Charles Huff is taking a stand on no music at Memphis practices

Having music out at football practice has been used as a motivational tool for decades now, growing to the point that companies have designed rolling speakers and timers for it, with some programs going as far as to bring DJs out to practice.

Memphis will not be one of those programs under Charles Huff.

Talking to the media after practice recently, Huff explained why he's taking a stand on no music at practice and it's part inspired by elite military forces, and part of what he's carried with him from his time working under the legendary Nick Saban.

"When Navy Seals get ready to do a mission, they're not listening to Lil Baby. When they're training to go to war - which we are 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 is next on the aux, or who is 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."

"I tell our guys all the time, if I've got to play music to get you to play the game you love at a high level, we've got the wrong guys."

"To me, this is a business, and we've got a job to do at a high level. Where these guys are trying to go, individually, you don't have a lot of time to be out there dancing and all that stuff, in my opinion. No disrespect to the teams that do that, that's their prerogative, but we're on a mission and when we hit the field it's business."

"We've only got 15 of these practices, so if a guy has enough time to sing and dance, then we're not moving at a good enough tempo in practice, so we are focused on what do I need to do to execute the next play."

"Everything we do in practice is replicated in a game. That's why we tuck our shirts in.  That's why we run through the lines. That's why we operate at a fast tempo. Why would you do something in practice that you wouldn't do in a game?"

Huff is entering his first year leading the Memphis program after turning around Marshall over four seasons with four straight bowl opportunities, including a 10-3 mark and Sun Belt title in his final season, and then a 7-5 season at Southern Miss last fall.