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| name = Dennis Erickson
| image = Coach_Dennis_E_interview.jpg
| caption = Erickson in 2007
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|3|24}}
| birth_place = [[Everett, Washington]], U.S.
| death_date =
| sport = [[American football|Football]]
| current_title = Unemployed
| current_team =
| current_conference =
| current_record = 31–30
| player_years = 1966–1968
| player_teams = [[Montana State Bobcats football|Montana State]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]]
| coach_years = 1969<br>1970<br>1971–1973<br>1974–1975<br>1976–1978<br>1979–1981<br>1982–1985<br>1986<br>1987–1988<br>1989–1994<br>1995–1998<br>1999–2002<br>2003–2004<br>2006<br>2007–2011
| coach_teams = [[Montana State Bobcats football|Montana State]] ([[Graduate assistant|GA]])<br>[[Billings Central Catholic High School|Billings CC HS (MT)]]<br>[[Montana State Bobcats football|Montana State]] (assistant)<br>[[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]] ([[Offensive coordinator|OC]])<br>[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]] (OC)<br>[[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]] (OC)<br>[[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]]<br>[[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming]]<br>[[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]<br>[[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (FL)]]<br>[[Seattle Seahawks]]<br>[[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]]<br>[[San Francisco 49ers]]<br>[[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]]<br>[[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]]
| overall_record = 179–96–1 (college)<br />40–56 (NFL)
| bowl_record = 5–6
| tournament_record = 1–2 (Div. I-AA playoffs)
| CFbDWID = 711
| championships = 2 [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|NCAA Division I-A]] (1989, 1991)<br>1 [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]] (1985)<br>3 [[Big East Conference|Big East]] (1991–1992, 1994)<br>2 [[Pacific-10 Conference|Pac-10]] (2000, 2007)
| awards = 2x [[Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year|Sporting News College Football COY]] (1992, 2000)<br>3x [[Pacific-10 Conference football awards#Coach of the Year|Pac-10 Coach of the Year]] (1988, 2000, 2007)<br>3x [[Big East Conference football awards#Coach of the Year|Big East Coach of the Year]] (1991–1992, 1994)
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'''Dennis Erickson''' (born March 24, 1947) is an [[American football]] coach and former player. He was the head football coach at [[Arizona State University]] until November 28, 2011,<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/arizona-state-official-dennis-erickson-out-as-coach-after-5-seasons-in-the-desert/2011/11/27/gIQA5EPw2N_story.html</ref> a position he had held since the 2007 season. In 2008 the Arizona Board of Regents had approved a contract extension to keep Erickson at Arizona State through June 2012.<ref>http://www.azcentral.com/video/#/Crow+says+Erickson%27s+not+leaving%2C+neither+is+he/681424571001</ref> Previously, Erickson was the head coach at the [[University of Idaho]] (1982–1985, 2006), the [[University of Wyoming]] (1986), [[Washington State University]] (1987–1988), the [[University of Miami]] (1989–1994), and [[Oregon State University]] (1999–2002). Erickson also was the head coach of two teams in the [[National Football League|NFL]], the [[Seattle Seahawks]] (1995–1998) and the [[San Francisco 49ers]] (2003–2004), where he tallied a mark of 40–56. During his career at Miami, Erickson's team won two [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championships]], in [[1989 Miami Hurricanes football team|1989]] and [[1991 Miami Hurricanes football team|1991]].
==Early life==
Erickson was raised in [[Ferndale, Washington]], {{convert|100|mi|km}} north of Seattle, and in [[Everett, Washington|Everett]], {{convert|25|mi|km}} north of [[Seattle]]. His father, Robert "Pink" Erickson, was the 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 School (Washington)|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 Cougars football|Washington State]] for [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]] in 1989, he recommended Mike Price (who got the job) as his replacement and rented Erickson's [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]] home. Erickson had beaten out Price for the Washington State job in 1987. Six years earlier in 1981, Price had beaten Erickson out for the job at [[Weber State University]] in [[Ogden, Utah]]. While at [[Idaho Vandals|Idaho]], Erickson was 2-2 vs. Price's Weber teams. At [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]], Erickson was 2-1 against Price's Washington State teams, not playing in 2002.
Erickson graduated from [[Everett High School (Washington)|Everett High School]] in 1965 and accepted a football scholarship to [[Montana State Bobcats|Montana State]] in [[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]] to play for head coach, [[Jim Sweeney (coach)|Jim Sweeney]]. There, he was a member of the [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] [[fraternity]]. Erickson was an effective undersized [[quarterback]] from 1966 to 1968, earning all-conference honors in the [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]. Immediately after his senior season, he began his coaching career as a [[graduate assistant]] for the [[Montana State Bobcats football|Montana State Bobcats]] in 1969. In 1970 at age 23, Erickson became the head coach at [[Billings Central Catholic High School]], staying for just a single season.
==Assistant coaching==
From 1971 to 1981 Erickson was a college assistant coach, working with the offense. Beginning at his [[alma mater]], [[Montana State Bobcats football|Montana State University]], in 1971 under Sonny Holland, he became an [[offensive coordinator]] in 1974 at the [[Idaho Vandals football|University of Idaho]] under newly-promoted head coach, [[Ed Troxel]], and stayed for two seasons.
When Erickson's college coach, [[Jim Sweeney (coach)|Jim Sweeney]], resigned from neighboring [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] after the 1975 season, and moved to [[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]] in 1976, Erickson followed him to be the offensive coordinator for Sweeney's first three seasons. When [[Jack Elway]], a former Sweeney assistant at Washington State, was hired at [[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]] in 1979, Erickson joined him for three seasons, again as the offensive coordinator. They instituted the [[spread offense]], which Elway had picked up from his son's, ([[John Elway]]'s), high school coach.<ref>[http://articles.sfgate.com/2001-04-17/sports/17596411_1_stanford-elway-spread-offense-jack-elway SFGate.com] - Jack Elway Dies at Age 69 / John Elway's dad coached Stanford, San Jose State - 2001-04-17</ref> Erickson was a finalist for the [[Weber State Wildcats|Weber State]] job after the 1980 season, but lost out to his high school teammate and friend, [[Mike Price]]. Erickson would finally get his head coaching chance following the next season.
