Jeff Faris
Current position | |
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Title | Co-offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach |
Team | Duke |
Conference | ACC |
Biographical details | |
Born | Knoxville, Tennessee | March 13, 1990
Playing career | |
2008–2011 | Duke |
Position(s) | Safety |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2012–2013 | Duke (GA) |
2014–2016 | Duke (WR) |
2017 | Duke (WR/ORC) |
2018–2020 | Duke (TE/ORC) |
2021–present | Duke (co-OC/QB) |
Jeffrey Faris (born March 13, 1990) is an American football coach who is currently the co-offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach at Duke University. He also played college football at Duke, where he has spent the entirety of his coaching career.
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[]
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]
References[]
- ^ "Duke promotes graduate assistant Jeffrey Faris to receivers coach". FOX News. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "AFCA Announces 2018 Assistant Coach Of The Year Award Winners". American Football Coaches Association. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Cutcliffe Announces Staff Addition, Changes". Duke University. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Duke Blue Devils football coach David Cutcliffe gives up playcalling duties, realigns staff". ESPN. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Knoxville, Tennessee
- Players of American football from Knoxville, Tennessee
- Coaches of American football from Tennessee
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- Duke Blue Devils football players
- Duke Blue Devils football coaches