Football
- Title:
- Offensive Coordinator
- Email:
- fbrecruiting@missouri.edu
Mizzou head football coach Eli Drinkwitz hired of Chip Lindsey as the Tigers’ offensive coordinator in December of 2025.
Lindsey brings 28 years of coaching experience to Missouri, including offensive coordinator stints at Michigan, North Carolina, Auburn, Arizona State, UCF and Southern Miss. He also served as the head coach at Troy from 2019-21. He has an impressive track record of developing NFL quarterbacks, including first-round pick Drake Maye (UNC), Jarrett Stidham (Auburn) and Nick Mullens (Southern Miss).
Lindsey arrives at Mizzou after rebuilding the Michigan offense in 2025. He developed true freshman Bryce Underwood into one of the most promising quarterbacks in the country while building a balanced offense that averaged 213.2 rushing yards per game (15th nationally) while averaging another 185.8 yards per game through the air.
Prior to his season at Michigan, Lindsey served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at 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 nationally) and scored 34.5 points per game (20th). Lindsey’s offense, led by QB Drake Maye, the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, threw for 292.2 yards per game (14th) while the offense rushed another for 192.1 yards per contest (19th). Hampton, a Doak Walker Award finalist and first-team All-American, was fifth nationally in rushing yards with 1,504 and 15 TD. Maye threw for 3,608 yards and 24 scores, while leading ACC in total yards and passing yards per completion.
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 PPG), 11th in total offense (480.6 YPG) and eighth in rushing offense (236.1 YPG).
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) – with Conference USA 2015 Offensive Player of the Year Nick Mullens leading the way with 4,125 passing yards and 36 TDs.
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.
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 |
|
2026-pres. |
Missouri |
Offensive Coordinator |
|
2025 |
Michigan |
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback |
|
2023-24 |
North Carolina |
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback |
|
2022 |
UCF |
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback |
|
2019-21 |
Troy |
Head Coach |
|
2017-18 |
Auburn |
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback |
|
2016 |
Arizona State |
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback |
|
2014-15 |
Southern Miss |
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback |
|
2013 |
Offensive Analyst |
Auburn |
|
2011-12 |
Spain Park (Ala.) |
Head Coach |
|
2010 |
Troy |
Quarterbacks |
|
2008-09 |
Lassiter (Ga.) High School |
Head Coach |
|
2007 |
Hoover (Ala.) High School |
Offensive Coordinator |
|
2005-06 |
Colbert Heights (Ala.) High School |
Head Coach |
|
2000-04 |
Deshler (Ala.) High School |
Assistant Coach |
|
1999 |
Sparkman (Ala.) High School |
Assistant Coach |
|
1997-98 |
Springville (Ark.) High School |
Assistant Coach |
