Coaches
Chris Rumph
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Chris Rumph
Played at South Carolina
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | South Carolina | GA | Graduate assistant | not known |
| 1997-2001 | Calhoun County HS (SC) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2002 | South Carolina State | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2003-2005 | Memphis | Position | Outside linebackers coach | Tommy West |
| 2006-2010 | Clemson | Position | Defensive ends coach | Tommy Bowden (2006-2007), Dabo Swinney* (2008-2010) |
| 2011-2013 | Alabama | Position | Defensive line coach | Nick Saban |
| 2014 | Texas | Position | Assistant head coach & defensive line coach | Charlie Strong |
| 2015-2016 | Florida | Position | Defensive line coach | Jim McElwain |
| 2017 | Florida | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & defensive line coach✓ | Jim McElwain |
| 2018-2019 | Tennessee | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & outside linebackers coach✓ | Jeremy Pruitt |
| 2020 | Houston Texans (pro) | Position | Outside linebackers coach | not known |
| 2021 | Chicago Bears (pro) | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2022-2023 | Minnesota Vikings (pro) | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2024- | Clemson | Position | Defensive ends coach | Dabo Swinney* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Florida | Co-defensive coordinator | 54 | 70 | 35 | 3 | 130 |
| 2018 | Tennessee | Co-defensive coordinator | 75 | 79 | 103 | 85 | 130 |
Worked under
- Tommy West · Memphis 2003-2005 (Position)
- Tommy Bowden · Clemson 2006-2007 (Position)
- Dabo Swinney* · Clemson 2008-2026 (Position)
- Nick Saban · Alabama 2011-2013 (Position)
- Charlie Strong · Texas 2014 (Other, Position)
- Jim McElwain · Florida 2015-2017 (DC, Position)
- Jeremy Pruitt · Tennessee 2018-2019 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Oliver Pough · South Carolina 1997 · him GA, them Position
- Oliver Pough · South Carolina State 2002 · him Position, them Head coach
- Clay Helton* · Memphis 2003-2005 · him Position, them Position
- Joe Lee Dunn · Memphis 2003-2005 · him Position, them DC
- Randy Fichtner · Memphis 2003-2005 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Russ Huesman · Memphis 2003 · him Position, them Position
- Tommy West · Memphis 2003-2005 · him Position, them Head coach
- Tyson Helton* · Memphis 2004-2005 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Billy Napier* · Clemson 2006-2010 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Dabo Swinney* · Clemson 2006-2026 · him Position, them Head coach, OC, Other, Position
- David Blackwell · Clemson 2006-2008 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Rob Spence · Clemson 2006-2008 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Tommy Bowden · Clemson 2006-2008 · him Position, them Head coach
- Vic Koenning · Clemson 2006-2008 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Willie Simmons* · Clemson 2006 · him Position, them GA
- Jeff Scott · Clemson 2008-2010 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Charlie Harbison · Clemson 2009-2010 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Kevin Steele · Clemson 2009-2010 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Wes Goodwin · Clemson 2009-2024 · him Position, them DC, GA, Position
- Billy Napier* · Alabama 2011-2013 · him Position, them Analyst, Position
- Derrick Ansley · Alabama 2011 · him Position, them GA
- Glenn Schumann · Alabama 2011 · him Position, them Other
- Jeff Stoutland · Alabama 2011-2012 · him Position, them Position
- Jeremy Pruitt · Alabama 2011-2012 · him Position, them Position
- Jim McElwain · Alabama 2011 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jody Wright · Alabama 2011-2012 · him Position, them Analyst
- Kirby Smart*+ · Alabama 2011-2013 · him Position, them DC
- Mike Groh · Alabama 2011-2012 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Nick Saban · Alabama 2011-2013 · him Position, them Head coach
- Rob Ezell · Alabama 2011 · him Position, them Other
- Rob Sale · Alabama 2011 · him Position, them Analyst, Strength
- Russ Callaway · Alabama 2011-2012 · him Position, them Analyst
- Sal Sunseri · Alabama 2011 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Doug Nussmeier · Alabama 2012-2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Greg Brown · Alabama 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Jake Peetz · Alabama 2013 · him Position, them Analyst
- Mario Cristobal*+ · Alabama 2013 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Charlie Strong · Texas 2014 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Eman Naghavi · Texas 2014 · him Other, Position, them Analyst
- Ephraim Banda · Texas 2014 · him Other, Position, them GA
- Joe Wickline · Texas 2014 · him Other, Position, them OC
- Justin Burke · Texas 2014 · him Other, Position, them Analyst
- Les Koenning · Texas 2014 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Shawn Watson · Texas 2014 · him Other, Position, them Other, Position
- Vance Bedford · Texas 2014 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Doug Nussmeier · Florida 2015-2017 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Geoff Collins · Florida 2015-2016 · him Position, them DC
- Jim McElwain · Florida 2015-2017 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Randy Shannon · Florida 2015-2017 · him DC, Position, them DC, Head coach, Other, Position
- Tim Skipper · Florida 2015-2017 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Brad Davis · Florida 2017 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Ja'Juan Seider · Florida 2017 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Robb Akey · Florida 2017 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Charles Kelly* · Tennessee 2018 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Jeremy Pruitt · Tennessee 2018-2019 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Kevin Sherrer · Tennessee 2018-2019 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Tino Sunseri · Tennessee 2018 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Tyson Helton* · Tennessee 2018 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Derrick Ansley · Tennessee 2019 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Jim Chaney · Tennessee 2019 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Tee Martin · Tennessee 2019 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Garrett Riley · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Position, them OC, Position
- John Grass · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Position, them Analyst
- John Scott Jr. · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Position, them Other
- Kyle Richardson · Clemson 2024-2026 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Matt Luke · Clemson 2024-2026 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Mickey Conn · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Nick Eason · Clemson 2024-2026 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Mike Houston · Clemson 2025-2026 · him Position, them Other
- Tom Allen · Clemson 2025-2026 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Chad Morris · Clemson 2026 · him Position, them OC
- Mike Miller · Clemson 2026 · him Position, them Other