Jeff Burris is in first season as the Giants' cornerbacks coach. This is Burris' second stint in the NFL after working as the assistant defensive backs coach with the Miami Dolphins from 2013-15.
Burris joins the Giants' staff after spending the 2024 season as the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Louisiana Tech. Under Burris' guidance, the Bulldogs allowed the fewest passing yards per game (172.8) and the second-fewest points per game (21.0) in Conference USA.
From 2021-23, Burris mentored the cornerback group at Louisiana. Every season Burris was on staff, the Ragin' Cajuns appeared in a bowl game and in 2021, Louisiana totaled a program-record 13-win season and captured the Sun Belt Conference Championship. That season, Louisiana's defense allowed the third-lowest completion percentage in the nation (53.1%) and the 11th-fewest points per game (18.3).
Burris first coached at Louisiana Tech from 2018-20, where he mentored two future NFL draftees in L'Jarius Sneed and Amik Robertson. In Burris' three seasons with the Bulldogs, they made three consecutive bowl appearances and posted a 10-win season in 2019.
In 2017, Burris served as the defensive backs coach at Northern Iowa following one year as a defensive analyst at Notre Dame, his alma mater, in 2016.
Burris' first job in the NFL was as a defensive assistant for the Miami Dolphins from 2013-14, before he was named the assistant defensive backs coach in 2015. While Burris was on staff, defensive back Brent Grimes made three consecutive Pro Bowls and had the third-most passes defensed (44) and fourth-most interceptions (13) in the NFL during that three-year span. In 2015, Reshad Jones joined Grimes at the Pro Bowl after recording a career-high five interceptions and 10 passes defensed.
Before his time with the Dolphins, Burris spent one season at UMass (2012) and with the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League in 2011. In both positions, he oversaw the cornerbacks.
A first-round selection (27th overall) by the Buffalo Bills in the 1994 draft, Burris spent 10 seasons in the NFL. After four seasons in Buffalo, Burris played four seasons for the Indianapolis Colts (1998-2002) and two seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals (2002-03). Across his 10-year career, Burris played in 144 games (120 starts) and recorded 529 tackles, 101 passes defensed, 19 interceptions, six forced fumbles, 5.0 sacks and three fumble recoveries.
A native of Rock Hill, S.C., Burris played four seasons at Notre Dame (1990-93) on both sides of the ball, primarily seeing action at defensive back. Burris is married to the former Lisa Dian.
2025: New York Giants - Cornerbacks
2024: Louisiana Tech - Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties
2021-23: Louisiana - Cornerbacks
2019-20: Louisiana Tech - Defensive Backs
2018: Louisiana Tech - Cornerbacks
2017: Northern Iowa - Defensive Backs
2016: Notre Dame - Defensive Analyst
2015: Miami Dolphins - Assistant Defensive Backs
2013-14: Miami Dolphins - Defensive Assistant
2012: UMass - Cornerbacks
2011: Sacramento Mountain Lions - Defensive Backs
