, one of our greatest Showboat players who went on to have a great career in the NFL. Reggie had a great sense of humor too,” Ehrhart said. “Reggie and Pepper were always pranking each other. Reggie could hide behind a corner and bark like a big dog and scare the heck out of you so Pepper would come right back at him.”
Rodgers would’ve shaken up the NFL if Memphis received an expansion team. He designed the wishbone offense that he ran when he coached at UCLA.
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