Coaches
Jeff Nixon
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Jeff Nixon
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Penn State | GA | Graduate assistant | Joe Paterno |
| 1998 | Princeton | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 1999-2002 | Shippensburg | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 2003-2005 | Chattanooga | Position | Running backs coach, tight ends coach & special teams coach | not known |
| 2006 | Temple | Position | Running backs coach & wide receivers coach | Al Golden |
| 2007-2010 | Philadelphia Eagles (pro) | Analyst | Offensive assistant & special teams assistant | not known |
| 2011-2015 | Miami Dolphins (pro) | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 2016 | San Francisco 49ers (pro) | Position | Tight ends coach | not known |
| 2017-2019 | Baylor | OC | Co-offensive coordinator & running backs coach✓ | Matt Rhule* |
| 2020 | Carolina Panthers (pro) | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 2021 | Carolina Panthers (pro) | OC | Running backs coach & interim offensive coordinator | not known |
| 2022 | Carolina Panthers (pro) | Other | Assistant head coach offense | not known |
| 2023 | New York Giants (pro) | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 2024- | Syracuse | OC | Offensive coordinator & running backs coach✓ | Fran Brown* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Baylor | Co-offensive coordinator | 87 | 106 | 121 | 30 | 130 |
| 2018 | Baylor | Co-offensive coordinator | 21 | 51 | 26 | 87 | 130 |
| 2019 | Baylor | Co-offensive coordinator | 39 | 43 | 48 | 21 | 130 |
| 2024 | Syracuse | Offensive coordinator | 28 | 16 | 18 | 92 | 134 |
| 2025 | Syracuse | Offensive coordinator | 123 | 125 | 111 | 28 | 136 |
| 2026 | Syracuse | Offensive coordinator | 91 | 75 | 74 | 123 | 138 |
Worked under
- Joe Paterno · Penn State 1997 (GA)
- Al Golden · Temple 2006 (Position)
- Matt Rhule* · Baylor 2017-2019 (OC, Position)
- Fran Brown* · Syracuse 2024-2026 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Joe Paterno · Penn State 1997 · him GA, them Head coach
- Larry Johnson · Penn State 1997 · him GA, them Position, ST coord.
- Tom Bradley · Penn State 1997 · him GA, them Position
- Kirk Ciarrocca · Princeton 1998 · him Position, them Position
- Jason Simpson · Chattanooga 2003-2005 · him Position, them OC
- Billy Taylor · Chattanooga 2005 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Al Golden · Temple 2006 · him Position, them Head coach
- George DeLeone · Temple 2006 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Mark D'Onofrio · Temple 2006 · him Position, them DC
- Matt Rhule* · Temple 2006 · him Position, them Position
- Ryan Day*+ · Temple 2006 · him Position, them Position
- Elijah Robinson · Baylor 2017 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Fran Brown* · Baylor 2017-2018 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- George DeLeone · Baylor 2017-2019 · him OC, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Glenn Thomas · Baylor 2017-2019 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Joey McGuire*+ · Baylor 2017-2019 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Matt Rhule* · Baylor 2017-2019 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Phil Snow · Baylor 2017-2019 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Shawn Bell · Baylor 2017-2019 · him OC, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Marcus Satterfield · Baylor 2018-2019 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Ed Foley · Baylor 2019 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Elijah Robinson · Syracuse 2024-2025 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other
- Fran Brown* · Syracuse 2024-2026 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Mike Johnson · Syracuse 2024-2026 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Nunzio Campanile · Syracuse 2024-2025 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Robert Wright · Syracuse 2024-2025 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Don Brown · Syracuse 2025-2026 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Josh Gattis · Syracuse 2025-2026 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Kevin Coyle · Syracuse 2025 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- John Scott Jr. · Syracuse 2026 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Perry Eliano · Syracuse 2026 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Vince Kehres · Syracuse 2026 · him OC, Position, them DC