Peyton Yanagi begins his first season on Head Coach Kriby Moore’s staff, being named an assistant special teams coach. Yanagi arrived in Pullman following two seasons as a special teams quality control coach at Army West Point.
At Army, Yanagi word closely with special teams coordinator Sean Saturnio to develop the special teams units, primarily working with the long snappers. During his two season at West Point, Army complied a 19-8 record, including bowl victories in each season.
Prior to West Point, Yanagi spent the 2023 season as the special teams coordinator on former WSU linebackers coach Ken Wilson’s staff at the University of Nevada, mentoring K Brandon Talton, who finished his career as Nevada's career leader in field goal makes (81).
Before the 2023 season at Nevada, he spent a short stint as a special teams intern at Tulsa and in 2022 was the Special Teams/OLB graduate assistant at Nevada.
Yanagi is a graduate of the University of Oregon in 2022, spending four seasons (2018-21) as a long snapper for the Ducks, taking home several academic honors, such as being on the Pac-12 Conference Academic Honor Roll and twice being named an Oregon Scholar-Athlete. As a member of the Ducks, he was a two-time Pac-12 Champion (2019-20) and was a Rose Bowl Champion (2019).
A Honolulu native, Yanagi helped lead Saint Louis School to back-to-back Division I state titles in 2016 and 2017. Following his senior season in 2017, he was selected to play in the Polynesian Bowl.
Peyton Yanagi Coaching Positions
2026: Present: Washington State –Assistant Special Teams
2024-25: Army West Point – Special Teams Quality Control
2023: Nevada: - Special Team Coordinator
2022: Tulsa – Special Teams Intern
