A 2021 graduate of Eastern Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in business marketing, Rasmussen begins his second year in 2022 as EWU’s full-time director of football operations. In his role, he will handle coordination of team travel, camps, roster management, meals and other operations functions under the direction of head coach Aaron Best and former DFO Marc Anderson, who is now associate head coach and tight ends coach.
The son of a former Eastern football coach, Rasmussen graduated Magna Cum Laude from EWU while helping the football team as an assistant operations director under Anderson from 2019-21. Rasmussen spent two previous years receiving his associate degree in business from Skagit Valley College. He was a 2017 graduate of Lake Stevens (Wash.) High School.
Born in Spokane, his parents are former Cheney residents Rich and Teri Rasmussen. Rich spent 12 seasons working for the football program at Eastern in various roles, including director of football operations, recruiting coordinator, team travel coordinator, summer camp coordinator and tight ends coach. He earned his bachelor›s degree (physical education, 1998) and master›s degree (athletic administration, 2000) from Eastern.
Rich left EWU to join former Eagle head coach Paul Wulff at Washington State University where he remained for four seasons. He then spent two seasons on Chris Petersen’s staff at Boise State, then four more under Petersen at the University of Washington.
In July of 2022, Rich rejoined Eastern Washington University in a fulltime capacity as Eastern’s Director of Philanthropy.
