Ryan Ficken (born February 20, 1980) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the special teams coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers.

Coaching career

After spending a few years working with the offensive line at UCLA as a graduate assistant. In

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Ficken made the leap to the NFL becoming the assistant running backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings. In

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he would switch positions and become the assistant wide receivers coach. After the

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season Ficken again switched positions becoming the teams assistant special teams coach. For the

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season Ficken was named the Vikings special teams coordinator replacing Marwan Maalouf. He was hired by the Los Angeles Chargers on February 3, 2022.

Personal life

Ficken and wife, Andrea, have three children, Wyatt, Jonathan, and Gianna. When at ASU, he was a member of

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, the National Scholastic Honor Society.

References

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