Salpointe Catholic grad Rich Ellerson told me last week he will not coach this season. It will be Ellerson’s first year without coaching since 1977, when he was a graduate assistant for Dick Tomey at Hawaii. Ellerson has returned to Tucson after being the head coach at Army for five seasons. Before that, he was the head coach at Cal-Poly for eight years and has an 80-82 record. Ellerson was one of the key elements to Arizona’s Desert Swarm success in the 1990s. He’s only 61; I would expect someone to hire him as a defensive coordinator by 2015.
Salpointe grad Ellerson returns to Tucson
Army head coach Rich Ellerson removes his headset during the first half of a NCAA college football game with the Temple Owls Nov. 19, 2011 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
