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.
After spending a few years working with the offensive line at UCLA as a graduate assistant.
In 2007 Ficken made the leap to the NFL becoming the assistant running backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings.
[3][4] For the 2021 season Ficken was named the Vikings special teams coordinator[5][6][7] replacing Marwan Maalouf.
When at ASU,[9] he was a member of Gamma Beta Phi, the National Scholastic Honor Society.