==Head coaching==
===College===
====Idaho====
Erickson's head coaching career began at age 34 at the [[Idaho Vandals football|University of Idaho]]. He was hired on December 11, 1981, succeeding [[Jerry Davitch]], who had been fired nine days before the final game (a one-point home loss against rival [[1981 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]]). A pre-season playoff pick, Idaho finished the disappointing [[1981 Idaho Vandals football team|1981 season]] with six consecutive losses, and were winless in seven games in the [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]. Erickson was hired by UI athletic director Bill Belknap and accepted a one-year contract at $38,001.<ref>''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=japfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2198,6121745&dq=dennis+erickson+1982+salary+davitch&hl=en Lewiston Morning Tribune]'' - Regents OK Erickson salary - 1982-01-15 p.3C</ref><ref>''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oEFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1514,4235433&dq=dennis+erickson+jerry+davitch&hl=en Spokane Daily Chronicle]'' - Erickson's 'bowling' Date Comes Before Vandals - 1981-12-12 - p.12</ref>
Building on his reputation as an offensive innovator, Erickson became Idaho's all-time winningest head coach in just four seasons with the [[Idaho Vandals football|Vandals]] ([[1982 Idaho Vandals football team|1982]]–[[1985 Idaho Vandals football team|85]]), taking them to the [[NCAA Division I#Football Championship Subdivision|I-AA playoffs]] in his first and fourth seasons. In his first season of [[1982 Idaho Vandals football team|1982]], Erickson took an underachieving (and injured) 3–8 team in 1981 and immediately turned it into a 8–3 playoff team, led by [[decathlon|decathlete]] quarterback [[Ken Hobart]]. Erickson's overall record with the Vandals was 32–15 (.680), 31–13 (.704) in the regular season and 1–2 in post season. He went 4–0 in the [[Boise State – Idaho rivalry|rivalry game]] with [[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]], a team which had dominated the series by winning the previous five games.<ref>[http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/opponents_records.php?teamid=366 College Football Data Warehouse] - Idaho opponents - Boise St.</ref> (The winning streak against the Broncos reached 12 games until it was broken in 1994 when [[1994 Boise State Broncos football team|BSU]] advanced to the I-AA finals.)
His most notable recruits at Idaho were his [[quarterbacks]] - future [[National Football League|NFL]] head coach, [[Scott Linehan]], who had future Oakland Raiders coach, [[Tom Cable]], blocking for him, and future [[College Football Hall of Fame]]r, [[John Friesz]], who had [[Mark Schlereth]] blocking for him. Erickson had revived Vandal football, quickly turning it into a top I-AA program, whose success was continued for another decade by former assistants [[Keith Gilbertson]] ([[1986 Idaho Vandals football team|1986]]–[[1988 Idaho Vandals football team|88]]) and [[John L. Smith]] ([[1989 Idaho Vandals football team|1989]]–94).
Before 1982 the Vandals had posted only four winning seasons in over four decades, and had not had consecutive winning seasons since 1938. Idaho had three consecutive winning seasons only once (1903–05), and never had four. With Erickson's arrival as head coach, the program embarked on 15 consecutive winning seasons (1982–96) and 11 appearances in the Division I-AA playoffs.
Erickson's compensation for his fourth, and final, year at Idaho was $47,940.<ref name=idwyo>''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dMcSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6696%2C79565 Spokane Chronicle]'' – Erickson leaves Idaho for Wyoming – 1985-12-02 – p.C1</ref>
====Wyoming====
Erickson was introduced as the head coach of the [[Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I-A]] [[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming Cowboys]] on December 2, 1985. His four-year contract included a base annual salary of $60,000 plus $20,000 from radio and television, and the rent-free use of a home in [[Laramie, Wyoming|Laramie]].<ref name=idwyo/> He installed his "Air Express" form of the [[spread offense]] and led the Cowboys to a 6–6 season in 1986. He left Wyoming without notice after accepting the head coaching job at Washington State.
====Washington State====
When Erickson was introduced as the head coach of the [[Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State Cougars]] of the [[Pacific Ten Conference|Pac-10]] on January 7, 1987, he stated that it was his lifelong goal to be the head coach at WSU.<ref>''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=goxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JS8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3305%2C1796486 Lewiston Morning Tribune]'' - Erickson sets lofty goals for Cougars - 1987-01-08 - p.C1</ref> He returned to the [[Palouse]] after just 13 months in Wyoming, then led the Cougars to 3–7–1 in his first year, the same record the Cougars had the year before under [[Jim Walden]]. Erickson turned around the Washington State program quickly, going 9–3 in the 1988 season and leading the normally pedestrian Cougars to a post-season victory in the [[Aloha Bowl]], their first bowl win since the [[1931 Rose Bowl]]. Erickson's continued success led to his hiring by the [[Miami Hurricanes football|University of Miami]] in March [[1989 Miami Hurricanes football team|1989]].<ref name=stayput/>
====Miami====
Expectations were very high at Miami, as Erickson replaced the successful [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]], who had led the [[Miami Hurricanes football|Hurricanes]] to ten or more wins each the previous four seasons and a national championship in 1987 before departing for the NFL's [[Dallas Cowboys]]. Erickson led Miami for six seasons (1989–1994), winning national championships in 1989 and 1991. That gave Erickson more national championships than any other Miami coach. Erickson's 0.875 winning percentage (63–9) at Miami remains the highest in the history of the program. However, his 1993 team went 9–3, the first season with fewer than ten wins for Miami since 1985, and lost its bowl game 29–0 to Arizona. In September 1994, the Hurricanes lost, 38–20, to Washington at the Orange Bowl, snapping the Canes' NCAA record 58-game home win streak. Moreover, the Hurricanes were found to have broken NCAA rules on [[Pell Grant]]s due to a member of the financial aid office, and were placed on three years' probation not long after Erickson left the school. Erickson was interviewed about his time at the University of Miami for the documentary ''[[The U (documentary)|The U]]'', which premiered December 12, 2009 on [[ESPN]].
