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Chip Lindsey

Title:
Sanford Robertson Offensive Coordinator/Robert McCollum Family Quarterbacks Coach

Chip Lindsey joined the University of Michigan football staff on December 13, 2024, as the program's Sanford Robertson Offensive Coordinator and Robert McCollum Family Quarterbacks Coach. Lindsey brings 27 years of collegiate coaching experience to Ann Arbor including stints as a head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterback coach. He has led offenses that averaged at least 30 points per game in nine of his 12 seasons as a full-time college coach.

Lindsey joined the U-M program after serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of North Carolina for two seasons (2023-24). The Tar Heels ran a balanced attack in 2024 that averaged 32.3 points and 423.4 yards of total offense per game. UNC led the ACC in rushing offense (189.5 yards per game) while passing for an average of 233.9 yards per contest and three players earned All-ACC honors led by RB Omarion Hampton, a first-team honoree. Hampton was an All-American selection in both 2023 and 2024.

In 2023, the Tar Heels averaged 491.2 yards per contest (7th, NCAA) and scored 34.5 points per game (20th, NCAA). Lindsey ran a balanced offense, passing for 292.2 yards per game (14th, NCAA) and rushing for 192.1 yards per contest (19th, NCAA), one of only two offenses to average at least those figures. UNC also ranked ninth nationally in third down conversion rate (48.4 percent). The offense was led by QB Drake Maye, the third overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, and Hampton, a Doak Walker Award finalist and first-team All-American. Hampton was fifth nationally in rushing yards with 1,504 and his 15 rushing TDs ranked 11th. Maye threw for 3,608 yards and 24 TDs and led the ACC in total yards and passing yards per completion while finishing second in pass efficiency and passing touchdowns. With a combined 71 receptions for 1,034 yards and nine scores, UNC’s tight end room was one of only two in the country to rank top-five nationally in all three categories.

Prior to joining the staff at UNC, Lindsey was the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at UCF in 2022. The Knights’ offense ranked 26th nationally in scoring (34.4 points per game), 11th in total offense (480.6 yards per game) and eighth in rushing offense (236.1 yards per game). UCF rushed for 200-plus yards in nine games during the 2022 season and its 33 rushing TDs led the AAC and tied for 10th nationally.

Lindsey spent three seasons as head coach at Troy (2019-21). The Trojan offense ranked 21st nationally in pass yards during his second season and PFF ranked the offensive line third in the country in pass-blocking efficiency, allowing just nine sacks, six quarterback hits, and 45 hurries for 60 total pressures. During his initial season leading the Trojans, the offense topped the 500-yard mark in total offense in six games, tying the program’s Division I record. Troy scored 35-plus points in eight contests, the second-most in program history and fourth-most in Sun Belt history. The Trojans finished ninth nationally in passing offense (313.2), 25th in scoring offense (33.8) and 18th in total offense (456.3).

Before his tenure at Troy, Lindsey was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Auburn during the 2017-18 seasons. This was his second stint with the Tigers after serving as an offensive analyst during the 2013 season when the program won the SEC Championship and appeared in the BCS National Championship Game. During the 2018 season, his second coordinating the offense, the Tigers defeated Pac-12 Champion Washington, a ranked Texas A&M squad, and won the 2018 Music City Bowl with a victory over Purdue.

Lindsey directed an Auburn offense in 2017 that became just the eighth in SEC and first in school history to rush and pass for 3,000 yards in a season. The Tigers ranked 26th nationally in total offense and set an Auburn record with 327 points in SEC action. They won the SEC West Division title after knocking off top-ranked foes in Georgia and Alabama over a three-week stretch. Quarterback Jarrett Stidham, an All-SEC selection, became the second player in school history to throw for 3,000 yards in a season while leading the conference and listing ninth in the NCAA in completion percentage. Running back Kerryon Johnson was the SEC Offensive Player of the Year and Ryan Davis set the Auburn receiving record with 84 receptions. Lindsey returned to Auburn after serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arizona State in 2016.

Lindsey earned his first opportunity coordinating an offense at Southern Mississippi during the 2014-15 seasons. The Golden Eagles broke five single-season school records in 2015 – completions (312), passing yards (4,263), total offense yards (6,758), TDs (67), and points (528) – on the way to a Conference USA West title and a berth in the Heart of Dallas Bowl against Washington. Lindsey developed Conference USA 2015 Offensive Player of the Year and NFL quarterback Nick Mullens, who ranked second in the league and top-eight nationally in passing yards (4,145) and TD passes (36).

That 2015 offense at Southern Mississippi ranked fifth in the nation in total TDs, seventh in total points, eighth in total passing yards and completions, and 12th in points per game and passing yards per game. The national leader with 102 explosive plays, Southern Miss was just the second school in FBS history with a 4,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard receiver, and two 1,000-yard rushers.

Before accepting his initial position at Auburn, Lindsey was the head coach at Spain Park High School (Alabama) in 2011 and 2012, leading the school to its first 6A regional championship.

Lindsey accepted the quarterbacks coaching position at Troy in 2010 after a distinguished career as a prep coach in Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia from 1997 through 2009. At Troy, he coached Sun Belt Freshman of the Year Corey Robinson and helped guide the Trojans to their fifth consecutive conference championship. Robinson set a school record for completions (321) that season while his 3,726 passing yards rank as the second-most in Troy history. Troy totaled the second-most passing TDs (33) and completions (340) in a season in school history.

Lindsey played football at the University of North Alabama before transferring as a student to Alabama, where he received his bachelor’s degree in history and English in 1997. He earned a master’s in educational leadership from the University of Phoenix in 2005. A native of Madison, Alabama, Lindsey graduated from Bob Jones High School, where he was a three-sport letterman.

THE LINDSEY FILE
Hometown: Madison, Alabama
High School: Bob Jones
College: Alabama (history and English, 1997)
Wife: Cecily
Kids: Claire, Caroline, Cooper, Conner

COACHING EXPERIENCE

Year	School	Position
1997-98	Springville (Ark.) High School	Assistant Coach
1999	Sparkman (Ala.) High Schoo	Assistant Coach
2000-04	Deshler (Ala.) High Schoo	Assistant Coach
2005-06	Colbert Heights (Ala.) High School	Head Coach
2007	Hoover (Ala.) High School	Offensive Coordinator
2008-09	Lassiter (Ga.) High School	Head Coach
2010	Troy	Quarterbacks
2011-12	Spain Park (Ala.)	Head Coach
2013	Offensive Analyst	Auburn
2014-15	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	Southern Miss
2016	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	Arizona State
2017-18	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	Auburn
2019-21	Head Coach	Troy
2022	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	UCF
2023-24	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	North Carolina