Ryan Ficken

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Ryan Ficken
Los Angeles Chargers
Position: Special teams coordinator
Personal information
Born: (1980-02-20) February 20, 1980 (age 44)
Aurora, Colorado, U.S.
Career information
College: Arizona State
Career history
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Ryan Ficken (born February 20, 1980) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the special teams coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers.

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Coaching career

After spending a few years working with the offensive line at UCLA as a graduate assistant. In 2007 Ficken made the leap to the NFL becoming the assistant running backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings. [1] In 2009 he would switch positions and become the assistant wide receivers coach. [2] After the 2012 season Ficken again switched positions becoming the teams assistant special teams coach. [3] [4] For the 2021 season Ficken was named the Vikings special teams coordinator [5] [6] [7] replacing Marwan Maalouf. [8] He was hired by the Los Angeles Chargers on February 3, 2022.

Personal life

Ficken and wife, Andrea, have three children, Wyatt, Jonathan, and Gianna. When at ASU, [9] he was a member of Gamma Beta Phi, the National Scholastic Honor Society.

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