Charlie Weis Jr., the play-caller for two of the most dynamic and prolific offenses in Ole Miss history, joined the Tigers in December of 2025 and serves as LSU’s offensive coordinator. Weis, now in his ninth season as an FBS offensive coordinator, has directed offenses to average at least 445 yards and over 30 points per game six times during his career as a play-caller.
Weis has spent six years as Lane Kiffin’s offensive coordinator, including the past four at Ole Miss, where he also served as quarterbacks coach developing two of the best at that position in program history in Trinidad Chambliss and Jaxson Dart.
In 2025, Weis was the play-caller for the best team in Ole Miss history as the Rebels went 13-2 overall and reached the semifinals of the College Football Playoffs after wins over Tulane (first round) and Georgia (quarterfinals).
In his four seasons with the Rebels, Ole Miss won 42 games and finished the season ranked in the top 11 of the AP Poll three times, including a No. 3 final ranking in 2025. The Rebels led the SEC in total offense in both 2024 and 2025 and finished No. 3 in the league in total offense in 2022 and 2023.
In his four seasons at Ole Miss, the Rebels set numerous school records, including total offense (7,345 in 2025), total yards per game (526.5 in 2024), passing yards (4,700 in 2025), passing yards per game (350.8 in 2024) and yards per play (7.3 in 2024).
As the Rebel offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2025, Weis oversaw an Ole Miss offense that led the SEC in total yards (7,354), yards per game (489.7), passing yards (4,700), passing yards per game (313.3) and total touchdowns (65). Ole Miss topped the 400-yard mark in total offense 13 times in 2025 and went over 500-yards five times.
In just one season, Weis helped develop quarterback Trinidad Chambliss into one of the best at his position in college football. Chambliss, a Division II transfer, threw for 3,937 yards and 22 touchdowns after taking over as the starter for the Rebels in week 3. He went on to earn SEC Newcomer of the Year honors and second-team All-SEC recognition.
In 2024, Weis’ offensive shattered school records for total offense (6,845), yards per play (7.3), passing yards (4,561) and passing yards per game (350.8). Ole Miss' passing offense was among the best in the nation, leading the FBS in passing efficiency (176.6) while also leading the SEC in total offense with a school-record 526.5 yard per game.
Individually, senior quarterback Jaxson Dart earned first-team All-SEC honors and concluded his career as the best at his position statistically in several categories. Dart, a first round NFL Draft pick by the New York Giants, led the nation in total offense (4,774), total offense per game (367.2), passing efficiency (180.7), yards per attempt (10.8), 30-yard completions (38), 40-yard completions (19), 50-yard completions (12), 60-yard completions (9) and was tied for the national lead in 20-yard completions (74), while also leading the SEC in in passing yards (4,279; No. 3 FBS), passing yards per game (329.2; No. 3 FBS) and completion percentage (69.3; No. 9 FBS).
As a unit, Ole Miss ranked No. 2 nationally with a school-record 526.5 yards per game. The Rebels also ranked No. 2 among all FBS schools in passing offense (350.8), No. 3 in scoring offense (38.6), No. 4 in yards per completion (15.5) and No. 8 in completion percentage (68.0). For his efforts, Weis won the Graphite Award for best SEC Offensive Play-caller.
Dart left Ole Miss with single-season records in total offense (4,774), passing yards (4,279), passing efficiency (180.7), yards per pass attempt (10.8), yards per completion (15.5) and total offense per play (9.15), while tying the record for 400-yard passing games (3), while also breaking Ole Miss career marks in wins by a starting quarterback (28), winning percentage by a starting QB (.737; 28-10 as a starter), total offense (12,115), passing yards (10,617), passing efficiency (162.8), 300-yard passing games (15), rushing yards by a QB (1,498), total offense per play (8.14), and tied for the records in yards per pass attempt (9.5), 400-yard passing games (4).
Weis helped construct a powerful Rebel offense in 2023, helping spur Ole Miss to its first 11-win season in program history and a Peach Bowl victory over Penn State.
Ole Miss finished within the top-15 in the final FBS ranks in yards per completion (No. 10 at 14.5), passing efficiency (No. 12 at 162.9) and total offense (No. 13 at 461.9), while also leading the nation in fewest turnovers (7) and leading the SEC and ranking fifth nationally in turnover margin (+11). The Rebels ripped off five games with at least 500 yards of total offense, two with 600 and a whopping 706 vs. LSU -- the fifth-most in Ole Miss history.
Weis mentored star quarterback Dart to his best season to date, throwing for 3,364 yards (No. 5 in Ole Miss history), 23 touchdowns (No. 6 in Ole Miss history) and only five interceptions -- tied for the fewest in Ole Miss history in a single-season with at least 200 passing attempts. Dart was difficult to rattle, ending with the second-best passing efficiency rating in Ole Miss history at 162.4 and the third-best completion percentage at 65.1 percent.
