Dennis Erickson

Dennis Brian Erickson (born March 24, 1947) is a retired American football coach and former player. He is formerly the assistant head coach and running backs coach at the University of Utah. Erickson retired on December 30, 2016 after 47 years as a coach. 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), Oregon State University (1999–2002), and Arizona State University (2007–2011). During his tenure at Miami, Erickson's teams won two national championships, in 1989 and 1991. His record as a college football head coach is 179–96–1 (). Erickson was also the head coach of two teams in the National Football League (NFL), the Seattle Seahawks (1995–1998) and the San Francisco 49ers (2003–2004), and tallied a mark of 40–56 ().