Jeff Faris

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Jeff Faris
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Austin Peay
Conference UAC
Record3–5
Biographical details
Born (1990-03-13) March 13, 1990 (age 34)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
2008–2011 Duke
Position(s) Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012–2013 Duke (GA)
2014–2016Duke (WR)
2017Duke (WR/ORC)
2018–2020Duke (TE/ORC)
2021Duke (co-OC/QB)
2022–2023 UCLA (TE)
2024–present Austin Peay
Head coaching record
Overall3–5

Jeffrey Faris (born March 13, 1990) 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.

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Playing career

Faris was a three-year 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 after offensive coordinator Kurt Roper left the program and Scottie Montgomery was promoted to offensive coordinator. [1] He added offensive recruiting coordinator duties in 2017 and was reassigned to tight ends coach in 2018. He was named the Division I FBS recipient of the 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." [2]

Faris was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in 2021 in a series of staff changes made by David Cutcliffe. [3] In addition to the promotion, he was shifted to quarterbacks coach and was also named the primary offensive play-caller. [4]

UCLA

On January 19, 2022, Faris was announced as the new tight ends coach at UCLA. [5]

Austin Peay

On December 9, 2023, Faris was named the head coach at Austin Peay.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Austin Peay Governors (United Athletic Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Austin Peay 3-52–3
Austin Peay:3-52–3
Total:3-5

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References

  1. ↑ "Duke promotes graduate assistant Jeffrey Faris to receivers coach". FOX News. March 24, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  2. ↑ "AFCA Announces 2018 Assistant Coach Of The Year Award Winners". American Football Coaches Association. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cutcliffe Announces Staff Addition, Changes". Duke University. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Duke Blue Devils football coach David Cutcliffe gives up playcalling duties, realigns staff". ESPN. January 14, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Football Names Jeff Faris Tight Ends Coach".
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