===NFL===
====Seattle====
After turning down offers from both the [[Denver Broncos]] and [[Philadelphia Eagles]], Erickson accepted an offer to coach the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in January [[1995 Seattle Seahawks season|1995]. In his first season, he switched starting quarterbacks from the #2 overall pick in the [[1993 NFL Draft]], [[Rick Mirer]], and went to [[John Friesz]], whom he recruited to [[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]] in [[1985 Idaho Vandals football team|1985]]. Friesz guided the Seahawks to their biggest comeback win ever in a game, rallying from 20–0 down at the half after Mirer had started, and took the Seahawks to the final week of the season with an 8–7 record after starting 2–6 and a playoff berth on the line only to lose to Kansas City and finish 8–8. In 1996, the Seahawks finished 7-9, Erickson's worst record with the team. [[1997 Seattle Seahawks season|1997]] saw an ownership change in Seattle, in which Microsoft co-founder [[Paul G. Allen]] purchased the team from then owner [[Ken Behring]] and helped pass a referendum for a new stadium to be built, that season, the Seahawks had one of the best passing offenses in the league, only to finish 8–8 after an 0–2 start in which they were outscored 76–17 in two home losses. After the season, Erickson, who had been told by new owner Paul Allen that he would return in [[1998 Seattle Seahawks season|1998]] had to fire longtime friend and assistant the special teams coach [[Dave Arnold]] and replace him with [[Pete Rodriguez]]. With a revamped lineup led by 1997 passing leader [[Warren Moon]] the Hawks flew out of the gate with three-game winning streak (including a Kickoff Weekend shutout of the Eagles at [[Veterans Stadium]]) but stumbled and lost their next three games. Later in the year, with the team playing at .500 he turned to [[Jon Kitna]] to lead the offense and they responded with a close win at home against the [[Tennessee Oilers]] before going on the road to New York to play the Jets. In a hotly contested game that many viewed as the best combined offensive performances of 1998, the game came down to a blown call on a short touchdown run by Jets quarterback [[Vinny Testaverde]] (where he was ruled to have scored despite replay evidence clearly showing his forward progress had been stopped short of the goal line) which cost Seattle the game and Erickson his job. Many Seahawks fans argue his fate may have been different had Seattle won that game, this game would be cited as one of the main reasons the NFL restored its instant replay review system following the season.
===Return to the college ranks===
====Oregon State====
In January 1999, Erickson returned to the college ranks when he was hired at [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State University]],<ref>[http://starbulletin.com/1999/12/24/sports/story3.html "Ex-Rainbow Beaver couldn't be happier"], ''[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]'', Steven Welsh, 24-Dec-1999</ref>. Expectations were so low that Erickson's predecessor, [[Mike Riley]], was promoted to an NFL head coaching position with the [[San Diego Chargers]] after leading the Beavers to a 5–6 record.
In his first season, Erickson directed the Beavers to a 7–5 record, the program's first winning season in 29 years. The following year, Oregon State went 11–1, snapped a 33-year losing streak to the [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]], and earned a share of the Pac-10 conference championship for the first time since the conference expanded to ten teams in 1978. It was the first time the Beavers won at least a share of a conference championship since 1964, when they were part of the AAWU. Oregon State began to develop a national reputation for its high-powered offense and a swarming defense.<ref>"Pac-10 football: The best teams of the past 20 years" ''Mercury News'', Jon Wilner, 6-June-2007</ref> In fact, the team barely missed an invitation to play in the national BCS title game due to a late-in-the-game missed field goal against [[2000 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]. The win over USC did, however, help Erickson's crew clinch a spot in the [[2001 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]] against the [[2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]]. Oregon State won the bowl game 41–9, in what is generally considered to be one of Erickson's crowning career achievements.
At the close of the 2000 season's bowl games, the Beavers were ranked fourth nationally in the Associated Press top 25 College Football Poll<ref>"Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll" ''Sports Illustrated'' 4-Jan-2001</ref> with some national media stating that Oregon State would have been a favorite to win the BCS Championship at the [[2001 Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] had they been selected.<ref>Pac(-10) mentality - ''Sports Illustrated'', Stewart Mandel "[[Sports Illustrated]]" 18-Aug-2003</ref><ref>"Pac-10's 2000 success has East Coast media taking notice" ''Sports Illustrated'' 14-Aug-2001</ref><ref>"Missing Link (2001 BCS Championship Recap)" ''AP'' 4-Jan-2001</ref><ref>"Getting the job done (2001 BCS Championship Recap)" ''AP'' 4-Jan-2001</ref>
Before the 2001 season, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' ranked Oregon State as the number one team in the nation.<ref>"After going 11-1 last year, the even-better Beavers are eager to take a shot at the title" ''Sports Illustrated'' Austin Murphy 13-Aug-2001</ref> However, a lack of returning talent from the 2000 team took its toll, and the Beavers went 5–6. Among the players who hail from Erickson's high-octane 2000 team are [[National Football League|NFL]] stars [[Chad Ochocinco|Chad Johnson]] and [[T. J. Houshmandzadeh]]. Both were selected in the [[2001 NFL Draft]] by the [[Cincinnati Bengals]].
Erickson was named [[Sporting News]] National Coach of the Year in 2000. His name also came up for several high-profile college football positions.<ref>"Erickson a competitor to coach" ''Portland Tribune'' 19-June-2001</ref> In late 2000, Erickson was a primary choice to fill the vacant position at the [[University of Southern California]], however he spurned a $7.2 million, five year contract to remain with the Beavers; the position would eventually go to [[Pete Carroll]].<ref name=LAT121400>David Wharton, [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/14/sports/sp-65489 All Signs Point to Carroll], ''Los Angeles Times'', December 14, 2000, Accessed July 15, 2008.</ref><ref name=LAT112800x1>David Wharton, [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/28/sports/sp-58340 Another USC Turnover], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 28, 2000, Accessed July 16, 2008.</ref>
Erickson remained coach at Oregon State for four seasons (1999–2002) before accepting another coaching position in the NFL. His early departure left some OSU fans angry with him for not finishing-out his contract, but he is still credited with playing a leading role in resurrecting the Beavers. [[Mike Riley]] returned to Corvallis to succeed Erickson as head coach in [[2003 Oregon State Beavers football team|2003]].
