Jeff Nixon
Assistant Coach at Syracuse since 2024.
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- Seasons coached
- 30
- First season
- 1997
- Teams
- 12
Career
14 stints
1990s
- 1997Penn StateGraduate Assistant
- 1998PrincetonRunning Backs
- 1999–2002ShippensburgRunning Backs
2000s
- 2003–2005ChattanoogaSpecial Teams CoordinatorRunning BacksTight Ends
- 2006TempleRunning BacksWide Receivers
- 2007–2010Philadelphia EaglesOffensive Assistant
2010s
- 2011–2015Miami DolphinsRunning Backs
- 2016San Francisco 49ersTight Ends
- 2017–2019BaylorCo-Offensive CoordinatorRunning Backs
2020s
- 2020Carolina PanthersRunning Backs
- 2021Carolina PanthersOffensive CoordinatorRunning BacksInterim
- 2022Carolina PanthersAssistant Coach
- 2023New York GiantsRunning Backs
- 2024–presentSyracuseAssistant Coach
Coaching tree
9 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Mentors
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
10
- 2024–2026Fran BrownCoached under · Syracuse
- 2023Brian DabollCoached under · New York Giants
- 2020–2022Matt RhuleCoached under · Carolina Panthers
- 2017–2019Matt RhuleCoached under · Baylor
- 2016Chip KellyCoached under · San Francisco 49ers
- 2012–2015Joe PhilbinCoached under · Miami Dolphins
- 2007–2010Andy ReidCoached under · Philadelphia Eagles
- 2006Al GoldenCoached under · Temple
- 2003–2005Rodney AllisonCoached under · Chattanooga
- 1997Joe PaternoCoached under · Penn State
Succeeded
8
- 2024Joel ThomasSucceeded by · New York Giants
- 2023DeAndre SmithSucceeded · New York Giants
- 2023Jim CaldwellSucceeded by · Carolina Panthers
- 2022Ben McAdooSucceeded by · Carolina Panthers
- 2022David Corley Jr.Succeeded · Carolina Panthers
- 2022Ed FoleySucceeded · Carolina Panthers
- 2021Joe BradySucceeded · Carolina Panthers
- 2020Jake PeetzSucceeded · Carolina Panthers
Tenure
30 seasons
- Miami DolphinsPosition coach · 2011–20155
- Philadelphia EaglesAnalyst · 2007–20104
- ShippensburgPosition coach · 1999–20024
- SyracusePosition coach · 2024–2026 · current3
- BaylorCoordinator · 2017–20193
- ChattanoogaCoordinator · 2003–20053
- Carolina PanthersPosition coach · 2020–20222
- New York GiantsPosition coach · 20231
- Carolina PanthersCoordinator · 20211
- San Francisco 49ersPosition coach · 20161
- TemplePosition coach · 20061
- PrincetonPosition coach · 19981
- Penn StateAnalyst · 19971
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Jeff Nixon. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.