Brett Skene

Biography

Brett Skene enters his fifth season as the specialist coach and assistant offensive line coach. He served as an offensive assistant in 2021. This season is his eighth overall with Air Force football. He served as an offensive analyst prior from 2018-20. The kicking game flourished with kicker Matthew Dapore, a Lou Groza Award National Placekicker of the Year semifinalist in 2024, and punter Luke Freer, who was a second-team all-Mountain West selection in 2024 as well as a semifinalists for the 2025 Ray Guy Award as the nation’s best punter. Freer broke the school record set in 1985 for punting average with a 47.5 mark. He would have ranked fourth nationally, but lacked enough attempts to qualify. Dapore finished his career as Air Force’s all-time leading scorer with 270 points. His work with the offensive line has been impressive. The Falcons finished second nationally in rushing in 2023 with a 281.5 average. The Falcons averaged 326.7 yards per game in 2022 to win a third straight national rushing title. The unit was a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, given annually to the top unit in the nation. The offensive line went wire-to-wire leading the nation setting a record of 15 consecutive weeks in the top spot. Air Force also led the nation in time of possession for the second straight year with a 36:33 mark. Skene helped the Air Force offense to averages of 31.0 points per game, which ranked fourth in the conference, and 423.5 total yards, which was also fourth in 2021. T