ASU fires Koetter, hires Erickson

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Norm Chow ???


ASU interested in Titans assistant Chow By Scott Bordow, TribuneNovember 29, 2006Norm ChowArizona State?s search for a football coach has found its way to Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow. A source confirmed Wednesday ASU has contacted Chow.Related LinksWho should be the next ASU football coach?
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Also, word of the Sun Devils? interest in Chow spread through the Titans? offices.

Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher, however, said late Wednesday night no one at ASU had asked him for permission to talk to Chow, as would be the protocol.

?If there is any interest in any of our coaches, they would contact them, then the coaches would come to me about it, and no one has contacted anyone,? Fisher said. ?These coaches are here and want to be here.?

Lisa Love, the Sun Devils? vice president of athletics, will not comment on her search until a coach is hired.

Chow couldn?t be reached for comment.

Love and Chow have a shared past. She was an administrator at USC when he was the offensive coordinator under Pete Carroll.

Chow, 60, long has wanted a head coaching job. North Carolina State reportedly is interested in his services as well, but Chow said through a Titans spokesman Wednesday he hadn?t been contacted by the Wolfpack.

Chow coached at the collegiate level for 32 years and tutored three Heisman Trophy winners: Brigham Young University?s Ty Detmer, and USC?s Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart.

It?s unclear whether Love has scheduled an interview with Chow.

Meanwhile, former Cardinals head coach and current Titans assistant Dave McGinnis has told friends his interest in ASU?s job will wane if he?s just one of several candidates in a prolonged interview process.

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They could bring back John Cooper, that is if there's no animosity left from their loss in one of the few big games Coop was actually able to win as a Buckeye.

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Originally Posted by jlb1705

They could bring back John Cooper, that is if there's no animosity left from their loss in one of the few big games Coop was actually able to win as a Buckeye.

It had to burn a lot of 'Devils that their former coach denied them their one chance at a recognized title (1975 received the title from National Championship Foundation and Sporting News, 1970 from Poling).

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It had to burn a lot of 'Devils that their former coach denied them their one chance at a recognized title (1975 received the title from National Championship Foundation and Sporting News, 1970 from Poling).

I'm sure it burns hard-core Sun Devils. All 5 of them.

My first job after leaving Ohio State was in The Valley of the Sun. I flew from Columbus to Phoenix on the day after Christmas 1989. It was 17 below in Columbus when the first plane took off. It was 70 degrees in Phoenix when the second leg flight landed. That was the first sign that I was a long way from "home".

The second sign came on my first drive to work. There was a billboard advertising ASU football SEASON tickets. Then there were the newspaper ads for SEASON tickets. Then there were the TV ads offering a signed football, a jersey and other swag for buying SEASON tickets. Up to that point in my life I honestly had no clue that there were places on earth where they had to MARKET the football program.

It must suck to be the fan of a team that coaches leave for better opportunities. We are blessed and yes, a little spoiled. I wouldn't have it any other way.

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ASU search likely down to 6

Titans offensive coordinator Chow re-emerges as possible candidate

Jeff Metcalfe
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 7, 2006 12:00 AM
The storm before the calm struck Wednesday in the Arizona State football coaching search.

A dizzying and contradictory array of media and Internet reports about who's in and who's out only served to confuse the truth and make it easier for Vice President for Athletics Lisa Love to keep her secret.

Love is not expected to name Dirk Koetter's replacement today. The timing beyond that remains unclear, although an announcement by Monday at the latest seems likely. advertisementOAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1')

The most reliable information narrows the search to six.

Whether Norm Chow, Dennis Erickson, Steve Mariucci, Mike Martz, Mike Price and Mike Riley are all still in play or Love is working on an even shorter list is difficult to assess.

Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Chow re-emerged in the mix Wednesday night after withdrawing from the North Carolina State search earlier in the day. Chow is described as a "very strong candidate" by a source.

Oregon State coach Riley and former NFL coach Mariucci also surfaced as viable candidates.

Oregon State Athletic Director Bob DeCarolis could not be reached for comment on whether Love has sought permission to speak with Riley.

Mariucci, working the NFL Network, was not available for comment. He was reported last month by HOF mag.com to be a candidate to replace Dennis Green if the Cardinals make a change.

Sources said that Price, who has talked with Love, is not a front-runner primarily because of being fired before coaching a game at Alabama in 2003 due to excessive drinking and behavior at a strip club.

Idaho coach Erickson similarly might have trouble explaining a 1995 DUI arrest to ASU President Michael Crow. Idaho Athletic Director Rob Spear said again Wednesday that he has not been contacted by Love.

Texas Christian coach Gary Patterson continued to tell the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram that he has not been contacted about jobs at ASU or Miami. Patterson has a $1 million buyout in his contract that almost certainly precludes ASU from pursuing him.

The common threads among those still in the running is their age (50-plus) and extensive experience. Only Chow has not been a head coach, but he has 32 years of college coaching, mostly as an offensive coordinator, including on three national championship teams.

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ASU will conduct more interviews this weekend


Jeff Metcalfe
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 8, 2006 10:40 AM

The new Arizona State football coach will not be named today and perhaps not until early next week.

One or more of the leading candidates -- Mike Price, Dennis Erickson and Mike Riley -- could be interviewed over the weekend with an announcement on Monday.

Some believe Texas-El Paso coach Price is the front runner. Others lean towards Idaho head coach Dennis Erickson. They are the 10th and 11th winningest active Division I-A coaches. Erickson won two national championships at Miami and also was an NFL head coach. advertisementOAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1')

Erickson and Oregon State's Riley were among the leading choices at USC in 2000 but didn't take the job, which went to Pete Carroll. ASU Athletic Director Lisa Love was associate AD at USC during that search.

Riley also knows Love, former USC women's volleyball coach, from his days as USC offensive coordinator from 1993-96.

Former ASU Athletic Director Gene Smith talked to Erickson in 2000 about his football opening. Erickson opted against USC and ASU and signed a seven-year contract with Oregon State then left in 2003 for the San Francisco 49ers.