Ryan Ficken (born February 20, 1980) is an

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coach and former player who is currently the special teams coordinator for the

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Coaching career

After spending a few years working with the offensive line at

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as a

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. In

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

season Ficken was named the Vikings special teams coordinator replacing Marwan Maalouf. He was hired by the

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 Gamma Beta Phi, the National Scholastic Honor Society.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ficken, Ryan Living people Minnesota Vikings coaches UCLA Bruins football coaches Coaches of American football from Colorado Players of American football from Aurora, Colorado Los Angeles Chargers coaches NFL special teams coordinators Arizona State University alumni 1980 births