Pat Markarian Named Offensive Line Coach/Run Game Coordinator
1/12/2026 1:02:00 PM | Football
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly football head coach Tim Skipper has announced that Pat Markarian will join his staff as offensive line coach and run game coordinator.
Markarian comes to Cal Poly after spending the 2025 season as the offensive line coach at South Dakota. In his one season there, he helped the Coyotes to a 10-5 record and reach the Quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs. Under his guidance, two offense linemen earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors.
Before South Dakota, Markarian spent two seasons on staff at Fresno State where he joined the staff in the winter of 2023 as an Offensive Analyst working with the tight ends during the 2023 season. The summer of 2024 saw him promoted to being the Bulldogs' tight ends coach.
Prior to his stint in Fresno, he was a graduate assistant at Baylor where he worked with the Bears' offensive line unit. While in Waco, he worked with an O-line that had a top-5 total offense in the Big 12 (2022) and a team that ran for 2,300+ yards on the ground and had four All-Big 12 offensive linemen.
He was also on staff with Baylor when the Bears won the 2021 Big 12 title and then went on to win the Sugar Bowl, coaching the Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year (Connor Galvin) with a team that finished 17th in the FBS and first in the Big 12 in rushing offense (3,000+ yards).
Markarian played offensive line at Indiana State for his final two seasons. He was a member of Indiana State's first FCS Playoff team in 2014. A native of Fresno, California, Markarian started his collegiate career at Fresno City College where he started at center and was a two-time Valley Conference champion.
He graduated from Indiana State University in 2015 with his bachelor's degree in history. He would then earn his master's degree in physical education with an emphasis in coaching, also from Indiana State.
Markarian comes to Cal Poly after spending the 2025 season as the offensive line coach at South Dakota. In his one season there, he helped the Coyotes to a 10-5 record and reach the Quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs. Under his guidance, two offense linemen earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors.
Before South Dakota, Markarian spent two seasons on staff at Fresno State where he joined the staff in the winter of 2023 as an Offensive Analyst working with the tight ends during the 2023 season. The summer of 2024 saw him promoted to being the Bulldogs' tight ends coach.
Prior to his stint in Fresno, he was a graduate assistant at Baylor where he worked with the Bears' offensive line unit. While in Waco, he worked with an O-line that had a top-5 total offense in the Big 12 (2022) and a team that ran for 2,300+ yards on the ground and had four All-Big 12 offensive linemen.
He was also on staff with Baylor when the Bears won the 2021 Big 12 title and then went on to win the Sugar Bowl, coaching the Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year (Connor Galvin) with a team that finished 17th in the FBS and first in the Big 12 in rushing offense (3,000+ yards).
Markarian played offensive line at Indiana State for his final two seasons. He was a member of Indiana State's first FCS Playoff team in 2014. A native of Fresno, California, Markarian started his collegiate career at Fresno City College where he started at center and was a two-time Valley Conference champion.
He graduated from Indiana State University in 2015 with his bachelor's degree in history. He would then earn his master's degree in physical education with an emphasis in coaching, also from Indiana State.
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