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'''Chris Kiffin''' (born January 19, 1982) is an [[American football]] coach who is the [[defensive line coach]] for the [[Cleveland Browns]]. He previously served as an assistant coach for the [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]. He also coached at [[Florida Atlantic Owls football|Florida Atlantic]], [[Ole Miss Rebels|Ole Miss]], [[Arkansas State Red Wolves|Arkansas State]], [[USC Trojans football|USC]], [[Nebraska Huskers football|Nebraska]] and [[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]].
'''Chris Kiffin''' (born January 19, 1982) is an [[American football]] coach who last served as the [[defensive line coach]] for the [[Cleveland Browns]]. He previously served as an assistant coach for the [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]. He also coached at [[Florida Atlantic Owls football|Florida Atlantic]], [[Ole Miss Rebels|Ole Miss]], [[Arkansas State Red Wolves|Arkansas State]], [[USC Trojans football|USC]], [[Nebraska Huskers football|Nebraska]] and [[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]].


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==

Revision as of 20:54, 9 April 2022

Chris Kiffin
Personal information
Born: (1982-01-19) January 19, 1982 (age 42)
Raleigh, NC, United States
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:275 lb (125 kg)
Career information
High school:Sickles (Tampa, FL)
College:Colorado State
Position:Defensive line coach
Career history
As a coach:

Chris Kiffin (born January 19, 1982) is an American football coach who last served as the defensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns. He previously served as an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also coached at Florida Atlantic, Ole Miss, Arkansas State, USC, Nebraska and Idaho.

Coaching career

Idaho

In 2005, Kiffin started his coaching career at Idaho as a coaching assistant.

In 2006, Kiffin was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a offseason quality control intern under head coach Jon Gruden.

Nebraska

In 2008, Kiffin was hired as a defensive quality control coach at Nebraska.

USC

In 2010, Kiffin was hired as a defensive assistant at USC.

Arkansas State

In 2011, Kiffin was hired as a defensive line coach at Arkansas State.

Ole Miss

In 2012, Kiffin was hired as a defensive line coach at Ole Miss.[1] He left in 2017 to join his brother.[2]

Florida Atlantic

In 2017, Kiffin was hired by his brother, Lane Kiffin, at Florida Atlantic[3] as a defensive coordinator in 2016.[4]

San Francisco 49ers

In 2018, Kiffin was hired by the San Francisco 49ers as their pass rush specialist coach under head coach Kyle Shanahan.[5]

Cleveland Browns

On February 13, 2020, Kiffin was hired by the Cleveland Browns as their defensive line coach under head coach Kevin Stefanski.[6] Following the 2021 season, Kiffin left the Browns coaching staff to join the coaching staff at Ole Miss.[7]

Personal life

Chris is the son of longtime National Football League defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin[8] and the younger brother of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) head coach Lane Kiffin[9] Chris and his wife, Angela, have four children: daughters, Bella, Grace and Taylor, and son, Christian. A native of Tampa, Florida, Chris played defensive tackle at Colorado State.

References

  1. ^ Kulha, Andrew. "Did Chris Kiffin Go Too Far with Hundreds of Facebook Messages to Recruit's GF?". Bleacher Report. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Potter, Davis (December 15, 2016). "Ole Miss assistant Chris Kiffin bids farewell after joining Lane Kiffin's staff at FAU". The Oxford Eagle. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Chris Kiffin - Football Coach". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "FAU hires Ole Miss DL coach Chris Kiffin as defensive coordinator". SEC Country.
  5. ^ Richardson, Shandel. "FAU defensive coordinator Chris Kiffin leaves for job with San Francisco 49ers". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "Report: Browns to Hire Chris Kiffin to New Staff, Comes From Familiar Roots". SI.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  7. ^ https://heavy.com/sports/cleveland-browns/chris-kiffin-quits-stefanski-ole-miss/
  8. ^ "Staff Directory". Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "Lane Kiffin Named Head Football Coach".