Chris Hampton
{{Short description|American football coach (born 1986)}}
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{{notability|1=Biographies|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Chris Hampton
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| current_title = Co-defensive coordinator
| current_team = Oregon
| current_conference = Big Ten
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|6}}{{cite web|url=http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hampton_chris00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104164654/http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hampton_chris00.html|title=Player Bio: Chris Hampton :: Football|website=gamecocksonline.cstv.com|archive-date=November 4, 2007|access-date=May 1, 2024}}
| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
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| player_years1 = 2004–2007
| player_team1 = South Carolina
| player_positions = Safety
| coach_years1 = 2008
| coach_team1 = Arkansas State (GA)
| coach_years2 = 2009–2010
| coach_team2 = Georgia Tech (GA)
| coach_years3 = 2011
| coach_team3 = Central Arkansas (DB)
| coach_years4 = 2012–2015
| coach_team4 = McNeese State (DB)
| coach_years5 = 2016–2019
| coach_team5 = Tulane (DB)
| coach_years6 = 2020
| coach_team6 = Duke (DB)
| coach_years7 = 2021–2022
| coach_team7 = Tulane (DC)
| coach_team8 = Oregon (co-DC/S)
| coach_years8 = 2023–present
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Chris Hampton (born February 6, 1986) 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Evans |first=Thayer |title=Louisiana-Monroe's Chris Hampton joining Tulane |url=https://www.si.com/college/2016/02/11/tulane-hires-chris-hampton-defensive-backs-coach-louisiana-monroe |access-date=2022-12-14 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=10 February 2016 |language=en-us}} In 2020, he was hired by Duke to be their defensive backs coach.{{Cite web |last=Straka |first=Dean |title=Report: Duke adding Tulane's Chris Hampton as CB coach |url=https://247sports.com/Article/duke-football-hires-chris-hampton-tulane-cornerbacks-coach-derek-jones-replacement-143923473/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=247Sports |language=en-US}} In 2021, he returned to Tulane as the defensive coordinator with head coach Willie Fritz stating that he was the only coach considered.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Guerry |title=Easy call: Tulane's Willie Fritz said Chris Hampton was only coach he considered for defensive coordinator |url=https://www.nola.com/sports/tulane/article_dd6d624a-4189-11eb-a562-df6493262060.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=NOLA.com |date=18 December 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Symonds |first=Tom |date=2020-12-18 |title=Former assistant Chris Hampton named Tulane's new Defensive Coordinator |url=http://crescentcitysports.com/willie-fritz-welcomes-back-chris-hampton-as-tulane-defensive-coordinator/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Crescent City Sports |language=en-US}} In 2023, Hampton was hired as the co-defensive coordinator for Oregon.{{Cite web |last=Crepea |first=James |date=2023-01-16 |title=Oregon Ducks hiring Tulane defensive coordinator Chris Hampton to defensive staff, per report |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2023/01/oregon-ducks-hiring-tulane-defensive-coordinator-chris-hampton-to-defensive-staff-per-report.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Max |date=January 25, 2023 |title=Oregon Announces Hire of Chris Hampton as Co-Defensive Coordinator, Safeties Coach |url=https://www.si.com/college/oregon/football/oregon-announces-hire-of-chris-hampton-as-co-defensive-coordinator-safeties-coach |website=Ducks Digest}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071104164654/http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hampton_chris00.html South Carolina bio]
- [https://goduke.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/chris-hampton/4149 Duke profile]
- [https://tulanegreenwave.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/chris-hampton/4532 Tulane profile]
- [https://goducks.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/chris-hampton/5024 Oregon profile]
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