===Return to the NFL===
====San Francisco====
Erickson returned to the NFL in February [[2003 San Francisco 49ers season|2003]] with the [[San Francisco 49ers.
The Niners had serious salary cap problems, and Erickson lasted just two seasons before being fired, along with [[general manager]] [[Terry Donahue]], after a 2–14 season in [[2004 San Francisco 49ers season|2004]].<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1959782 ESPN.com] - Erickson fired with three years left on deal - Associated Press - 2005-01-06</ref> The hiring of Erickson was very surprising and highly criticized. The 49ers had three defensive-oriented head coaches as finalists for their head coaching vacancy, but the offensive-minded Erickson ended up being hired. The 49ers' offense had mostly players who specialized in the [[West Coast Offense]] that the previous head coach, [[Steve Mariucci]], ran. But the aggressive style of offense that Erickson is known for deviated greatly from that scheme and the hybrid scheme that Erickson employed in order to maintain parts of the West Coast Offense never worked out. Erickson did not coach during the 2005 season.
===Second return to college ranks===
====Return to Idaho====
On February 8, 2006, the [[Idaho Vandals football|University of Idaho]] announced the re-hiring of Erickson as its head football coach. Erickson had won 32 games in his first four seasons as a head coach (1982–1985), then a I-AA program in the [[Big Sky Conference]]. Idaho had since moved up to Division I-A in 1996. The previous head coach, [[Nick Holt]], resigned after just two seasons to take a higher paying assistant's job in the NFL, as defensive line coach for the [[St. Louis Rams]] under new head coach [[Scott Linehan]], a former Vandal player and assistant coach. After a few days, Holt reconsidered and took another job back at [[USC Trojans football|USC]], as [[defensive coordinator]] under [[Pete Carroll]] for even more money.<ref>''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DGdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I_MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6190%2C5609754 Spokesman-Review]'' - Holt 'soap opera' takes turn - 2006-02-08 - p.C1</ref> Erickson's [[2006 Idaho Vandals football team|2006 Vandals]] broke fast early to a 4–3 record after seven games, then lost the final five conference games to finish at 4–8.
====Arizona State====
Erickson left to join a BCS school again in December 2006, after just ten months back at Idaho. [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] athletic director Lisa Love hired Erickson to replace [[Dirk Koetter]] on December 9, 2006. Arizona State is the third [[Pac-10 Conference|Pac-10]] program that he has coached.
Arizona State paid [[Dirk Koetter]] $2.8 million and a $150,000 buyout to Idaho to complete the hiring of Erickson to a five-year contract. He immediately paid dividends at ASU, leading the Sun Devils to a 10–3 record, a share of the Pac-10 title and a berth in the [[2007 Holiday Bowl|Holiday Bowl]] in [[2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|2007]]. Erickson was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year; the first to ever win the award at three different Pac-10 schools. He also coached another major award winner, as his kicker, [[Thomas Weber]], was named the [[Lou Groza Award]] winner. Erickson worked for the relatively low salary of $500,000 from ASU in his first season, with another $2 million from the 49ers for the last year of his NFL contract. The remaining four years of the original ASU contract paid $1.275 million per year.<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/0227erickson.html azcentral.com] - ASU looks to extend Erickson - 2008-02-27</ref>
However, Erickson's success at ASU would not last, as he would not have another winning season during his tenure and lost three of four rivalry games against [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]]. As a result, Erickson was fired by Arizona State on November 28, 2011.<ref>http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112811aaa.html</ref>
==Family==
Erickson and his wife, Marilyn, have two sons - Bryce and Ryan.<ref>[http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/erickson_dennis00.html ASU Athletics] - football - head coach - Dennis Erickson - accessed 2011-10-21</ref> Erickson hired his son, Bryce, to the Arizona State staff, beginning as a graduate assistant for two seasons.<ref>[http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/erickson_bryce00.html ASU Athletics] - football - assistant coach - Bryce Erickson - accessed 2011-10-21</ref>
==Head coaching record==
===College===
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| overall = 9–4
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| name = Idaho
| overall = 32–15
| confrecord = 19–9
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| name = [[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming Cowboys]]
| conf = [[Western Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1986
| endyear = single
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| name = Wyoming
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|overall=6–6
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| name = [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State Cougars]]
| conf = [[Pacific-10 Conference]]
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1988
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| year = [[1987 NCAA Division I-A football season|1987]]
| name = Washington State
| overall = 3–7–1
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| year = [[1988 NCAA Division I-A football season|1988]]
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| overall = 9–3
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| confstanding = T–3rd
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| name = Washington State
| overall = 12–10–1
| confrecord = 6–8–1
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| name = [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami Hurricanes]]
| conf = [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|NCAA Division I-A Independent]]
| startyear = 1989
| endyear = 1990
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| year = [[1989 NCAA Division I-A football season|1989]]
| name = [[1989 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
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| year = [[1990 NCAA Division I-A football season|1990]]
| name = [[1990 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
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| endyear = 2002
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| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = 5
| ranking2 = 4
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==References==
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==Further reading==
"Out of Everett," ''[[The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times']]'' ''Pacific Magazine'', Sunday, August 13, 1995, p. 12-17.
