Arizona State Sun Devils Football Head Coaches - Dennis Erickson, Dan Devine, John Cooper, Bruce Snyder, Dirk Koetter, Larry Marmie (Paperback)

Chapters: Dennis Erickson, Dan Devine, John Cooper, Bruce Snyder, Dirk Koetter, Larry Marmie. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dennis Erickson (born March 24, 1947 in Everett, Washington) is a American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Arizona State University, a position he has held since 2007. Previously, Erickson was the head football coach at the University of Idaho (19821985, 2006), the University of Wyoming (1986), Washington State University (19871988), the University of Miami (19891994), and Oregon State University (19992002), compiling a career college football record of 167831. Erickson was also the head coach of two teams in the NFL: the Seattle Seahawks (19951998) and the San Francisco 49ers (20032004), where he tallied a mark of 4056. During his stint at Miami, Erickson'ss team won two national championships, in 1989 and 1991. Erickson was raised in Ferndale, Washington, 100 miles (160 km) north of Seattle, and in Everett, twenty five miles north of Seattle. His father, Robert "Pink" Erickson, was a high school head football coach at Ferndale High School before becoming the head coach at Cascade High School in Everett. The younger Erickson played quarterback at the rival Everett High, coached by next-door neighbor, Bill Dunn. This "made for some quiet dinners on game day." As a junior, Dennis was the starting quarterback, beating out the former starter, senior Mike Price, another future college head coach. Price, the son of the head coach of Everett Junior College, was moved to defense (as a safety). When Erickson left Washington State for Miami in 1989, he recommended Mike Price as his replacement, who got the job, and rented Erickson's Pullman home. Erickson had beaten out Price for the WSU job i...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2734589