Charles John Priefer (born July 26, 1941) is an American former football coach who held a variety of defensive and special teams coaching positions at the college and professional levels of the sport, including 17 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
He attended Boromeo High School in Wickliffe, Ohio before matriculating to John Carroll University.
He graduated from John Carroll in 1963 with a degree in history and Latin and earned a master’s degree in American history (emphasis in American-Russian relations) from John Carroll in 1967.
Priefer is the Father of NFL Special Teams Coordinator Mike Priefer.