Chip Lindsey

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Chip Lindsey
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Current position
Title Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
Team Michigan
Conference Big Ten
Biographical details
Born (1974-09-09) September 9, 1974 (age 50)
Madison, Alabama, U.S.
Alma mater Alabama (1997)
Playing career
1992–1993 North Alabama
Position(s) Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1998 Springville HS (AL) (assistant)
1999 Sparkman HS (AL) (assistant)
2000–2004 Deshler HS (AL) (assistant)
2005–2006 Colbert Heights HS (AL)
2007 Hoover HS (AL) (OC)
2008–2009 Lassiter HS (GA)
2010 Troy (QB)
2011–2012 Spain Park HS (AL)
2013 Auburn (OA)
2014–2015 Southern Miss (OC/QB)
2016 Arizona State (OC/QB)
2017–2018Auburn (OC/QB)
2019–2021Troy
2022 UCF (OC/QB)
2023–2024 North Carolina (OC/QB)
2025–present Michigan (OC/QB)
Head coaching record
Overall15–19 (college)
51–23 (high school)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Atlanta Coach of the Year (2009)
Cobb County TD Club Coach of the Year (2009)
AP Georgia Coach of the Year (2008)
Florence Times-Daily Coach of the Year (2006)

Chip Lindsey (born September 9, 1974) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of Michigan, positions he will hold in 2025. He served as the head football coach at Troy University from 2019 to 2021. Lindsey was the quarterbacks coach at Troy during the 2010 season. Lindsey has also served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Southern Mississippi (2014–2015), Arizona State University (2016), Auburn University (2017–2018), the University of Central Florida (2022), and the University of North Carolina (2023–2024).

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Early life and education

Lindsey played three sports and graduated from Bob Jones High School in Madison, Alabama in 1992 and played football at University of North Alabama under then-head coach Bobby Wallace, before transferring to the University of Alabama located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and earned his bachelor's degree in history and English in 1997.

Coaching career

High school coaching

Lindsey began coaching as an assistant in 1997 at Springville High School located in Springville, Alabama. After two seasons he moved to Sparkman High School in Harvest, Alabama. In 2000, he moved to Deshler High School in Tuscumbia, Alabama and served as an assistant under AHSAA Hall of Fame coach John Mothershed, until 2004 where he had two undefeated regular seasons. The following year in 2005, Lindsey became the head coach at Colbert Heights High School Tuscumbia, Alabama for two seasons with a combined record of 14–8. In 2007, he would become the offensive coordinator at Hoover High School under coach Rush Propst. Following one season at Hoover, Lindsey became the head coach at Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia until 2009.

In 2011, after one season as Troy University quarterbacks coach, he would return to high school coaching at Spain Park High School in Hoover, Alabama where he would have a combined 15–9 record with two consecutive state playoff appearances, while Nick Mullens appeared as the 6A state player of the year.

Troy

Lindsey became quarterbacks coach under Larry Blakeney for the 2010 season where he coached Sun Belt Freshman of the Year Corey Robinson, who threw for 3,707 yards with 28 touchdowns and 15 interceptions while leading the No. 37 passing offense in the country.

Southern Miss

Under coach Todd Monken, Lindsey was named the offensive coordinator at The University of Southern Mississippi in 2014. In 2015, the Golden Eagles finished the season 9–5, 7–1 in C-USA play to be champions of the West Division. The 2015 team also finished 12th in the nation in total offense. They represented the West Division in the Conference USA Football Championship Game where they lost to Western Kentucky University. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl, where they were defeated by Washington.

Arizona State

In December 2015, it was announced that Lindsey would be named the new offensive coordinator at Arizona State University for the 2016 season. [1] Arizona State would finish the 2016 season at 5-7, while averaging over 33 points per game and 11th in the nation in red zone offense.

Auburn

Lindsey was an offensive analyst on Auburn's staff in 2013, the season the Tigers won the SEC title and fell 13 seconds short of a national championship. On January 21, 2017, Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn announced that Lindsey would serve as the new offensive coordinator, producing $800,000 in compensation. During the 2017 season, the Tigers won an SEC West Division Championship after wins over top-ranked Georgia and Alabama. For the 2018 season, Auburn finished 8–5. He left Auburn after 2018 to be the offensive coordinator at Kansas. [2]

Troy

Lindsey at his Troy introductory press conference Lindsey updated (cropped).jpg
Lindsey at his Troy introductory press conference

On January 11, 2019, Lindsey was named the new head football coach at Troy University. [3] Troy fired Lindsey on November 21, 2021, with one game remaining in the 2021 season. Lindsey posted a record of 15–19 over three years with no bowl appearances. [4]

UCF

After being let go by Troy, Lindsey reunited with Gus Malzahn at UCF. He was hired as UCF's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. However, he didn't playcall at UCF. [5] He spent one season in Orlando, where they competed for the AAC Championship and the Knights' offense finished 26th nationally in scoring, 11th in yards per game, and 8th in rushing.

North Carolina

Following Phil Longo's departure for Wisconsin, Lindsey was hired by Mack Brown as the Tar Heels' new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on December 15, 2022. [6] In his first season, North Carolina won eight games and he helped coach Drake Maye into being selected No. 3 overall in the 2024 NFL draft.

University of Michigan

On December 13, 2024, Lindsey was officially hired by Sherrone Moore and the University of Michigan as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. [7] In his first season, he inherited the No. 1 overall ranked high school player in the nation, freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood. [8]

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Troy Trojans (Sun Belt Conference)(2019–2021)
2019 Troy 5–73–54th (East)
2020 Troy 5–63–45th (East)
2021 Troy 5–63–4(East) [a]
Troy:15–199–13
Total:15–19
  1. ↑ Troy fired Lindsey with one game remaining

High school

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Colbert Heights Wildcats ()(2005–2006)
2005Colbert Heights5–53–46th
2006Colbert Heights9–35–22nd
Colbert Heights:14–88–6
Lassiter Trojans ()(2008–2009)
2008Lassiter9–37–24th
2009Lassiter12–19–01st
Lassiter:21–416–2
Spain Park Jaguars ()(2011–2012)
2011Spain Park5–64–33rd
2012Spain Park11–56–11st
Spain Park:16–1110–4
Total:51–23
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. ↑ "ASU hires Chip Lindsey from Southern Miss as offensive coordinator". Fox Sports. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Official: Offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey leaves Auburn for same job at Kansas". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Troy hires Kansas coordinator Chip Lindsey as head coach". USA Today. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. ↑ Thamel, Pete (November 21, 2021). "Sources: Troy expected to fire coach Chip Lindsey". Yahoo Sports . Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  5. ↑ Stephenson, Craig (December 27, 2021). "Chip Lindsey hired as Gus Malzahn's offensive coordinator at UCF". AL.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  6. ↑ Smith, Adam (December 15, 2022). "BREAKING: UNC Hires Chip Lindsey as Offensive Coordinator". InsideCarolina.com. 247 Sports. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  7. ↑ Chengelis, Angelique S. (December 13, 2024). "Michigan football makes hiring of offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey official". Detroit News. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  8. ↑ "QB Bryce Underwood admitted to Michigan, can begin practicing this week". Mlive.
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