Brian Ward

Defensive Coordinator at Arizona State since 2026.

Career

15 stints

1990s
- 1997McPhersondcSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 1999–2000Glendale (AZ)dcDefensive Backs
2000s
- 2001–2004WabashAssistant Head CoachSpecial Teams CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2005Missouri SouthernAssistant Head CoachCo-Defensive CoordinatorSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 2006Tulsa Union HS (OK)Assistant Head Coachdc
- 2007–2009McPhersonHead Coach
2010s
- 2010North Dakota StateDefensive Backs
- 2011DrakedcLinebackers
- 2012–2014Western IllinoisdcLinebackers
- 2015Bowling GreenDefensive Coordinator
- 2016–2019SyracuseDefensive CoordinatorInterim
2020s
- 2020–2021NevadaDefensive Coordinator
- 2022Washington StateDefensive CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2023Arizona StateDefensive Coordinator
- 2026–presentArizona StateDefensive Coordinator

10 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

Mentors

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27 seasons

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