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The 2024 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Professional Rodeo will feature top performers from around the country competing in events such as Bull Riding, Bareback Bronc Riding, Steer Wrestling and Barrel Racing, all from inside the friendly confines of the Agricenter Show Place Arena.

This year's Pro Rodeo will feature a special bull riding competition where the champion wins an AutoZone Liberty Bowl Bull Riding Champion belt buckle.

Date & Time: Saturday, December 28, 2024 - 2 P.M. CT
Locations: Agricenter Show Place Arena
Tickets: $20 Adults - $5 for kids 10 and under

General Admission Seating

FCA BREAKFAST

Date & Time: Saturday, December 28 at 8:30 A.M.

Location: Hilton Memphis Hotel 

FCA Breakfast Ticket Information: The 45th Annual FCA / AutoZone Liberty Bowl Breakfast will be held at the Hilton Memphis Hotel on Saturday, December 28 at 8:30 A.M. 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 FCA president and former NFL head coach Les Steckel will be the featured speaker at this year’s FCA / AutoZone Liberty Bowl Breakfast. The 2024 breakfast benefiting FCA will be held at the Hilton Memphis Hotel on Saturday, December 28 at 8:30 am.

Steckel’s stellar coaching career began in 1973 at the University of Colorado. He later coached at Navy before moving on to the NFL. Steckel coached with several teams, including San Francisco, Denver, Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Minnesota and Houston/Tennessee. He was named Head Coach of the Vikings in 1984, following longtime head coach Bud Grant. Steckel served as Offensive Coordinator of the Tennessee Titans, leading them to Super Bowl XXXIV.

Steckel served as president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for twelve years.

In announcing this year’s guest speaker, Greater Memphis FCA Metro Director Jeremy Wilbur commented, “We are extremely excited to have Coach Steckel 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 after football.”

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 Steckel will be speaking at this year’s FCA/AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Breakfast. Not only did he have an impress coaching career, he also served in the Marines and the Marine Reserves for thirty years. Coach Steckel 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 44^th year and has historically been FCA’s largest community event.

About the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Football Classic:  The 66^th Annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be played on Friday, December 27, 2024 at 6 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.