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- Title:
- Secondary Coach
- Email:
- champto1@tulane.edu
| PROFILE Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee EDUCATION Bachelor’s – South Carolina, 2007 PLAYING EXPERIENCE 2004-07, South Carolina – Football COACHING EXPERIENCE 2008, Arkansas State (GA) 2009-10, Georgia Tech (GA) 2011, Central Arkansas (DB) 2012-15, McNeese State (DB) 2016-19, Tulane (DB) POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE (6) 2018 AutoNation Cure Bowl - Tulane 2015 NCAA Playoffs - McNeese State 2013 NCAA Playoffs - McNeese State 2011 NCAA Playoffs - Central Arkansas 2010 Independence Bowl - Georgia Tech 2009 Orange Bowl - Georgia Tech |
Chris Hampton is in his fourth season serving on the Green Wave coaching staff in 2019 and his second working with the team’s secondary.
During the 2018 campaign, Hampton established the Green Wave as one of the American Athletic Conference’s top pass defenses, as Tulane led the nation in passes broken up.
The Green Wave also led the league and ranked second nationally in passes defended, finishing with 88. In the Green Wave’s matchup with ECU, Hampton’s unit was responsible for an NCAA-record 20 pass breakups.
Tulane’s secondary played a major role in generating turnovers as it collected 12 interceptions which ranked fourth in The American and 40th nationally.
Following the Green Wave secondary’s impressive 2018 campaign, Hampton was recognized nationally by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) with the 35 Under 35 Award.
Under Hampton’s watch, cornerback Donnie Lewis Jr. and Roderic Teamer Jr. both received Second Team All-AAC honors. In April, both Lewis and Teamer would go on to sign NFL contracts. Lewis was drafted in the seventh round of the NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, while Teamer inked a free agent deal with the Los Angeles Rams.
In 2017, Hampton’s cornerbacks limited opponents to 225.7 yards per game through the air, which ranked fourth in The American and in the top half of the NCAA.
Tulane cornerbacks also accounted for nine interceptions with Parry Nickerson leading the way with six.
Following the year, Nickerson would go on to earn First Team All-American Athletic Conference honors.
In his first season at Tulane, Hampton coached a defensive backfield that featured Nickerson, who earned Second Team All-AAC honors by the league’s coaches and Second Team All-Louisiana from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
Prior to Tulane, Hampton spent the previous four years as the defensive backs coach at McNeese State.
Following the 2015 season, a total of three Cowboy defensive backs earned All-Southland Conference honors, including Defensive Player of the Year and First Team selection Wallace Scott. In addition to conference honors, Scott was named to the AFCA’s FCS All-America Team while earning Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Louisiana honors from the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association.
In 2014, Hampton helped coach free safety Aaron Sam to First Team All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana honors as well as fellow safety Brent Spikes who led the team in both tackles and interceptions. Spikes set a new McNeese, Southland Conference and Louisiana single game record with 148 interception return yards on three picks at Incarnate Word on Oct. 25. Those three interceptions tied a school single-game record.
In 2013, he coached Guy Morgan to First Team All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana honors as well as Third Team All-America honors from The Sports Network.
Hampton began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Arkansas State in 2008 and followed that up with two seasons as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech (2009-10). He then spent one season as the safeties coach at Central Arkansas (2011) before joining the McNeese State staff.
Hampton played collegiate football at South Carolina where he was a four-year letterwinner and a two-year starter as a safety for the Gamecocks. He also earned the team’s Harold White Award which is given to the player with the highest grade point average.
