ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Saturday that Washington State defensive coordinator Brian Ward will take over in the same role at Arizona State.
Sources: Arizona State is hiring Brian Ward as the defensive coordinator. He’s at Washington State and has recently been at Nevada and Syracuse.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 4, 2022
Ward has operated as defensive coordinator at Drake, Western Illinois, Bowling Green, Syracuse and Nevada before serving one year in the role at Washington State.
This year, Washington State’s defense fell in the top-half of the conference in most team-stats, including the third-fewest points allowed per-game (22.