Chad Lunsford

Chad Kevin Lunsford (born February 24, 1977) is an American football coach who currently serves as the special teams coordinator at Auburn, a position he has held since 2025.^[1] He previously served as the head football coach at Georgia Southern team and as the interim head coach and tight ends coach at Florida Atlantic. He was awarded the job on November 27, 2017, after serving as interim for the second half of the season following the firing and departure of Tyson Summers.^[2][3] Following a 1–3 start, Lunsford was fired by Georgia Southern early in the 2021 season.^[4]

Chad Lunsford

Lunsford at 2018 Sun Belt Media Day
Current position
Title	Special teams coordinator
Team	Auburn
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	(1977-02-24) February 24, 1977 (age 48) Elberton, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	Georgia College (2000)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996	Georgia Military (SA)
1997–1999	Georgia Military (RB)
2000	Georgia Military (RB/LB)
2001–2002	Appalachian State (TE)
2003–2005	Georgia Southern (SB)
2006	Griffin HS (GA) (LB)
2007–2008	Georgia Military (ST/LB)
2013	Georgia Southern (WR)
2014–2015	Georgia Southern (TE)
2016–2017	Georgia Southern (ST/RC)
2017	Georgia Southern (interim HC)
2018–2021	Georgia Southern
2022	Florida Atlantic (ST/TE)
2023–2024	Florida Atlantic (AHC/ST/TE)
2024	Florida Atlantic (interim HC/ST/TE)
2025–present	Auburn (ST)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2009–2012	Auburn (dir. of scouting)
Head coaching record
Overall	29–22
Bowls	2–1

Early life and education

Lunsford attended and played football at Elbert County High School in Elberton, Georgia. He graduated from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville in May 2000 with a degree in biology and a minor in mathematics. While attending Georgia College as an undergraduate, he served as a student assistant at cross-town Georgia Military College. He holds a Master's of Sport Science from the United States Sports Academy.^[5]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Georgia Southern Eagles (Sun Belt Conference) (2017–2021)
2017	Georgia Southern	2–4 [a]	2–4	T–10th
2018	Georgia Southern	10–3	6–2	3rd (East)	W Camellia
2019	Georgia Southern	7–6	5–3	2nd (East)	L Cure
2020	Georgia Southern	8–5	4–4	3rd (East)	W New Orleans
2021	Georgia Southern	1–3 [b]	0–1	(East)
Georgia Southern:		28–21	17–14
Florida Atlantic Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2024)
2024	Florida Atlantic	1–1 [c]	1–1	T–13th
Florida Atlantic:		1–1	1–1
Total:		29–22

1. Served as interim head coach after Tyson Summers was fired after 6 games.
2. Georgia Southern fired Lunsford after 4 games.
3. Lunsford was named interim head coach after Tom Herman's firing after 10 games.

Personal life

Lunsford is married to Tiffany "Tippy" Lunsford. They have three children.^[6] Lunsford is a Christian.^[7]