In his first season with the Rebels in 2022, Weis helped oversee an Ole Miss offense that posted the No. 4 total offensive average in school history at 496.4 yards per game. Ole Miss ranked No. 8 in the FBS and third in the SEC in total offense, while leading the conference and ranking No. 3 nationally in rushing yards per game (256.6). The Rebels rushed for a school-record 3,336 yards in 2022.
Weis also helped Dart to effective first season with the Rebels, who ended the season sixth in the SEC in total offense (276.0) after leading the Rebels to an 8-5 mark with SEC wins over No. 7 Kentucky, Auburn, and Texas A&M.
Weis joined the Rebels after two seasons as the offensive coordinator at South Florida. At USF, Weis helped running back Jaren Mangham rush for a team-leading 671 yards and 15 touchdowns. His 15 touchdowns ranked third in the league and tied for second all-time in USF single-season history with Marlon Mack (2016).
Prior to South Florida, Weis Jr. spent the previous two seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Kiffin at FAU, where he helped lead the Owls to the 2019 Conference USA Championship with offenses that ranked in the top 20 nationally in scoring and total yards.
Weis’ 2019 FAU offense ranked No. 14 nationally in scoring (36.4) and No. 27 in total yards (448.6). Sophomore quarterback Chris Robison led Conference USA in passing yards (3,701) and ranked No. 6 nationally. His 28 passing TDs ranked No. 2 in CUSA and No. 16 nationally. Weis’ tight end Harrison Bryant claimed the Mackey Award as the nation’s top tight end and was a unanimous first-team All-American after catching 65 passes for 1,004 yards and 7 TDs.
Weis’ 2018 Owl offense led Conference USA in total offense (478.8) and rushing yards per game (241.8), and the Owls finished among the top 15 nationally in both categories (No. 14 in total offense) and No. 13 in rushing yards per game). Running back Devin Singletary finished No. 11 in the FBS in rushing yards (1,348) and yards per game (112.) and ranking No. 2 nationally in rushing touchdowns (22). He went on to be selected in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.
Prior to arriving at FAU, Weis had stops with two NFL organizations, the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots, and three Power 4 schools - Alabama, Kansas and Florida.
Weis served as an offensive analyst for the defending NFC champion Falcons during the 2017 season, after a short stint as FAU’s tight end coach from December 2016 to February 2017.
He served two seasons (2015-16) as an offensive analyst under head coach Nick Saban and offensive coordinator Kiffin at Alabama, working with the Tide’s quarterbacks and running backs.
At Alabama, Weis was a part of a Crimson Tide program that went 30-2 record, winning two SEC Championships and a national championship. He worked directly with Heisman Trophy-winning running back Derrick Henry in 2015. Weis provided in-season details on opponent’s defensive schemes, worked with in-game communications for adjustments, aided in national recruiting efforts for the running backs and assisted in the offseason fourth quarter program on speed and agility drills.
Prior to Alabama, Weis spent three seasons (2012-14) as an undergraduate team manager on his father Charlie Weis’ staff at the University of Kansas. He assisted the position coaches in practice by administering and directing drills, ran position meetings for the quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers and led opponent breakdown.
He gained additional experience in 2014 (July-August) as a New England Patriots Volunteer Training Camp intern. In that role, he worked with the offensive staff and assisted tight end coach Brian Daboll, creating highlight and lowlight cutups and coordinating quarterback practice production notes.
Weis also served as an offensive quality control coach at the University of Florida (2011), focusing his efforts with the wide receivers.
Weis, born April 29, 1993, earned his BS in psychology with a minor in sociology from the University of Kansas in 2015. He and his wife, Jen, have three children: Mav, Axe, and Cannon.
His father, Charlie, served as head coach at Notre Dame and Kansas and was a longtime NFL assistant, including serving as offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots (2000-04) during three Super Bowl winning seasons.
Charlie Weis Jr. File
Year at LSU (in 2026-27): First
Birthdate: April 29, 1993
Hometown: South Bend, Ind.
College: Kansas, 2015 (Psychology)
Wife: Jen
Children: Mav, Axe, Cannon
Coaching Experience
2011 Florida (Quality Control – Wide Receivers)
2012-14 Kansas
2014 New England Patriots (Training Camp Intern)
2015-16 Alabama (Offensive Analyst)
2017 Atlanta Falcons (Offensive Analyst)
2018-19 Florida Atlantic (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2020-21 South Florida (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2022-25 Ole Miss (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2026 LSU (Offensive Coordinator)