Dave Arslanian

Dave Arslanian
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1949-04-13) April 13, 1949
St. George, Utah
Alma mater Weber State University
Arizona State University
Playing career
1967–1968 Dixie JC
1969–1971 Weber State
Position(s) Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972 Arizona State (GA)
1973-1974 Scottsdale Community College (DB)
1975-1981 Snow College
1982-1988 Weber State (DB)
1989–1997 Weber State
1998–1999 Utah State
2001 Birmingham Thunderbolts (OC/QB)
Head coaching record
Overall 60–62 (college)

Dave Arslanian (born April 13, 1949) is an American former college football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at Weber State University from 1989 to 1997 and Utah State University from 1998 to 1999, compiling a career record of 60 wins and 62 losses.

Coaching career

After graduating in 1971, he went to Arizona State as a graduate assistant under Frank Kush, coaching the freshmen defensive backs. He then spent two seasons at Scottsdale Community College on the school's first ever football staff, coaching defensive backs.[1]

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 (1989–1997) 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 Arslanian, who compiled a 50–26–2 record from 1965–1972. 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 December 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 in St. George Utah.

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 in Education with an emphasis in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation/Psychology and Arizona State where he earned a master's degree in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation.[2]

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