The Washington Huskies have hired Utah State special teams analyst Brett Arkelian to the same position, filling an open position created by the departure of former assistant special teams coach Greg Froelich to Bowling Green last month.
Arkelian, pronounced “Are-kelly-en”, comes to the Huskies after two seasons as an analyst for the Aggies, working primarily with junior place kicker Tanner Rinker. Prior to his time in Logan the author of “The Kicker’s Bible”—a 200-page book on kicking training methods and techniques—spent time at Marshall (2020), Virginia Tech (2021), UC Davis (2022), Fresno State (2023) and New Mexico (2024) helping coach some of the best special teams units in college football at almost every stop.
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A record-setting kicker and punter at Division-II Lincoln University in Pennsylvania from 2014-17, Arkelian finished his college playing career at UT Martin in 2018 before entering the coaching ranks as a special team & safeties graduate assistant for the Skyhawks.
Arkelian coached Lou Groza semifinalist Dylan Lynch in 2023 at Fresno State and helped guide the Bulldogs to being ranked among the top 30 kickoff return units and second in the Mountain West in kickoff return average.
Before that, he served on the Hokies’ staff that boasted the seventh-best Special Teams Efficiency by ESPN in 2021 and the top-ranked punt return unit in the ACC, an area in particular UW struggled with in 2025, among many when it comes to special teams.
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The infusion of Arkelian could prove beneficial in other facets for Fisch down the line, with the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee proposing increasing the number of off-campus recruiters to 16, up currently from 10.
Fisch still has a handful of positions on staff to fill, including replacing Caleb Wilson as assistant wide receivers coach, which is likely to be graduate assistant Kekoa Crawford, a former wideout in college at Michigan and California from 2016-21.
This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Washington Huskies Hire Utah State Analyst as Assistant ST Coach
