Clinton McMillan is in his fourth season with the Titans and his first campaign as assistant defensive line/pass rush specialist. He spent his first two years with the team as a defensive line assistant after initially arriving in 2021 as a defensive assistant through the NFL's Bill Walsh Coaching Fellowship.

With McMillan working with the defensive line in 2023, the Titans finished seventh in the NFL in opponent rushing average (3.81 yards per attempt) and also ranked first in the NFL in defensive red-zone efficiency (37.7 percent). The defense also tied for the fourth-fewest rushing touchdowns allowed (10) and yielded the fifth-fewest overall touchdowns by opponents (33). With 5.5 sacks in 12 games, defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons registered his third consecutive season with at least 5.5 sacks.

In 2022, McMillan helped the Titans finish first in the NFL in rushing defense (76.9 opponent rushing yards per game). Simmons was named to the Pro Bowl after posting 7.5 sacks, while nose tackle Teair Tart recorded a career-high 16 starts. Defensive end DeMarcus Walker established career highs in several categories, including 32 tackles and seven sacks.

In 2021, he primarily worked with the Titans outside linebackers. The group accounted for 19 total sacks, including 12 sacks by Harold Landry III, which led the team, set a career high and ranked 10th in the NFL. Landry was named to his first career Pro Bowl.

In 2020, McMillan spent his only season at Florida State as a senior analyst for a defense that featured nine first-time starters. Linebacker Stephen Dix Jr. earned Freshman All-America honors, while cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. was named first-team All-ACC before becoming a second-round NFL Draft pick by the Los Angeles Chargers. Defensive tackle Marvin Wilson was a second-team all-conference selection.

McMillan was defensive line coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin from 2017 to 2019 and also held defensive run game coordinator and co-special teams coordinator titles in his time with the Skyhawks. He coached four all-conference performers during his tenure: returner Terry Williams and linemen Julian Crutchfield, Jay Murphy and Austin Pickett.

In 2019, he helped UT Martin lead the Ohio Valley Conference with 25 sacks. The Skyhawks ranked among the national leaders in several categories, including blocked kicks (ninth), punt return defense (10th), blocked punts (11th) and defensive touchdowns (11th). Also in 2019, McMillan helped coach the only player in the country with multiple punt return touchdowns (Williams) and the FCS' individual leader in blocked kicks (Korbin Harmon).

During the 2018 season, UT Martin's defense ranked 17th nationally in tackles for loss (7.6 per game). In conference play, the unit ranked second in rushing defense (130.5 yards per game), passing defense (202.1) and total defense (332.4).

In 2017, the Skyhawks ranked in the top 10 nationally in several categories, including first in red-zone defense (60.6 percent), fourth in scoring defense (14.3 points per game), sixth in total defense (273.8 yards per game) and sixth on third-down conversion (28.7 percent).

McMillan began his coaching career at Sanford Seminole High School and Winter Park High School before serving as a graduate assistant at Weber State from 2012-14. He then moved on to a graduate assistant role at Marshall from 2014-16, helping the Thundering Herd compile a 26-13 record with one conference championship and back-to-back bowl appearances. He was hired as defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Ohio Dominican before his role at UT Martin.

A native of Oviedo, Fla., McMillan played four seasons at the University of Florida, appearing in 48 career games at defensive tackle for the Gators. As a senior, he started in all 13 games and recorded 23 tackles. In 2006, he was a member of the BCS National Championship team under head coach Urban Meyer.

McMillan earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Florida in 2007 and received a master's degree in education from Marshall University in 2016.

He and his wife, Mariah, have a daughter, Journie.

CLINTON McMILLAN'S COACHING TIMELINE

2024: Assistant Defensive Line/Pass Rush Specialist – Tennessee Titans
2022-23: Defensive Line Assistant – Tennessee Titans
2021: Defensive Assistant – Tennessee Titans
2020: Senior Analyst (Defense) – Florida State University
2017-19: Defensive Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line/Co-Special Teams Coordinator – University of Tennessee-Martin
2017: Defensive Coordinator/Secondary – Ohio Dominican University
2014-16: Defensive Graduate Assistant – Marshall University
2012-14: Graduate Assistant – Weber State