Chris Kiffin
Chris Kiffin is an American football coach. He is currently the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for LSU. He served as an assistant coach for the Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns, 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 an 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. He left in 2017 to join his brother.
In 2017, Kiffin was hired by his brother, Lane, at Florida Atlantic as a defensive coordinator in 2016.
San Francisco 49ers
In 2018, Kiffin was hired by the San Francisco 49ers as their pass rush specialist coach under head coach Kyle Shanahan.
On February 13, 2020, Kiffin was hired by the Cleveland Browns as their defensive line coach under head coach Kevin Stefanski. After the 2021 season, Kiffin left the Browns coaching staff to join the coaching staff at Ole Miss. However, on February 10, 2022, Kiffin left Ole Miss returning to the Browns as a defensive line coach.
Houston Texans
On February 14, 2023, Kiffin left the Cleveland Browns to become a linebackers coach with the Houston Texans. Kiffin was fired a year later and replaced by football coach)|Billy Davis].
Ole Miss
On August 25, 2024, Kiffin joined the Ole Miss coaching staff as an analyst. In 2025, he became the defensive line coach and the recruiting coordinator of the defense.
On December 22, 2025, Kiffin was announced as the Co-Defensive coordinator and Linebackers coach for LSU.
Personal life
Chris Kiffin is the son of longtime National Football League defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and his older brother is the Louisiana State University (LSU) head coach Lane. Chris and his wife, Angela, have four children: daughters, Bella, Grace and Taylor, and a son, Christian. A native of Tampa, Florida, Chris played defensive tackle for Colorado State University.