FCA BREAKFAST
Date & Time: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 - 8:30 A.M. BREAKFAST - 9:00 A.M. PROGRAM
Location: Hilton Memphis Hotel
FCA Breakfast Ticket Information: The 46th Annual FCA / AutoZone Liberty Bowl Breakfast date and time will be announced soon. For ticket and sponsorship information call the FCA office at (901) 683-3399 or email at memphisfca@fca.org. Additional details and information can be found by visiting the MemphisFCA.org website.
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), together with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, are pleased to announce that former NFL and college head coach Chan Gailey will be the featured speaker at this year’s FCA / AutoZone Liberty Bowl Breakfast. The 2025 breakfast benefiting FCA will be held at the Hilton Memphis Hotel on Wednesday, December 31. Breakfast starts at 8:30 am, the program begins at 9:00 am.
Gailey’s stellar coaching career spanned nearly 50 years. In the NFL, Gailey was head coach of the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills. He served as offensive coordinator for several teams and coached in numerous Super Bowls with Denver and Pittsburgh. Gailey was also a successful college head coach with tenures at Troy, Samford and Georgia Tech. Coach Gailey is a longtime supporter of the FCA and highlights the FCA’s Coaches Camps as impacting his life and career.
In announcing this year’s guest speaker, Greater Memphis FCA Metro Director Jeremy Wilbur commented, “We are extremely excited to have Coach Gailey share his story and personal testimony with our audience and the Memphis community. He has a powerful story of faith and how his relationship with God was a part of his coaching career and his life.”
Harold Graeter, Associate Executive Director of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, stated, “The AutoZone Liberty Bowl is proud of our longstanding association with the Greater Memphis Fellowship of Christian Athletes and we, too, are excited that Coach Gailey will be speaking at this year’s FCA/AutoZone Liberty BowlBreakfast. Coach Gailey personifies the character, high principles and values on which the AutoZone Liberty Bowl was founded.”
About the Fellowship of Christian Athletes: FCA is the largest interdenominational, Christian sports organization in America. Through its core values of Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence, FCA strives to make a positive impact in local communities by ministering to coaches and athletes on the professional, college, high school, middle school and youth levels. For more information, visit their MemphisFCA.org website. The FCA/AutoZone Liberty Bowl Breakfast is now in its 46th year and has historically been FCA’s largest community event.
About the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Football Classic: The 67th Annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be played on Friday, January 2, 2026 at 3:30 pm. The game will feature teams from the Southeastern Conference and the Big 12 Conference and will be televised nationally on ESPN. For game ticket information, call (901) 795-7700 or visit www.AutoZoneLibertyBowl.org.
