Football
- Title:
- Defensive Quality Control Analyst
- Email:
- barce@usc.edu
- Phone:
- (213) 740-4204
Brett Arce has spent 5 seasons at USC, the first 3 (2016-18) as a graduate assistant working with the defensive backs and 2019 and 2020 as a defensive quality control analyst.
In 2020, USC’s defense improved dramatically from the previous year, allowing 369.7 total yards (to 408.7 in 2019), including just 216.3 passing (to 246.2 in 2019). The Trojans had 16 takeaways in the shortened 6-game 2020 season after getting 16 in 13 games in 2019. Safety Talanoa Hufanga was a consensus All-American first teamer and the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and defensive lineman Marlon Tuipulotu made All-Pac-12 first team.
In 2019, defensive lineman Jay Tufele made All-Pac-12 first team and defensive lineman Drake Jackson was a Freshman All-American first teamer.
In 2018, USC was 11th nationally in pass deflections with 63.
In 2017, had 16 interceptions (13 by defensive backs) to rank 19th nationally. Safety Marvell Tell III made All-Pac-12 first team. USC played in the 2017 Cotton Bowl.
In 2016, cornerback Adoree’ Jackson won the Thorpe Award, was a consensus All-American first teamer, was the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and was an NFL Draft first round pick, while safety Leon McQuay III was an NFL Draft sixth rounder. USC had 14 interceptions, all by defensive backs and limited opponent passers to just a 56.9% completion rate. USC played in the Rose Bowl.
He spent the previous 2 years (2014-15) as an assistant coach at Stony Brook, his alma mater. He was the wide receivers coach in 2014 and the tight ends coach in 2015.
In 2013, he was an assistant football and men’s basketball coach at West Hills Community College in Coalinga (Calif.), where he also once played. He worked with the offensive line as a football assistant. He also taught history as an adjunct professor.
Arce, 31, was a 3-year (2010-12) starting tight end at Stony Brook. He had 14 catches in his career for 185 yards (13.2 avg) with 1 TD. He had 6 receptions as both a 2010 sophomore (for 73 yards) and a 2011 junior (99 yards), then he added 2 catches for 13 yards (with a 9-yard TD) as a 2012 senior.
He spent the 2008 season as a freshman tight end at West Hills CC, where he earned an associate’s degree in 2009.
He prepped at Coalinga (Calif.) High, where he was All-State first team, All-Fresno first team and All-Conference first team as a 2006 senior 2-way lineman. He also played basketball and baseball at Coalinga.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in history in 2011 and a master’s degree in liberal arts in 2012, both from Stony Brook. He is working on a master’s degree in communication management at USC.
He was born on July 24, 1989. He is single. His father, Mark, was the athletic director (2015-18) and head men’s basketball coach (2001-18) at West Hills after previously serving as an assistant coach at Utah State and Cal State Bakersfield and the head coach at Bakersfield Junior College.