==External links==
* [http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/erickson_dennis00.html Arizona State profile]
* {{CFBCR|711|Dennis Erickson}}
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'''Dennis Erickson''' (born March 24, 1947) is an [[American football]] coach and former player. He was the head football coach at [[Arizona State University]] until November 28, 2011,<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/arizona-state-official-dennis-erickson-out-as-coach-after-5-seasons-in-the-desert/2011/11/27/gIQA5EPw2N_story.html</ref> a position he had held since the 2007 season. In 2008 the Arizona Board of Regents had approved a contract extension to keep Erickson at Arizona State through June 2012.<ref>http://www.azcentral.com/video/#/Crow+says+Erickson%27s+not+leaving%2C+neither+is+he/681424571001</ref> Previously, Erickson was the head coach at the [[University of Idaho]] (1982–1985, 2006), the [[University of Wyoming]] (1986), [[Washington State University]] (1987–1988), the [[University of Miami]] (1989–1994), and [[Oregon State University]] (1999–2002). Erickson also was the head coach of two teams in the [[National Football League|NFL]], the [[Seattle Seahawks]] (1995–1998) and the [[San Francisco 49ers]] (2003–2004), where he tallied a mark of 40–56. During his career at Miami, Erickson's team won two [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championships]], in [[1989 Miami Hurricanes football team|1989]] and [[1991 Miami Hurricanes football team|1991]].
==Early life==
Erickson was raised in [[Ferndale, Washington]], {{convert|100|mi|km}} north of Seattle, and in [[Everett, Washington|Everett]], {{convert|25|mi|km}} north of [[Seattle]]. His father, Robert "Pink" Erickson, was the 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 School (Washington)|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 Cougars football|Washington State]] for [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]] in 1989, he recommended Mike Price (who got the job) as his replacement and rented Erickson's [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]] home. Erickson had beaten out Price for the Washington State job in 1987. Six years earlier in 1981, Price had beaten Erickson out for the job at [[Weber State University]] in [[Ogden, Utah]]. While at [[Idaho Vandals|Idaho]], Erickson was 2-2 vs. Price's Weber teams. At [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]], Erickson was 2-1 against Price's Washington State teams, not playing in 2002.
Erickson graduated from [[Everett High School (Washington)|Everett High School]] in 1965 and accepted a football scholarship to [[Montana State Bobcats|Montana State]] in [[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]] to play for head coach, [[Jim Sweeney (coach)|Jim Sweeney]]. There, he was a member of the [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] [[fraternity]]. Erickson was an effective undersized [[quarterback]] from 1966 to 1968, earning all-conference honors in the [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]. Immediately after his senior season, he began his coaching career as a [[graduate assistant]] for the [[Montana State Bobcats football|Montana State Bobcats]] in 1969. In 1970 at age 23, Erickson became the head coach at [[Billings Central Catholic High School]], staying for just a single season.
==Assistant coaching==
From 1971 to 1981 Erickson was a college assistant coach, working with the offense. Beginning at his [[alma mater]], [[Montana State Bobcats football|Montana State University]], in 1971 under Sonny Holland, he became an [[offensive coordinator]] in 1974 at the [[Idaho Vandals football|University of Idaho]] under newly-promoted head coach, [[Ed Troxel]], and stayed for two seasons.
When Erickson's college coach, [[Jim Sweeney (coach)|Jim Sweeney]], resigned from neighboring [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] after the 1975 season, and moved to [[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]] in 1976, Erickson followed him to be the offensive coordinator for Sweeney's first three seasons. When [[Jack Elway]], a former Sweeney assistant at Washington State, was hired at [[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]] in 1979, Erickson joined him for three seasons, again as the offensive coordinator. They instituted the [[spread offense]], which Elway had picked up from his son's, ([[John Elway]]'s), high school coach.<ref>[http://articles.sfgate.com/2001-04-17/sports/17596411_1_stanford-elway-spread-offense-jack-elway SFGate.com] - Jack Elway Dies at Age 69 / John Elway's dad coached Stanford, San Jose State - 2001-04-17</ref> Erickson was a finalist for the [[Weber State Wildcats|Weber State]] job after the 1980 season, but lost out to his high school teammate and friend, [[Mike Price]]. Erickson would finally get his head coaching chance following the next season.
==Head coaching==
===College===
====Idaho====
Erickson's head coaching career began at age 34 at the [[Idaho Vandals football|University of Idaho]]. He was hired on December 11, 1981, succeeding [[Jerry Davitch]], who had been fired nine days before the final game (a one-point home loss against rival [[1981 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]]). A pre-season playoff pick, Idaho finished the disappointing [[1981 Idaho Vandals football team|1981 season]] with six consecutive losses, and were winless in seven games in the [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]. Erickson was hired by UI athletic director Bill Belknap.
Building on his reputation as an offensive innovator, Erickson became Idaho's all-time winningest head coach in just four seasons with the [[Idaho Vandals football|Vandals]] ([[1982 Idaho Vandals football team|1982]]–[[1985 Idaho Vandals football team|85]]), taking them to the [[NCAA Division I#Football Championship Subdivision|I-AA playoffs]] in his first and fourth seasons. In his first season of [[1982 Idaho Vandals football team|1982]], Erickson took an underachieving (and injured) 3–8 team in 1981 and immediately turned it into a 8–3 playoff team, led by [[decathlon|decathlete]] quarterback [[Ken Hobart]]. Erickson's overall record with the Vandals was 32–15 (.680), 31–13 (.704) in the regular season and 1–2 in post season. He went 4–0 in the [[Boise State – Idaho rivalry|rivalry game]] with [[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]], a team which had dominated the series by winning the previous five games.<ref>[http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/opponents_records.php?teamid=366 College Football Data Warehouse] - Idaho opponents - Boise St.</ref> (The winning streak against the Broncos reached 12 games until it was broken in 1994 when [[1994 Boise State Broncos football team|BSU]] advanced to the I-AA finals.)
His most notable recruits at Idaho were his [[quarterbacks]] - future [[National Football League|NFL]] head coach, [[Scott Linehan]], who had future Oakland Raiders coach, [[Tom Cable]], blocking for him, and future [[College Football Hall of Fame]]r, [[John Friesz]], who had [[Mark Schlereth]] blocking for him. Erickson had revived Vandal football, quickly turning it into a top I-AA program, whose success was continued for another decade by former assistants [[Keith Gilbertson]] ([[1986 Idaho Vandals football team|1986]]–[[1988 Idaho Vandals football team|88]]) and [[John L. Smith]] ([[1989 Idaho Vandals football team|1989]]–94).
