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Ben Burress

  • position Pass Game Specialist
  • position Pass Game Specialist

Ben Burress

Ben Burress was added to the South Carolina football staff in January 2025 as a pass game specialist.

Burress has spent the past nine seasons in the NFL, the last five with the New York Giants. Most recently he worked as the team’s defensive assistant after spending three seasons as the Giants’ football data & innovation research analyst. He joined the organization in 2019 as an assistant to the coaching staff/offense.

In 2018, Burress was the Arizona Cardinals’ assistant to the head coach, Steve Wilks.

Burress went to the Cardinals after spending the previous four years with the Carolina Panthers, including three seasons (2015-17) as an offensive and football operations assistant, where he worked with current South Carolina offensive coordinator Mike Shula. During that time, Burress assisted Carolina’s offensive coaching staff with day-to-day activities including breaking down opponent film, working on practice scripts, weekly scouting reports and assisting on the field with the scout team secondary. He also worked with the Panthers’ college scouts by coordinating workouts and meetings with college draft prospects.

Burress began his tenure with Carolina in 2014 as an intern in the football operations department.

Prior to joining the Panthers, Burress worked for three years at Furman University, the final two seasons as the assistant director of football operations/video coordinator. He began his tenure with the Paladins’ program as an intern.

A native of Sumter, S.C., Burress graduated in 2012 from the University of South Carolina with a degree in sport and entertainment management.

Ben Burress is married to Carly.