Dave Arslanian

Dave Arslanian went 60–⁠62 as a head coach, 1989–⁠1999, at Weber State and Utah State.

Nine seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1989–⁠97 at Weber State. They’re marked in the table.

Record
60–⁠62 career
Seasons
11
Schools
2
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1999 4–⁠7

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1389 in 1999
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1989Weber State *3–⁠89th
1990Weber State *5–⁠65th
1991Weber State *8–⁠45thNCAA Division I-AA First Round L15
1992Weber State *6–⁠5T–3rd
1993Weber State *7–⁠4T–5th
1994Weber State *5–⁠6T–6th
1995Weber State *6–⁠5T–2nd
1996Weber State *7–⁠4T–3rd
1997Weber State *6–⁠5T–4th
1998Utah State3–⁠8T–4th
1999Utah State4–⁠74th

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams30–⁠3
Against top-10 teams10–⁠1
Against rivals30–⁠3
Conference games115–⁠6
Decided by 8 points or fewer114–⁠7
At home114–⁠7
On the road103–⁠7
At neutral sites10–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite95–⁠4
As our Elo’s underdog132–⁠11

His own 22 games on file, 1998–⁠1999, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
North Texasseries22–⁠0
New Mexico Stateseries21–⁠1
Nevadaseries21–⁠1
Boise Stateseries20–⁠2
Idahoseries20–⁠2
Utahseries20–⁠2
Arkansas Stateseries11–⁠0
Sam Houstonseries11–⁠0

Career

YearsTeamJob
1972Arizona StateGraduate assistant
1973–⁠74ScottsdaleDefensive backs coach
1975–⁠80SnowHead coach
1981–⁠88Weber StateDefensive backs coach
1989–⁠97Weber StateHead coach
1998–⁠99Utah StateHead coach
2001Birmingham Thunderbolts XFLOffensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

Dave Arslanian

Assistants who became head coaches

Worked under (3)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Frank KushArizona State1972Graduate assistant
Mike PriceWeber State1981–⁠88Defensive backs coach
Gerry DiNardoBirmingham Thunderbolts pro2001Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Robb AkeyWeber State, 1989–⁠94: special teams and defensive line coach and recruiting coordinatorIdaho, Oregon State
Derek MasonWeber State, 1995–⁠96: wide receivers coachVanderbilt, Middle Tennessee
Other assistants under him (3)
CoachWith him
Nate KaczorUtah State, 1998–⁠99: offensive assistant
Paul ArslanianUtah State, 1998–⁠99: defensive coordinator
Rich EricsonUtah State, 1998–⁠99: offensive coordinator

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.