| Jeff Faris | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Austin Peay |
| Current Conference: | UAC |
| Current Record: | 0–0 |
| Birth Date: | March 13, 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| 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: | 0–0 |
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 will hold in 2024. He played college football at Duke, where he had spent the entirety of his coaching career before coming to UCLA.
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.
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.[1] 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."[2]
Faris was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in 2021 in a series of staff changes made by David Cutcliffe.[3] In addition to the promotion, he was shifted to quarterbacks coach and was also named the primary offensive play-caller.[4]
On January 19, 2022, Faris was announced as the new tight ends coach at UCLA.[5]
On December 9, 2023, Faris was named the head coach at Austin Peay.