{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Jeff Faris | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Austin Peay | current_conference = UAC | current_record = 11–13 | contract = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|3|13|mf=y}} | birth_place = Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | player_years1 = 2008–2011 | player_team1 = Duke | player_positions = Safety | coach_years1 = 2012–2013 | coach_team1 = Duke (GA) | coach_years2 = 2014–2016 | coach_team2 = Duke (WR) | coach_years3 = 2017 | coach_team3 = Duke (WR/ORC) | coach_years4 = 2018–2020 | coach_team4 = Duke (TE/ORC) | coach_years5 = 2021 | coach_team5 = Duke (co-OC/QB) | coach_years6 = 2022–2023 | coach_team6 = UCLA (TE) | coach_years7 = 2024–present | coach_team7 = Austin Peay | overall_record = 11–13 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }}
'''Jeffrey Faris''' (born March 13, 1990) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Austin Peay State University; a position he has held since 2024. He played college football at Duke, where he had spent the entirety of his coaching career before coming to UCLA.
== 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 ==
=== Duke === 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 24, 2015 |title=Duke promotes graduate assistant Jeffrey Faris to receivers coach |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/duke-promotes-graduate-assistant-jeffrey-faris-to-receivers-coach |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=FOX News}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFCA Announces 2018 Assistant Coach Of The Year Award Winners |url=https://www.afca.com/afca-announces-2018-assistant-coach-of-the-year-award-winners/ |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=American Football Coaches Association}}</ref>
Faris was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in 2021 in a series of staff changes made by David Cutcliffe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cutcliffe Announces Staff Addition, Changes |url=https://goduke.com/news/2021/1/14/cutcliffe-announces-staff-addition-changes.aspx |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=Duke University}}</ref> In addition to the promotion, he was shifted to quarterbacks coach and was also named the primary offensive play-caller.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2021 |title=Duke Blue Devils football coach David Cutcliffe gives up playcalling duties, realigns staff |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30713360/duke-blue-devils-head-coach-david-cutcliffe-gives-play-calling-duties-realigns-staff |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=ESPN}}</ref>
=== UCLA ===
On January 19, 2022, Faris was announced as the new tight ends coach at UCLA.<ref name="UCLA">{{Cite web |title=Football Names Jeff Faris Tight Ends Coach |url=https://uclabruins.com/news/2022/1/19/football-names-jeff-faris-tight-ends-coach.aspx}}</ref>
=== Austin Peay === On December 9, 2023, Faris was named the head coach at Austin Peay.
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Austin Peay Governors | conf = United Athletic Conference | startyear = 2024 | endyear = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2024 | name = Austin Peay | overall = 4–8 | conference = 3–5 | confstanding = T–5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2025 | name = Austin Peay | overall = 7–5 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = 5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Austin Peay | overall = 11–13 | confrecord = 7–9 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 11–13 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://x.com/coachfarisapsu/ Jeff Faris] on X * [https://uclabruins.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jeff-faris/3927 UCLA profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20210423175237/https://goduke.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jeff-faris/4121 Duke coach profile] * [https://goduke.com/sports/football/roster/jeffrey-faris/9698 Duke player profile]
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