Jeff Comissiong

Biography

Jeff Comissiong joined the Lehigh coaching staff as Defensive Line Coach in February 2025 and added the title of Defensive Run Game Coordinator for the 2026 campaign. A veteran with nearly 30 years of coaching experience, Comissiong comes to Lehigh after spending the 2024 season as the defensive line coach at Boston College. In his first season, Comissiong mentored a defensive line group that made major contributions to a defensive unit that led the nation in rushing defense (70.1 ypg.) and ranked fourth nationally in sacks per game. Defensive linemen Matt Spatny and TJ Burke earned first team All-Patriot League honors with both players garnering All-America recognition. Spatny also became Lehigh’s career leader in sacks. The 2024 season marked Comissiong’s second stint at BC. He coached a defensive line that contributed to a defense that ranked in the top 25 nationally against the rush. Defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku led the nation in sacks and was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year. Comissiong spent the 2023 season as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at his alma mater, the University of Maine. Prior to his third stint at Maine, Comissiong spent two seasons at Cornell University where he coached the linebackers and mentored four All-Ivy honorees. A one-year stint at Hampton University as associate head coach, run-game coordinator and defensive line coach was preceded by seven years as Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Line Coach at Old Dominion. Comissiong