| Brian Ward | |
| Current Title: | Defensive coordinator |
| Current Team: | Arizona State |
| Current Conference: | Big 12 |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Glendale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1994–1996 |
| Player Team1: | McPherson |
| Coach Years1: | 1997 |
| Coach Team1: | McPherson (DC/ST) |
| Coach Years2: | 1999–2000 |
| Coach Team2: | Glendale (AZ) |
| Coach Years3: | 2001–2004 |
| Coach Team3: | Wabash (AHC/DB/ST) |
| Coach Years4: | 2005 |
| Coach Team4: | Missouri Southern (AHC/co-DC/ST) |
| Coach Years5: | 2006 |
| Coach Team5: | Tulsa Union HS (OK) (AHC/DC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2007–2009 |
| Coach Team6: | McPherson |
| Coach Years7: | 2010 |
| Coach Team7: | North Dakota State (DB) |
| Coach Years8: | 2011 |
| Coach Team8: | Drake (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years9: | 2012–2014 |
| Coach Team9: | Western Illinois (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years10: | 2015 |
| Coach Team10: | Bowling Green (DC / LB / interim HC) |
| Coach Years11: | 2016–2019 |
| Coach Team11: | Syracuse (DC) |
| Coach Years12: | 2020–2021 |
| Coach Team12: | Nevada (DC) |
| Coach Years13: | 2022 |
| Coach Team13: | Washington State (DC) |
| Coach Years14: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team14: | Arizona State (DC) |
| Overall Record: | 17–15 |
| Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Awards: | AFCA Division III Assistant Coach of the Year (2002) |
Brian Patrick Ward (born May 22, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator at Arizona State University. Ward served as the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 2007 to 2009 and as the interim head football coach at Bowling Green State University for one game in 2015. As an assistant coach at Wabash College in 2002, he was named the AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year for NCAA Division III.
Ward was the head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas for three seasons, from 2007 to 2009, compiling a record of was 17–14.[1]
Ward was named the 2009 College Fanz National Coach of the Year after taking his team to the NAIA Football National Championship playoffs for the first time in the history of the program.[2]
After the 2021 season, Ward was hired by new Washington State head coach, Jake Dickert, to be the team's defensive coordinator.[3]