June 19, 2003

Ray Oliver, the University of Memphis's director of performance enhancement for basketball, has received a minority fellowship to work with the Carolina Panthers for a second straight summer camp.

Oliver, whose resume includes a stint as the strength and conditioning coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the early 1990s, will again work in the weight room and on the practice field doing rehab as well as have responsibilities with quality control. Oliver will report to the Panthers' camp in late July.

"It's going to be better this time because I know everyone there," Oliver said. "It is a lot of work but it is a good program for minorities to improve themselves."

Oliver was one of John Calipari's first hires at the U of M and has just wrapped up his third season with the Tigers.