Sark Arslanian

Sark Arslanian

Biographical details
Born	(1924-02-04)February 4, 1924 Fresno, California, U.S.
Died	December 11, 2016(2016-12-11) (aged 92) St. George, Utah, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1955–1964	Dixie
1965–1972	Weber State
1973–1981	Colorado State
Head coaching record
Overall	95–73–6 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Big Sky (1965, 1968)

Sarkis "Sark" Arslanian (February 4, 1924 – December 11, 2016) was an American college football coach. He served as the head coach at Weber State College from 1965 to 1972 and at Colorado State University from 1973 to 1981, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 95–73–6 (.563).

Coaching career

Beginning in 1955, Arslanian spent ten seasons as the football coach at Dixie Junior College. In 1965, he assumed the same position at Weber State College in the Big Sky Conference, where he coached through 1972 and was the winningest coach in school history. He left for Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC); his 1977 CSU team was one of the most successful in school history, finishing 9–2–1 and receiving votes in the Associated Press Top 20 rankings. He stayed at Colorado State until October 1981.

After a long and successful career as a football coach at the collegiate and professional levels, he helped establish a winning tradition at Pine View High School in St. George, Utah. After a bypass surgery, he resigned as head coach of Pine View and began coaching eighth graders at Pine View Middle School. As of 2007, Arslanian was the oldest active football coach in the United States. An Armenian-American, Arslanian once traveled to Armenia to establish an American football league in his ancestral country.

Personal

Born in Fresno, California, Arslanian served in the U.S. Army during World War II. His son is Dave Arslanian, who later coached at Weber State from 1989 to 1997, assisted by his brother Paul Arslanian. On September 14, 2013, the field at Hansen Stadium on the campus of Dixie State University was named Sark Arslanian Field. He died on December 11, 2016, at the age of 92.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Weber State Wildcats (Big Sky Conference) (1965–1972)
1965	Weber State	8–1	3–1	T–1st
1966	Weber State	6–3	2–2	3rd
1967	Weber State	6–4	2–2	T–2nd
1968	Weber State	7–2	3–1	T–1st
1969	Weber State	6–4	3–1	2nd
1970	Weber State	5–5–1	3–3	T–3rd
1971	Weber State	7–2–1	3–2–1	4th
1972	Weber State	5–5	2–4	6th
Weber State:		50–26–2	21–16–1
Colorado State Rams (Western Athletic Conference) (1973–1981)
1973	Colorado State	5–6	2–4	8th
1974	Colorado State	4–6–1	2–3–1	6th
1975	Colorado State	6–5	4–2	3rd
1976	Colorado State	6–5	2–4	7th
1977	Colorado State	9–2–1	5–2	3rd
1978	Colorado State	5–6	2–4	T–5th
1979	Colorado State	4–7–1	3–4	T–5th
1980	Colorado State	6–4–1	5–1–1	2nd
1981	Colorado State	0–6	0–3
Colorado State:		45–47–4	25–27–2
Total:		95–73–6
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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