Chris Kiffin

Chris Kiffin
Cleveland Browns
Position:	Defensive line coach
Personal information
Born:	January 19, 1982 (age 42); Tampa, Florida, 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
Career history
As a coach:
	Idaho (2005–2006); Assistant; Ole Miss (2007); Graduate assistant; Nebraska (2008–2009); Offensive quality control coach; USC (2010); Defensive administrative assistant; Arkansas State (2011); Defensive line coach; Ole Miss (2012–2016); Defensive line coach & defensive recruiting coordinator; Florida Atlantic (2017); Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach; San Francisco 49ers (2018–2019); Pass rush specialist coach; Cleveland Browns (2020–present); Defensive line coach;

Chris Kiffin (born January 19, 1982) is an American football coach who is the defensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

On February 13, 2020, Kiffin was hired by the Cleveland Browns as their defensive line coach under head coach Kevin Stefanski.^[6]

Chris is the son of longtime NFL defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin^[7] and the younger brother of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) head coach Lane Kiffin ^[8] 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.

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^ Thursday, Davis Potter Email the author Published 12:50 pm; December 15; 2016 (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. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help); |last3= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Chris Kiffin - Football Coach". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
^ "FAU hires Ole Miss DL coach Chris Kiffin as defensive coordinator". SEC Country.
^ Richardson, Shandel. "FAU defensive coordinator Chris Kiffin leaves for job with San Francisco 49ers". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
^ "Report: Browns to Hire Chris Kiffin to New Staff, Comes From Familiar Roots". SI.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
^ "Staff Directory". Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
^ "Lane Kiffin Named Head Football Coach".