Before 1982 the Vandals had posted only four winning seasons in over four decades, and had not had consecutive winning seasons since 1938. Idaho had three consecutive winning seasons only once (1903–05), and never had four. With Erickson's arrival as head coach, the program embarked on 15 consecutive winning seasons (1982–96) and 11 appearances in the Division I-AA playoffs.
====Wyoming====
Erickson was introduced as the head coach of the [[Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I-A]] [[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming Cowboys]] on December 2, 1985. His four-year contract included a base annual salary of $60,000 plus $20,000 from radio and television, and the rent-free use of a home in [[Laramie, Wyoming|Laramie]].<ref name=idwyo/> He installed his "Air Express" form of the [[spread offense]] and led the Cowboys to a 6–6 season in 1986. He left Wyoming without notice after accepting the head coaching job at Washington State.
====Washington State====
When Erickson was introduced as the head coach of the [[Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State Cougars]] of the [[Pacific Ten Conference|Pac-10]] on January 7, 1987, he stated that it was his lifelong goal to be the head coach at WSU.<ref>''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=goxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JS8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3305%2C1796486 Lewiston Morning Tribune]'' - Erickson sets lofty goals for Cougars - 1987-01-08 - p.C1</ref> He returned to the [[Palouse]] after just 13 months in Wyoming, then led the Cougars to 3–7–1 in his first year, the same record the Cougars had the year before under [[Jim Walden]]. Erickson turned around the Washington State program quickly, going 9–3 in the 1988 season and leading the normally pedestrian Cougars to a post-season victory in the [[Aloha Bowl]], their first bowl win since the [[1931 Rose Bowl]]. Erickson's continued success led to his hiring by the [[Miami Hurricanes football|University of Miami]] in March [[1989 Miami Hurricanes football team|1989]].<ref name=stayput/>
====Miami====
Expectations were very high at Miami, as Erickson replaced the successful [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]], who had led the [[Miami Hurricanes football|Hurricanes]] to ten or more wins each the previous four seasons and a national championship in 1987 before departing for the NFL's [[Dallas Cowboys]]. Erickson led Miami for six seasons (1989–1994), winning national championships in 1989 and 1991. That gave Erickson more national championships than any other Miami coach. Erickson's 0.875 winning percentage (63–9) at Miami remains the highest in the history of the program. However, his 1993 team went 9–3, the first season with fewer than ten wins for Miami since 1985, and lost its bowl game 29–0 to Arizona. In September 1994, the Hurricanes lost, 38–20, to Washington at the Orange Bowl, snapping the Canes' NCAA record 58-game home win streak. Moreover, the Hurricanes were found to have broken NCAA rules on [[Pell Grant]]s due to a member of the financial aid office, and were placed on three years' probation not long after Erickson left the school. Erickson was interviewed about his time at the University of Miami for the documentary ''[[The U (documentary)|The U]]'', which premiered December 12, 2009 on [[ESPN]].
===NFL===
====Seattle====
After turning down offers from both the [[Denver Broncos]] and [[Philadelphia Eagles]], Erickson accepted an offer to coach the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in January [[1995 Seattle Seahawks season|1995]. In his first season, he switched starting quarterbacks from the #2 overall pick in the [[1993 NFL Draft]], [[Rick Mirer]], and went to [[John Friesz]], whom he recruited to [[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho]] in [[1985 Idaho Vandals football team|1985]]. Friesz guided the Seahawks to their biggest comeback win ever in a game, rallying from 20–0 down at the half after Mirer had started, and took the Seahawks to the final week of the season with an 8–7 record after starting 2–6 and a playoff berth on the line only to lose to Kansas City and finish 8–8. In 1996, the Seahawks finished 7-9, Erickson's worst record with the team. [[1997 Seattle Seahawks season|1997]] saw an ownership change in Seattle, in which Microsoft co-founder [[Paul G. Allen]] purchased the team from then owner [[Ken Behring]] and helped pass a referendum for a new stadium to be built, that season, the Seahawks had one of the best passing offenses in the league, only to finish 8–8 after an 0–2 start in which they were outscored 76–17 in two home losses. After the season, Erickson, who had been told by new owner Paul Allen that he would return in [[1998 Seattle Seahawks season|1998]] had to fire longtime friend and assistant the special teams coach [[Dave Arnold]] and replace him with [[Pete Rodriguez]]. With a revamped lineup led by 1997 passing leader [[Warren Moon]] the Hawks flew out of the gate with three-game winning streak (including a Kickoff Weekend shutout of the Eagles at [[Veterans Stadium]]) but stumbled and lost their next three games. Later in the year, with the team playing at .500 he turned to [[Jon Kitna]] to lead the offense and they responded with a close win at home against the [[Tennessee Oilers]] before going on the road to New York to play the Jets. In a hotly contested game that many viewed as the best combined offensive performances of 1998, the game came down to a blown call on a short touchdown run by Jets quarterback [[Vinny Testaverde]] (where he was ruled to have scored despite replay evidence clearly showing his forward progress had been stopped short of the goal line) which cost Seattle the game and Erickson his job. Many Seahawks fans argue his fate may have been different had Seattle won that game, this game would be cited as one of the main reasons the NFL restored its instant replay review system following the season.
===Return to the college ranks===
====Oregon State====
In January 1999, Erickson returned to the college ranks when he was hired at [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State University]],<ref>[http://starbulletin.com/1999/12/24/sports/story3.html "Ex-Rainbow Beaver couldn't be happier"], ''[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]'', Steven Welsh, 24-Dec-1999</ref>. Expectations were so low that Erickson's predecessor, [[Mike Riley]], was promoted to an NFL head coaching position with the [[San Diego Chargers]] after leading the Beavers to a 5–6 record.
