| Chris Hampton | |
| Current Title: | Co-defensive coordinator |
| Current Team: | Oregon |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1986[1] |
| Birth Place: | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 2004–2007 |
| Player Team1: | South Carolina |
| Player Positions: | Safety |
| Coach Years1: | 2008 |
| Coach Team1: | Arkansas State (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 2009–2010 |
| Coach Team2: | Georgia Tech (GA) |
| Coach Years3: | 2011 |
| Coach Team3: | Central Arkansas (DB) |
| Coach Years4: | 2012–2015 |
| Coach Team4: | McNeese State (DB) |
| Coach Years5: | 2016–2019 |
| Coach Team5: | Tulane (DB) |
| Coach Years6: | 2020 |
| Coach Team6: | Duke (DB) |
| Coach Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Coach Team7: | Tulane (DC) |
| Coach Team8: | Oregon (co-DC/S) |
| Coach Years8: | 2023–present |
Chris Hampton (born February 6, 1986) is an American college football coach who currently serves as the co-defensive coordinator at the University of Oregon. He previously was the defensive coordinator at Tulane University.
Hampton was a safety for South Carolina from 2004 to 2007 where he started for two seasons. He won the Harold White Award for the highest GPA on the team.
Hampton began his coaching career in 2008 as a graduate assistant at Arkansas State. In 2011, he became the defensive backs coach at Central Arkansas before taking the same job the following year at McNeese State. In 2016, he was hired by Louisiana Monroe as the defensive backs coach leaving for the same job at Tulane before coaching a game.[2] In 2020, he was hired by Duke to be their defensive backs coach.[3] In 2021, he returned to Tulane as the defensive coordinator with head coach Willie Fritz stating that he was the only coach considered.[4] [5] In 2023, Hampton was hired as the co-defensive coordinator for Oregon.[6] [7]