Dennis Erickson
Dennis Erickson
Dennis Brian Ericksonis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the assistant head football coach and running backs coach at the University of Utah. Erickson as served as the head football coach at the University of Idaho, the University of Wyoming, Washington State University, the University of Miami, Oregon State University, and Arizona State University. His record as a college football head coach is 179–96–1. Erickson has also been the head coach of two teams in the...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 March 1947
CityEverett, WA
If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it in the next few days.
The greatest thing that's happened to me is Nick Holt leaving so I can come back.
Obviously the focal point on any football team is the quarterback, there is no question about that. And I feel very, very good about Steve.
There were times last year when we had offensive and defensive linemen going both ways. There are times when guys are so beat up, they won't practice on Wednesdays. They won't practice on Fridays. So you've got to have some guys fill in.
It's a combination of young guys and some veterans. I spent a lot of time interviewing and talking to the staff here. I really felt they did a good job. I wanted to keep as many as I could.
I'm happy for this opportunity to get back to college football, which has always been my first love.
Now, it's just a matter of competing, winning some games and working your rear end off. There is no magic wand.
We expect him to miss this week and we think he'll probably play the last three games.
We're going to wait for the legal part of it to come about and find out exactly what happened and what direction we're going to go in.
Tim is very smart. He understands the game and has a good arm. He does a lot of the things I like to do offensively. How good is he going to be? I don't know. We'll have to coach him up and find out.
To have those two conference games at home is very exciting. It's always great to have your rival game at home.
We're having guys start to step up and it's very important that we have that. We've just got to keep moving, get to the football, and play with a lot of pride in this program, which we did today when we got the chance to play.
We want to compete for conference championships and go to bowl games.
There are times during the year where you're so beat up, even with the practice guys that you have, that you can't even practice,