| Dennis Erickson was born on March 24, 1947 and has | | | | Fresno State University in Fresno, California |
| been involved with the game of football for decades. | | | | San Jose State in San Jose, California |
| The most recent development in the football centric | | | | University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming |
| career of Erickson is that he is the head football coach | | | | Washington State University in Pullman, |
| for the Arizona State University (ASU) Sun Devils | | | | Washington |
| which are located in the Tempe region of Phoenix, | | | | University of Miami in Miami, Florida |
| Arizona. Before settling in with the Arizona State job in | | | | The Seattle Seahawks of the NFL |
| 2007 Coach Erickson spent time working at a number | | | | Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon |
| of different college football programs as he perfected | | | | The San Francisco 49ers of the NFL |
| his craft. | | | | In 2007 Dennis Erickson accepted a head coaching |
| Dennis Erickson was a football star in the small town | | | | position with the Arizona State University (ASU) Sun |
| of Ferndale, Washington where he grew up. The small | | | | Devils of the Pacific 10 (Pac-10) Conference. In |
| town of less than 10,000 people is only minutes from | | | | Erickson the Sun Devils got a seasons coach with six |
| the Canada border. After excelling as a quarterback in | | | | years of experience as a head coach in the NFL and |
| a town 25 miles north of Seattle Dennis enrolled at | | | | two college football national championships to his credit |
| Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana where | | | | from when he coached the University of Miami in 1989 |
| he played quarterback for the Fighting Bobcats from | | | | and 1991. |
| 1966-1968. Immediately after his playing days were | | | | In his first three seasons as the head coach at |
| concluded Erickson immediately became a graduate | | | | Arizona State Dennis has failed to impressive fans |
| assistant coach for his alma mater for the 1969 | | | | that were hoping that he would make their team at |
| season. | | | | least relevant in the Pac-10 Conference that has long |
| In 1970 Dennis spent a year as the head football | | | | been dominated by the University of Southern |
| coach at a high school in Billings, Montana before being | | | | California. In three seasons Coach Erickson has a |
| hired as a full time assistant coach at Montana State | | | | cumulative record at ASU of 19 wins and 18 losses. |
| for the 1971-1973 seasons. From Montana State | | | | The only post-season bowl appearance in his brief |
| Coach Erickson went on a coaching carousel that | | | | three year tenure occurred his first year in 2007 when |
| included stops with: | | | | his squad lost in the Holiday Bowl to the University of |
| The University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho | | | | Texas. |