Chris Partridge

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Chris Partridge
Current position
TitleDefensive coordinator and safeties coach
TeamOle Miss
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1980-11-03) November 3, 1980 (age 41)
Hackensack, New Jersey
Alma materLafayette College (2003)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004Paramus Catholic HS (NJ) (AHC/DC/WR)
2005Lafayette (DB/STC)
2006–2007The Citadel (DL/STC)
2010–2014Paramus Catholic HS (NJ)
2015Michigan (DPP)
2016–2017Michigan (STC/LB)
2018–2019Michigan (STC/S)
2020–presentOle Miss (Co-DC/S)

Chris Partridge (born November 3, 1980) is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Ole Miss Rebels football team.[1] He is formerly the Paramus Catholic High School head coach.

Coaching career[]

Paramus Catholic High School[]

Partridge was the head coach of Paramus Catholic High School, a position he held for five seasons (2010–2014). While at the helm of the Paladin program, Partridge grew a football program listed 4,250th nationally and 112th in state of New Jersey to the top-ranked team in the state and No. 4 nationally by USA Today. He coached and mentored more than 30 Division I football players during that time, as well as various All-America players.[2]

Michigan[]

Partridge was hired by Michigan in January of 2015 as the Director of Player Personnel.[3] On December 3, 2015, it was announced that Partridge would coach the linebackers for Michigan during the 2016 Citrus Bowl, after the departure of Michigan defensive coordinator and linebackers coach D. J. Durkin, who left to be the head coach at Maryland.[4]Partridge then took over as full time linebackers coach and helped with the special teams. On February 8, 2017, Partridge was promoted to Special Teams Coordinator and continued as linebackers coach.[5] Before the 2018 season, Partridge was offered to join the Alabama Crimson Tide football staff, but chose to stay at Michigan.[6] Weeks after, Partridge received a significant pay raise and new coaching duties. Partridge was assigned to coach safeties and continue as special teams coordinator,[7] Al Washington took over as linebackers coach.

Ole Miss[]

On January 2, 2020, Chris Partridge was hired by Ole Miss and new head coach Lane Kiffin.[8] Later, Partridge was named co-defensive coordinator alongside former Michigan assistant DJ Durkin. In 2022, he was promoted to play caller while still being co-defensive coordinator with new hire Chris Kiffin.

References[]

  1. ^ "Chris Partridge". OleMissSports.com. University of Mississippi. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Chris Partridge". MGoBlue.com. Board of Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Michigan hires Chris Partridge to recruiting position, report says". highschoolsports.nj.com. Advance Local Media. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "Partridge to coach Michigan LBs, Durkin leaves for Maryland". USAToday.com. USA Today. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Michigan's Chris Partridge now special teams coordinator, LBs coach". freep.com. Detroit Free Press. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Breaking: Partridge to stay at Michigan". 247sports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "Michigan's Chris Partridge earns pay bump, new coaching duties". MLive.com. MLive. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "Michigan's Chris Partridge hired by Ole Miss". MLive.com. Advanced Local Media LLC. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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