With fall camp looming on the horizon, we're launching a short series reviewing Oregon State's 2026 football coaching staff. Two years later, he joined Kalen DeBoer's first staff at Fresno State as an offensive quality control coach and assistant quarterbacks' coach. Dahlen has first-hand experience working in DeBoer's system, which will now be imported to Oregon State, but he has never called plays at the Division I level. Two years removed from his short spell in Eugene, the then-Alabama assistant offensive line coach was honored on OurCoachingNetwork's 30 Under 30 list. In mid-December 2025, the Colorado State assistant celebrated his daughter's Oregon State acceptance letter.