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 Chris Achuff
Chris Achuff
Position:
Assistant Coach (Defensive Line)
Alma Mater:
Bloomsburg, 1998
THE ACHUFF FILE
Chris Achuff
Born Sept. 18, 1975
High School Bellefonte Area [PA] HS
College Bloomsburg, 1998
Family wife: Kim
children: Julia Anne and Carter
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Level School, Position
College Bloomsburg / linebacker
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Year School, Position
1998 Bloomsburg, student assistant
1999 Bryant College, linebackers/strength & conditioning
2000-01 Kutztown, linebackers/strength & conditioning
2002-03 Penn State, graduate assistant
2004 Chattanooga, defensive line
2005 Charleston Southern, defensive line/strength & conditioning
2006-07 Tennessee-Martin, defensive line/strength & conditioning
2008-2010 Baylor, defensive tackles
2011-present Baylor, defensive line
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE
Year Bowl (position)
1996 NCAA Division II Playoffs(player)
2003 Capital One Bowl (coach)
2006 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs (coach)
2010 Texas Bowl (coach)
2011 Valero Alamo Bowl (coach)

Chris Achuff is in his second season as Baylor's defensive tackles coach. He joined Art Briles' staff from Tennessee-Martin, where he spent two seasons helping to turn the Skyhawks' fortunes around as the defensive line and strength coach.

In 2006, Tennessee-Martin posted a 9-3 record, won the Ohio Valley Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs. Tennessee-Martin led the OVC and ranked 17th nationally in rush defense (112.92 ypg) en route to its league title and also ranked sixth nationally in total defense.

Prior to joining the Skyhawks' staff, Achuff coached the defensive line at Charleston Southern University in 2005 and helped lead the Buccaneers to the school's first conference championship and first winning season (CSU was named the Division I-AA Team of the Year by the College Sports Report).

Achuff was the defensive line coach at Chattanooga in 2004, after spending the 2002 and 2003 seasons as a graduate assistant on Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno's Penn State staff, working on the defensive side of the ball with Norwood. Achuff coached linebackers and served as the strength coach at Kutztown from 1999 through 2001.

He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Bloomsburg University, as a student assistant working with linebackers from 1998-99, then moved to Bryant College to work with outside linebackers and lead the school's strength and conditioning program.

Achuff was a standout outside linebacker and special teams performer at Bloomsburg from 1994-97. He was a member of four PSAC championship teams and received the program's 1996 Unsung Hero and Hardest Hit awards. Chris and his wife, Kim, are the parents of one daughter, Julia Anne, and one son, Carter.