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2-time national champ Erickson quietly assisting No. 10 Utah

Oct 2, 2015 at 3:19a ET

Oct 2, 2015 at 3:19a ET

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Winning a national championship puts a coach in an exclusive group. Winning multiple titles moves a coach into an entirely different realm.

Ten coaches have won multiple AP national championships since 1970. Nine of those never worked on a staff as anything less than a head coach afterward, according to STATS.

The 10th is Dennis Erickson - who is quietly toiling in relative obscurity as the running backs coach for No. 10 Utah.

The 68-year-old Erickson is perfectly content despite those on the outside wondering why a man who won two titles at Miami, is the only person named Pac-10 coach of the year at three schools and led two NFL teams would coach running backs at a growing program.