Chris Hampton
Current position
TitleCo-defensive coordinator
TeamOregon
ConferencePac-12
Biographical details
BornMemphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
2004–2007South Carolina
Position(s)Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008Arkansas State (GA)
2009–2010Georgia Tech (GA)
2011Central Arkansas (DB)
2012–2015McNeese State (DB)
2016–2019Tulane (DB)
2020Duke (DB)
2021–2022Tulane (DC)
2023–presentOregon (co-DC/S)

Chris Hampton 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.

Playing career

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

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.[1] In 2020 he was hired by Duke to be their defensive backs coach.[2] In 2021 he returned to Tulane as the defensive coordinator with head coach Willie Fritz stating that he was the only coach considered.[3][4] In 2023 Hampton was hired as the co-defensive coordinator for Oregon.[5][6]

References

  1. Evans, Thayer (10 February 2016). "Louisiana-Monroe's Chris Hampton joining Tulane". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  2. Straka, Dean. "Report: Duke adding Tulane's Chris Hampton as CB coach". 247Sports. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  3. 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.
  4. Symonds, Tom (2020-12-18). "Former assistant Chris Hampton named Tulane's new Defensive Coordinator". Crescent City Sports. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  5. Crepea, James (2023-01-16). "Oregon Ducks hiring Tulane defensive coordinator Chris Hampton to defensive staff, per report". oregonlive. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  6. Torres, Max (January 25, 2023). "Oregon Announces Hire of Chris Hampton as Co-Defensive Coordinator, Safeties Coach". Ducks Digest.
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