Coaching Spotlight: Todd Graham, AZ State

Meet Todd Graham, the head coach for the Arizona State Sun Devils football team.

Todd Graham comes from Pittsburgh football, where he was the head coach, to coach for the Sun Devils. Graham led Rice to its first bowl victory in 45 seasons in 2006, and then led Tulsa to back-to-back 10-plus win seasons for the first time in school history in 2007 and 2008.

Graham is known for leading programs that post many of the top offensive numbers in the nation. In addition, Graham is known for having an eye for hiring some of the nation's top assistant coaches.

ASU Hires Todd Graham

Arizona State has been looking for a coach to replace Dennis Erickson. That search has apparently come to a close as ASU settled on Todd Graham of Pitt. Graham had been with the Panthers for only one year and is the fourth new coach named in the Pac 12 in recent weeks. He should be the last.

Graham is a Texas native who developed his coaching career working his way through Texas high schools. Graham was an assistant at Tulsa from 2003-05, head coach at Rice in 2006, and then headed the Tulsa program for four years.

Interestingly, Pitt marks the second head coaching job Graham has left in the last five years after just one season.