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Arvanitakis joins the Bulldogs staff after spending the past season as an intern assistant coach at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., where he served as an outside linebacker positional coach and an assistant academic coordinator. Arvanitakis helped the Vikings to a 8-2 record last season – the best regular season record since 2006.

Prior to Augustana College, Arvanitakis was the co-offensive coordinator at Downers Grove South High School in Downers Grove, Ill., and oversaw both the running backs and tight ends after previously serving as the assistant varsity coach. 

A member of the American Football Coaches Association, Arvanitakis was tailback for the University of Dubuque from 2014-2015 and graduated from the University of North Dakota with a bachelor of science in kinesiology in December of 2019.