Chris Cunningham - Football Coach - Murray State University Athletics

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Chris Cunningham

At MSU

Chris Cunningham enters his third season as special teams coordinator and outside linebackers at Murray State in 2022
As special team coordinator, helped kicker Aaron Baum and return specialist Malik Honeycutt to 2021 All-OVC honors
In his first season in 2020, coached Scotty Humpich to All-OVC first team honors

Before MSU

Cunningham comes to Murray State after spending two seasons at Virginia-Wise, where he served as defensive coordinator in 2019 and linebackers coach in 2018
During those two seasons, Cavalier linebackers tallied over 200 tackles, including more than 40 behind the line of scrimmage
As a defensive unit, UVa.-Wise ranked in the top 30 nationally in seven different categories, including third in tackles-for-loss
At Virginia-Wise, mentored a trio of all-conference players in linebacker Austin Hicks, defensive back Marcus Tarrer and linebacker Donavan Montague.
From 2015-2017, Cunningham was special teams coordinator and defensive line coach at Lawrence University
Cunningham worked at the Pikeville for the 2014 season as linebackers coach and assistant special teams coach, while also serving as an academic coordinator
At UPike, mentored All-Mid-South conference linebacker John-Dudley Hilton
Cunningham also served two seasons as a defensive graduate assistant at Eastern Kentucky
At EKU, worked with a pair of All-OVC defensive backs in Brandon Stanley and Brooklyn Fox
Prior to his graduate assistant role with the Colonels, he worked as a student assistant at EKU during the 2011 OVC championship season

Personal

Cunningham graduated from Eastern Kentucky in 2012
Majored in sport management
At EKU, Cunningham played defensive end and linebacker for the Colonels and helped them win an Ohio Valley Conference championship
Cunningham also received a master’s degree in sports management from EKU
Native of Miami, Florida
Cunningham and his wife, Nicole, married in 2016 and have two daughters, Larkyn and Kendall and a son, Camden.