- Dave Arslanian
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Dave Arslanian is a former college football head coach who coached at Weber State (1989–97) and Utah State. He is the son of another former college football head coach, Sark Arslanian.
Personal life
Arslanian was born in St. George. He was one of six children. He attended college at Weber State, where he earned a bachelor's degree and Arizona State where he earned a masters degree.
Coaching History
Arslanian began his head coaching career at Snow College, a junior college in Ephraim, before moving on to Weber State.
Arslanian spent 16 years on the coaching staff at Weber State. He was an assistant for seven years under Mike Price and spent nine seasons (1989–97) as the head coach for the Wildcats. During his tenure, Arslanian compiled a 53-47 record. His 53 victories are the most in Weber State history, just ahead of his father, Sark, who compiled a 50-26-2 record from 1965-72. His 47 Big Sky victories also rank 12th all-time in the conference. Arslanian coached the Wildcats to six winning records and one appearance in the NCAA I-AA playoffs in his last seven seasons as head coach.
Following the 1997 season, Arslanian moved north to take over as head coach at Utah State. He coached the Aggies for two seasons, posting a 7-16 record before being fired on Dec. 2, 1999 with two years remaining on his original four-year contract.
Arslanian later resurfaced briefly as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Birmingham Thunderbolts, a team in the ill-fated XFL in 2001.
Arslanian is now out of coaching and currently runs Eagle Ranch Academy, a school for troubled teens operated in St. George, Utah.
External links
- http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=66 - Dave Arslainian - head coaching records
Weber State Wildcats head football coaches Wally Nalder (1962–1964) • Sark Arslanian (1965–1972) • Dick Gwinn (1973–1976) • Pete Riehlman (1977–1980) • Mike Price (1981–1988) • Dave Arslanian (1989–1997) • Jerry Graybeal (1998–2004) • Ron McBride (2005– )
Utah State Aggies head football coaches No coach (1892) • No team (1893–1895) • Mayo (1896) • No team (1897) • Dunning (1898) • Willard Langton (1899–1900) • Dick Richards (1901) • George Campbell (1902–1906) • Mysterious Walker (1907–1908) • Clayton Teetzel (1909–1915) • Jack Watson (1916–1917) • No team (1918) • Dick Romney (1919–1942) • No team (1943) • Dick Romney (1944–1948) • George Melinkovich (1949–1950) • John Roning (1951–1954) • Ev Faunce (1955–1958) • John Ralston (1959–1962) • Tony Knap (1963–1966) • Chuck Mills (1967–1972) • Phil Krueger (1973–1975) • Bruce Snyder (1976–1982) • Chris Pella (1983–1985) • Chuck Shelton (1986–1991) • Charlie Weatherbie (1992–1994) • John L. Smith (1995–1997) • Dave Arslanian (1998–1999) • Mick Dennehy (2000–2004) • Brent Guy (2005–2008) • Gary Andersen (2009– )
Categories:- Living people
- Utah State Aggies football coaches
- Weber State Wildcats football coaches
- XFL coaches
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