Chris Gordon

Biography

Chris Gordon enters his fourth year on the Spartan staff in 2026, his first as an assistant linebackers coach. He spent last season (2025) as an assistant defensive backs coach and the previous two seasons (2023-24) as a defensive assistant. Gordon was a defensive graduate assistant at Idaho for the 2022 season and helped the Vandals reach the FCS playoffs for the first time in 27 years as the defense finished second in the Big Sky and 18th nationally in pass defense. During the 2021 season, Gordon was a special teams quality control coach at South Dakota, game planning for all six units on special teams. Thanks in part to strong special teams play, the Coyotes earned a berth in the FCS playoffs. Gordon helped manage a special teams unit that featured an all-conference punter and long snapper and finished No. 1 in the nation in kickoff return average and No. 10 in net punting. Gordon was a defensive graduate assistant coaching cornerbacks at Illinois Wesleyan in 2020 and coached the Titans during the shortened 2021 spring season. He previously worked with Spartan defensive coordinator Joe Rossi at Minnesota during the 2019 season as a defensive quality control intern, assisting the defensive staff in all phases of game planning. Featuring a top-10 defense, the Gophers won a school-record 11 games and beat Auburn in the Outback Bowl while finishing No. 10 in the AP Poll. Gordon was a four-year football letterwinner at Capital University from 2015-18 and graduated with a bachel