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Chris Hampton (born February 6, 1986)[1] is an American college football coach who currently serves as the co-defensive coordinator at the University of Oregon. He previously was the defensive coordinator at Tulane University.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Co-defensive coordinator |
| Team | Oregon |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 6, 1986[1] Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2004–2007 | South Carolina |
| Position(s) | Safety |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2008 | Arkansas State (GA) |
| 2009–2010 | Georgia Tech (GA) |
| 2011 | Central Arkansas (DB) |
| 2012–2015 | McNeese State (DB) |
| 2016–2019 | Tulane (DB) |
| 2020 | Duke (DB) |
| 2021–2022 | Tulane (DC) |
| 2023–present | Oregon (co-DC/S) |
Playing career edit
Hampton was a safety for South Carolina from 2004 to 2007 where he started for two seasons. He won the Harold White Award for the highest GPA on the team.
Coaching career edit
Hampton began his coaching career in 2008 as a graduate assistant at Arkansas State. In 2011, he became the defensive backs coach at Central Arkansas before taking the same job the following year at McNeese State. In 2016, he was hired by Louisiana Monroe as the defensive backs coach leaving for the same job at Tulane before coaching a game.[2] In 2020, he was hired by Duke to be their defensive backs coach.[3] In 2021, he returned to Tulane as the defensive coordinator with head coach Willie Fritz stating that he was the only coach considered.[4][5] In 2023, Hampton was hired as the co-defensive coordinator for Oregon.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ a b "Player Bio: Chris Hampton :: Football". gamecocksonline.cstv.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ Evans, Thayer (10 February 2016). "Louisiana-Monroe's Chris Hampton joining Tulane". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Straka, Dean. "Report: Duke adding Tulane's Chris Hampton as CB coach". 247Sports. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Smith, Guerry (18 December 2020). "Easy call: Tulane's Willie Fritz said Chris Hampton was only coach he considered for defensive coordinator". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Symonds, Tom (2020-12-18). "Former assistant Chris Hampton named Tulane's new Defensive Coordinator". Crescent City Sports. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Crepea, James (2023-01-16). "Oregon Ducks hiring Tulane defensive coordinator Chris Hampton to defensive staff, per report". oregonlive. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ Torres, Max (January 25, 2023). "Oregon Announces Hire of Chris Hampton as Co-Defensive Coordinator, Safeties Coach". Ducks Digest.