Brian Ward

Brian Ward
Current position
TitleDefensive coordinator
TeamArizona State
ConferenceBig 12
Biographical details
Born (1973-05-22) May 22, 1973 (age 51)
Glendale, Arizona, U.S.
Playing career
1994–1996McPherson
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997McPherson (DC/ST)
1999–2000Glendale (AZ) (DC/DB)
2001–2004Wabash (AHC/DB/ST)
2005Missouri Southern (AHC/co-DC/ST)
2006Tulsa Union HS (OK) (AHC/DC)
2007–2009McPherson
2010North Dakota State (DB)
2011Drake (DC/LB)
2012–2014Western Illinois (DC/LB)
2015Bowling Green (DC / LB / interim HC)
2016–2019Syracuse (DC)
2020–2021Nevada (DC)
2022Washington State (DC)
2023–presentArizona 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.