Brian Ward
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1973)}}
{{For|the English cricketer|Brian Ward (cricketer)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Brian Ward
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| current_title = Defensive coordinator
| current_team = Arizona State
| current_conference = Big 12
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|5|22}}
| birth_place = Glendale, Arizona, U.S.
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1994–1996
| player_team1 = McPherson
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1997
| coach_team1 = McPherson (DC/ST)
| coach_years2 = 1999–2000
| coach_team2 = Glendale (AZ) (DC/DB)
| coach_years3 = 2001–2004
| coach_team3 = Wabash (AHC/DB/ST)
| coach_years4 = 2005
| coach_team4 = Missouri Southern (AHC/co-DC/ST)
| coach_years5 = 2006
| coach_team5 = Tulsa Union HS (OK) (AHC/DC)
| coach_years6 = 2007–2009
| coach_team6 = McPherson
| coach_years7 = 2010
| coach_team7 = North Dakota State (DB)
| coach_years8 = 2011
| coach_team8 = Drake (DC/LB)
| coach_years9 = 2012–2014
| coach_team9 = Western Illinois (DC/LB)
| coach_years10 = 2015
| coach_team10 = Bowling Green (DC / LB / interim HC)
| coach_years11 = 2016–2019
| coach_team11 = Syracuse (DC)
| coach_years12 = 2020–2021
| coach_team12 = Nevada (DC)
| coach_years13 = 2022
| coach_team13 = Washington State (DC)
| coach_years14 = 2023–present
| coach_team14 = Arizona State (DC)
| overall_record = 17–15
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NAIA playoffs)
| championships =
| awards = AFCA Division III Assistant Coach of the Year (2002)
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}}
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.
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.macbulldogs.com/custompages/Media%20Guides/2010%20McPherson%20College%20Football%20Media%20Guide%20(web).pdf |title=McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010|publisher=McPherson College Athletics|accessdate=November 10, 2010}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/archive/x1498217231/Ward-resigns-as-McPherson-College-football-coach|publisher=McPherson Sentinel|accessdate=November 11, 2010|date=February 23, 2010|last=Sell|first=Steve|title=Ward resigns as McPherson College football coach|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714062959/http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/archive/x1498217231/Ward-resigns-as-McPherson-College-football-coach|archivedate=July 14, 2011|df=mdy-all}}
After the 2021 season, Ward was hired by new Washington State head coach, Jake Dickert, to be the team's defensive coordinator.{{cite news |last1=Barnett |first1=Zach |title=Sources: Washington State hiring Brian Ward as defensive coordinator |url=https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-brian-ward-defensive-coordinator-washington-washington-state |access-date=December 2, 2021 |work=footballscoop.com |publisher=Football Scoop |date=December 2, 2021}}
Head coaching record
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = NAIA }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = McPherson Bulldogs
| conf = Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2007
| endyear = 2009
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2007
| name = McPherson
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = T–7th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2008
| name = McPherson
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = 7th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = McPherson
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 8–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NAIA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 12
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = McPherson
| overall = 17–14
| confrecord = 14–13
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bowling Green Falcons
| conf = Mid-American Conference
| startyear = 2015
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2015
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 0–1{{#tag:ref|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.|group=n|name=2015season}}
| bowlname = GoDaddy
| bowloutcome = L
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 0–1
| confrecord = 0–0
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 17–15
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://thesundevils.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/brian-ward/4899 Arizona State profile]
- [https://nevadawolfpack.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/brian-ward/966 Nevada profile]
- [https://cuse.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/brian-ward/1247 Syracuse profile]
- [https://bgsufalcons.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/brian-ward/734 Bowling Green profile]
- [https://goleathernecks.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/brian-ward/254 Western Illinois profile]
- [https://gobison.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/brian-ward/555 North Dakota State profile]
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