Jeff Faris
Jeffrey Faris is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Austin Peay State University; a position he has held since 2024. He played college football at Duke, where he had spent the entirety of his coaching career before coming to UCLA.
Playing career
Faris was a three-year football position)|safety] at Duke who did not see much playing time, redshirting his true freshman season and appearing in one game each in his freshman and sophomore season.Coaching career
Duke
After graduating with a degree in economics in 2011, Faris was a graduate assistant at Duke, during which he earned his master's in economics and Christian studies. He was promoted to wide receivers coach in 2014 [Duke Blue Devils football team|2014] after offensive coordinator Kurt Roper left the program and Scottie Montgomery was promoted to offensive coordinator. He added offensive recruiting coordinator duties in 2017 [Duke Blue Devils football team|2017] and was reassigned to tight ends coach in 2018. He was named the Division I FBS recipient of the AFCA [Coach of the Year Award#Assistant Coach of the Year Award|AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year] in 2018, an award given to the assistant coach who "excels in community service, commitment to the student-athlete, on-field coaching success, and AFCA professional organization involvement."Faris was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in 2021 in a series of staff changes made by David Cutcliffe. In addition to the promotion, he was shifted to quarterbacks coach and was also named the primary offensive play-caller.