Chris Kiffin
In 2005, Kiffin started his coaching career at Idaho as a coaching assistant. In 2006, Kiffin was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a 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 Kiffin, at Florida Atlantic as a defensive coordinator in 2016. 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. Following 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 to return to the Browns and take his former coaching role. Chris is the son of longtime National Football League defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and the younger brother of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) head coach Lane Kiffin Chris and his wife, Angela, have four children: daughters, Bella, Grace and Taylor, and son, Christian. A native of Tampa, Florida, Chris played defensive tackle at Colorado State.
Coaching career ; Idaho
He previously served as an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.