Brian Ward

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Brian Ward
Current position
Title Defensive coordinator
Team Arizona State
Conference Big 12
Biographical details
Born (1973-05-22) May 22, 1973 (age 51)
Glendale, Arizona, U.S.
Playing career
1994–1996 McPherson
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997 McPherson (DC/ST)
1999–2000 Glendale (AZ) (DC/DB)
2001–2004 Wabash (AHC/DB/ST)
2005 Missouri Southern (AHC/co-DC/ST)
2006 Tulsa Union HS (OK) (AHC/DC)
2007–2009McPherson
2010 North Dakota State (DB)
2011 Drake (DC/LB)
2012–2014 Western Illinois (DC/LB)
2015 Bowling Green (DC / LB / interim HC)
2016–2019 Syracuse (DC)
2020–2021 Nevada (DC)
2022 Washington State (DC)
2023–present Arizona State (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall17–15
Bowls0–1
Tournaments0–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
AFCA Division III Assistant Coach of the Year (2002)

Brian Patrick Ward (born May 22, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator at Arizona State University. Ward served as the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 2007 to 2009 and as the interim head football coach at Bowling Green State University for one game in 2015. As an assistant coach at Wabash College in 2002, he was named the AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year for NCAA Division III.

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Coaching career

Ward was the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas for three seasons, from 2007 to 2009, compiling a record of was 17–14. [1]

Ward was named the 2009 College Fanz National Coach of the Year after taking his team to the NAIA Football National Championship playoffs for the first time in the history of the program. [2]

After the 2021 season, Ward was hired by new Washington State head coach, Jake Dickert, to be the team's defensive coordinator. [3]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs NAIA#
McPherson Bulldogs (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2007–2009)
2007 McPherson4–63–6T–7th
2008 McPherson4–63–67th
2009 McPherson9–28–12ndL NAIA First Round 12
McPherson:17–1414–13
Bowling Green Falcons (Mid-American Conference)(2015)
2015 Bowling Green 0–1 [n 1] 0–0 [n 1] [n 1] L GoDaddy
Bowling Green:0–10–0
Total:17–15

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Dino Babers was Bowling Green's head coach for the team's first 13 games before stepping fown to become to head football coach at Syracuse University. Ward served as interim head coach for the GoDaddy Bowl. Bowling Green finished the season with an overall record of 10–4.

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References

  1. "McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  2. Sell, Steve (February 23, 2010). "Ward resigns as McPherson College football coach". McPherson Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  3. Barnett, Zach (December 2, 2021). "Sources: Washington State hiring Brian Ward as defensive coordinator". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved December 2, 2021.