Zach Arnett

Zach Arnett
Current position
TitleAnalyst
TeamFlorida State
ConferenceACC
Biographical details
Born (1986-09-10) September 10, 1986
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Playing career
2005–2008New Mexico
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2013San Diego State (GA)
2014–2017San Diego State (LB)
2018–2019San Diego State (DC/LB)
2020Mississippi State (DC/LB)
2021–2022Mississippi State (DC/S)
2022–2023Mississippi State
2024Ole Miss (analyst)
2025UNLV (DC/LB)
2025–Florida State (analyst)
Head coaching record
Overall5–6
Bowls1–0

Zachary Arnett (born September 10, 1986) is an American football coach who is a defensive analyst at Florida State University. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University in 2023 and as the defensive coordinator at Mississippi State from 2020 to 2022. He also briefly served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from December 2024 until his resignation in April 2025.

Arnett played college football at the University of New Mexico as a linebacker from 2005 to 2008. Prior to his tenure at Mississippi State, he held various assistant coaching positions at San Diego State University from 2011 to 2019.