Brian Ward serves as Defensive Coordinator for Arizona State Football. Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham didn't need to leave the conference to greatly supplement his inaugural staff, welcoming Washington State defensive coordinator Brian Ward to assume the same role at Arizona State.
Ward's background includes Sun Devil Football head coach Kenny Dillingham didn't need to leave the conference to greatly supplement his inaugural staff, welcoming Washington State defensive coordinator Brian Ward to assume the same role at Arizona State; that tally seems improbable for a program that hadn’t finished in the Top 40 in the category for nearly two decades and 90th or worse in six seasons since 2009; linebacker Daiyan Henley earned First Team All-Pac-12 honors in 2022 and was Washington State's first Butkus Award Finalist, becoming the first Cougar linebacker to earn first-team honors since 2003.