In his first season, Erickson directed the Beavers to a 7–5 record, the program's first winning season in 29 years. The following year, Oregon State went 11–1, snapped a 33-year losing streak to the [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]], and earned a share of the Pac-10 conference championship for the first time since the conference expanded to ten teams in 1978. It was the first time the Beavers won at least a share of a conference championship since 1964, when they were part of the AAWU. Oregon State began to develop a national reputation for its high-powered offense and a swarming defense.<ref>"Pac-10 football: The best teams of the past 20 years" ''Mercury News'', Jon Wilner, 6-June-2007</ref> In fact, the team barely missed an invitation to play in the national BCS title game due to a late-in-the-game missed field goal against [[2000 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]. The win over USC did, however, help Erickson's crew clinch a spot in the [[2001 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]] against the [[2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]]. Oregon State won the bowl game 41–9, in what is generally considered to be one of Erickson's crowning career achievements.
At the close of the 2000 season's bowl games, the Beavers were ranked fourth nationally in the Associated Press top 25 College Football Poll<ref>"Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll" ''Sports Illustrated'' 4-Jan-2001</ref> with some national media stating that Oregon State would have been a favorite to win the BCS Championship at the [[2001 Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] had they been selected.<ref>Pac(-10) mentality - ''Sports Illustrated'', Stewart Mandel "[[Sports Illustrated]]" 18-Aug-2003</ref><ref>"Pac-10's 2000 success has East Coast media taking notice" ''Sports Illustrated'' 14-Aug-2001</ref><ref>"Missing Link (2001 BCS Championship Recap)" ''AP'' 4-Jan-2001</ref><ref>"Getting the job done (2001 BCS Championship Recap)" ''AP'' 4-Jan-2001</ref>
Before the 2001 season, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' ranked Oregon State as the number one team in the nation.<ref>"After going 11-1 last year, the even-better Beavers are eager to take a shot at the title" ''Sports Illustrated'' Austin Murphy 13-Aug-2001</ref> However, a lack of returning talent from the 2000 team took its toll, and the Beavers went 5–6. Among the players who hail from Erickson's high-octane 2000 team are [[National Football League|NFL]] stars [[Chad Ochocinco|Chad Johnson]] and [[T. J. Houshmandzadeh]]. Both were selected in the [[2001 NFL Draft]] by the [[Cincinnati Bengals]].
Erickson was named [[Sporting News]] National Coach of the Year in 2000. His name also came up for several high-profile college football positions.<ref>"Erickson a competitor to coach" ''Portland Tribune'' 19-June-2001</ref> In late 2000, Erickson was a primary choice to fill the vacant position at the [[University of Southern California]], however he spurned a $7.2 million, five year contract to remain with the Beavers; the position would eventually go to [[Pete Carroll]].<ref name=LAT121400>David Wharton, [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/14/sports/sp-65489 All Signs Point to Carroll], ''Los Angeles Times'', December 14, 2000, Accessed July 15, 2008.</ref><ref name=LAT112800x1>David Wharton, [http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/28/sports/sp-58340 Another USC Turnover], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 28, 2000, Accessed July 16, 2008.</ref>
Erickson remained coach at Oregon State for four seasons (1999–2002) before accepting another coaching position in the NFL. His early departure left some OSU fans angry with him for not finishing-out his contract, but he is still credited with playing a leading role in resurrecting the Beavers. [[Mike Riley]] returned to Corvallis to succeed Erickson as head coach in [[2003 Oregon State Beavers football team|2003]].
===Return to the NFL===
====San Francisco====
Erickson returned to the NFL in February [[2003 San Francisco 49ers season|2003]] with the [[San Francisco 49ers.
The Niners had serious salary cap problems, and Erickson lasted just two seasons before being fired, along with [[general manager]] [[Terry Donahue]], after a 2–14 season in [[2004 San Francisco 49ers season|2004]].<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1959782 ESPN.com] - Erickson fired with three years left on deal - Associated Press - 2005-01-06</ref> The hiring of Erickson was very surprising and highly criticized. The 49ers had three defensive-oriented head coaches as finalists for their head coaching vacancy, but the offensive-minded Erickson ended up being hired. The 49ers' offense had mostly players who specialized in the [[West Coast Offense]] that the previous head coach, [[Steve Mariucci]], ran. But the aggressive style of offense that Erickson is known for deviated greatly from that scheme and the hybrid scheme that Erickson employed in order to maintain parts of the West Coast Offense never worked out. Erickson did not coach during the 2005 season.
===Second return to college ranks===
====Return to Idaho====
On February 8, 2006, the [[Idaho Vandals football|University of Idaho]] announced the re-hiring of Erickson as its head football coach. Erickson had won 32 games in his first four seasons as a head coach (1982–1985), then a I-AA program in the [[Big Sky Conference]]. Idaho had since moved up to Division I-A in 1996. The previous head coach, [[Nick Holt]], resigned after just two seasons to take a higher paying assistant's job in the NFL, as defensive line coach for the [[St. Louis Rams]] under new head coach [[Scott Linehan]], a former Vandal player and assistant coach. After a few days, Holt reconsidered and took another job back at [[USC Trojans football|USC]], as [[defensive coordinator]] under [[Pete Carroll]] for even more money.<ref>''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DGdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I_MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6190%2C5609754 Spokesman-Review]'' - Holt 'soap opera' takes turn - 2006-02-08 - p.C1</ref> Erickson's [[2006 Idaho Vandals football team|2006 Vandals]] broke fast early to a 4–3 record after seven games, then lost the final five conference games to finish at 4–8.
====Arizona State====
Erickson left to join a BCS school again in December 2006, after just ten months back at Idaho. [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] athletic director Lisa Love hired Erickson to replace [[Dirk Koetter]] on December 9, 2006. Arizona State is the third [[Pac-10 Conference|Pac-10]] program that he has coached.
