Stephen Ambrose Sarkisian (born March 8, 1974) is an American football coach and former player who is the current offensive coordinator for Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He was previously the offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) He has also served as the head football coach of the University of Washington from 2009 to 2013 and at the University of Southern California (USC) from 2014 to 2015. He played college football as a quarterback at Brigham Young University (BYU) and professionally with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).