Brian Ward
Brian Ward went 0–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 2015 at Bowling Green (interim, bowl game). His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 0–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2015 10–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bowling Green interim, bowl game | 0–1 | GoDaddy Bowl L |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own one games on file, 2015, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Southernseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | McPherson | Defensive coordinator and special teams coach | |
| 1999–2000 | Glendale (AZ) | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2001–04 | Wabash | Assistant head coach and defensive backs and special teams coach | |
| 2005 | Missouri Southern | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and special teams coach | |
| 2006 | Tulsa Union HS (OK) high school | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 2007–09 | McPherson | Head coach | |
| 2010 | North Dakota State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2011 | Drake | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2012–14 | Western Illinois | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2015 | Bowling Green | Defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and interim head coach | |
| 2016–19 | Syracuse | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2020–21 | Nevada | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2022 | Washington State | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2023–25 | Arizona State | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2026–present | Arizona State | Defensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Chris CreightonWabash, Drake
- Craig BohlNorth Dakota State
- Mark HendricksonWestern Illinois
- Dino BabersBowling Green, Syracuse
- Jay NorvellNevada
- Vai TauaNevada
- Jake DickertWashington State
- Kenny DillinghamArizona State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Sean LewisKent State, San Diego State
- Tom KaufmanMarietta
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Creighton | Wabash | 2001–04 | Assistant head coach and defensive backs and special teams coach | |
| Craig Bohl | North Dakota State | 2010 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Chris Creighton | Drake | 2011 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Mark Hendrickson | Western Illinois | 2012 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Dino Babers | Bowling Green | 2015 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Dino Babers | Syracuse | 2016–19 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Jay Norvell | Nevada | 2020–21 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Vai Taua | Nevada | 2021 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Jake Dickert | Washington State | 2022 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Kenny Dillingham | Arizona State | 2023–26 | 2023–25: defensive coordinator and safeties coach; 2026: defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Lewis | Bowling Green, 2015: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Kent State, San Diego State | |
| Tom Kaufman | Bowling Green, 2015: special teams and defensive line coach | Marietta |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Kim McCloud | Bowling Green, 2015: assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| Mike Lynch | Bowling Green, 2015: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Nick Monroe | Bowling Green, 2015: defensive backs coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.