Arizona State paid [[Dirk Koetter]] $2.8 million and a $150,000 buyout to Idaho to complete the hiring of Erickson to a five-year contract. He immediately paid dividends at ASU, leading the Sun Devils to a 10–3 record, a share of the Pac-10 title and a berth in the [[2007 Holiday Bowl|Holiday Bowl]] in [[2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|2007]]. Erickson was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year; the first to ever win the award at three different Pac-10 schools. He also coached another major award winner, as his kicker, [[Thomas Weber]], was named the [[Lou Groza Award]] winner. Erickson worked for the relatively low salary of $500,000 from ASU in his first season, with another $2 million from the 49ers for the last year of his NFL contract. The remaining four years of the original ASU contract paid $1.275 million per year.<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/0227erickson.html azcentral.com] - ASU looks to extend Erickson - 2008-02-27</ref>
However, Erickson's success at ASU would not last, as he would not have another winning season during his tenure and lost three of four rivalry games against [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]]. As a result, Erickson was fired by Arizona State on November 28, 2011.<ref>http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112811aaa.html</ref>
==Family==
Erickson and his wife, Marilyn, have two sons - Bryce and Ryan.<ref>[http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/erickson_dennis00.html ASU Athletics] - football - head coach - Dennis Erickson - accessed 2011-10-21</ref> Erickson hired his son, Bryce, to the Arizona State staff, beginning as a graduate assistant for two seasons.<ref>[http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/erickson_bryce00.html ASU Athletics] - football - assistant coach - Bryce Erickson - accessed 2011-10-21</ref>
==Head coaching record==
===College===
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| name = [[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho Vandals]]
| conf = [[Big Sky Conference]]
| startyear = 1982
| endyear = 1985
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| championship =
| year = [[1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1982]]
| name = [[1982 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| overall = 9–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal]]
| bowloutcome = L
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1983]]
| name = [[1983 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1984]]
| name = [[1984 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1985]]
| name = [[1985 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I-AA First Round]]
| bowloutcome = L
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Idaho
| overall = 32–15
| confrecord = 19–9
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming Cowboys]]
| conf = [[Western Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1986
| endyear = single
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| championship =
| year = [[1986 NCAA Division I-A football season|1986]]
| name = Wyoming
| overall = 6–6
| conference = 4–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
|name=Wyoming
|overall=6–6
|confrecord=4–4
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State Cougars]]
| conf = [[Pacific-10 Conference]]
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1988
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1987 NCAA Division I-A football season|1987]]
| name = Washington State
| overall = 3–7–1
| conference = 1–5–1
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1988 NCAA Division I-A football season|1988]]
| name = Washington State
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname = [[1988 Aloha Bowl|Aloha]]
| bowloutcome = W
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Washington State
| overall = 12–10–1
| confrecord = 6–8–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami Hurricanes]]
| conf = [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|NCAA Division I-A Independent]]
| startyear = 1989
| endyear = 1990
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = [[1989 NCAA Division I-A football season|1989]]
| name = [[1989 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| overall = 11–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = [[1990 Sugar Bowl|Sugar]]
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 1
| ranking2 = 1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1990 NCAA Division I-A football season|1990]]
| name = [[1990 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| overall = 10–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = [[1991 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton]]
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 3
| ranking2 = 3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami Hurricanes]]
| conf = [[Big East Conference]]
| startyear = 1991
| endyear = 1994
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = [[1991 NCAA Division I-A football season|1991]]
| name = [[1991 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| overall = 12–0
| conference = 2–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = [[1992 Orange Bowl|Orange]]
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 2
| ranking2 = 1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1992 NCAA Division I-A football season|1992]]
| name = [[1992 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| overall = 11–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = [[1993 Sugar Bowl|Sugar]]
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 3
| ranking2 = 3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1993 NCAA Division I-A football season|1993]]
| name = [[1993 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = [[1994 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta]]
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 15
| ranking2 = 15
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1994 NCAA Division I-A football season|1994]]
| name = [[1994 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
| overall = 10–2
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = [[1995 Orange Bowl|Orange]]
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 6
| ranking2 = 6
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Miami
| overall = 63–9
| confrecord = 19–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State Beavers]]
| conf = [[Pacific-10 Conference]]
| startyear = 1999
| endyear = 2002
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1999 NCAA Division I-A football season|1999]]
| name = Oregon State
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname = [[1999 Oahu Bowl|Oahu]]
| bowloutcome = L
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[2000 NCAA Division I-A football season|2000]]
| name = [[2000 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]]
| overall = 11–1
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = [[2001 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta]]
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl = yes
| ranking = 5
| ranking2 = 4
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season|2001]]
| name = Oregon State
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2002 NCAA Division I-A football season|2002]]
| name = Oregon State
| overall = 8–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname = [[2002 Insight Bowl|Insight]]
| bowloutcome = L
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Oregon State
| overall = 31–17
| confrecord = 18–14
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho Vandals]]
| conf = [[Western Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 2006
| endyear = 2006
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2006]]
| name = [[2006 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| overall = 4–8
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Idaho
| overall = 4–8
| confrecord = 3–5
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State Sun Devils]]
| conf = [[Pacific-10 Conference|Pac-10/Pac-12 Conference]]
| startyear = 2007
| endyear =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007]]
| name = [[2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| overall = 10–3
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = [[2007 Holiday Bowl|Holiday]]
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 13
| ranking2 = 16
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008]]
| name = [[2008 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| overall = 5–7
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = T–6th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2009]]
| name = [[2009 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| overall = 4–8
| conference = 2–7
| confstanding = 9th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2010]]
| name = [[2010 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| overall = 6–6
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
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| ranking =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2011]]
| name = [[2011 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| overall = 6–6
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = T–3rd <small>(South)<small>
| bowlname = [[2011 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas|Maaco Las Vegas]]
| bowloutcome =
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| ranking =
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 31–30
| confrecord = 21–25
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 200–96–1
| bcs = yes
| poll = two
| polltype =
}}
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
==Further reading==
"Out of Everett," ''[[The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times']]'' ''Pacific Magazine'', Sunday, August 13, 1995, p. 12-17.
==External links==
* [http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/erickson_dennis00.html Arizona State profile]
* {{CFBCR|711|Dennis Erickson}}
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