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Jordan Tippit

Start Date: January 2019
End Date: December 2022
 
Chattanooga Positions
  • Defensive Backs: 2021-22
  • Outside Linebackers: 2019-20
 
Prior Experience
  • Troy, Graduate Assistant, 2018
  • Huntingdon, Defensive Assistant, 2017
  • Boyd-Buchanan High School, Assistant Coach, 2016
 
All-America Selections
2022: Kameron Brown (1st)
2021: Brandon Dowdell (2nd)
 
All-Conference Players
2022: Kameron Brown (1st)
2021: Brandon Dowdell (1st), Jerrell Lawson (1st)
2020-21: Jay Person (2nd)
 
Playoffs/Bowl Game
  • 2018 Dollar General Bowl (Troy)
  • 2017 NCAA Division III Playoffs (Huntingdon)
 
Collegiate Coaching Highlights
  • Teams associated with “Coach Tip” are 41-22 (.651) through the 2022 season, 32-11 (.744) in conference play
  • Helped guide 2019 defense to tying for Southern Conference lead in total takeaways (21)
  • 2019 Chattanooga defense ranked in top 25 nationally in passing yards allowed
  • OLB Jay Person tied for the SoCon lead with 1.75 TFL per game with teammate Devonnsha Maxwell
  • 2020-21 defense led the nation in passing yards allowed (99.6) and was No. 6 in total defense (245.8)
  • 2021 defense led the nation in interception rate (.054)
  • 2021 safeties Brandon Dowdell and Jerrell Lawson tied for the SoCon lead in interceptions (5)
  • 2022 corner Kameron Brown tied for SoCon lead and ranked top 5 in the nation in interceptions (6)
 
Personal
Wife: Brooke
Hometown: Huntsville, Ala.
  • Father Eric played college football (Kentucky State) and mom Jenetta Johnson played hoops (UAB)
 
Collegiate Career
Alma Mater: Chattanooga ‘12
Sports Played: Football
  • First team All-SoCon in 2009
  • Team Captain in 2011
  • 17 career passes defended with nine interceptions and eight breakups
  • Tied for sixth-most picks in a career when he departed
  • 66-yard pick 6 in 2010 win over Samford
  • Started 30 of 41 career appearances