CBS 5 - KPHO Pitt's Todd Graham to coach at ASU

Arizona State has hired Todd Graham as its next football coach.

Arizona State athletic director Lisa Love announced Wednesday that Graham will replace Dennis Erickson, who was dismissed following a 6-6 season in which the Sun Devils dropped their final four games.

Graham spent just one season in Pittsburgh, where he led the Panthers to a 6-6 mark and a tie for second place in the Big East.

The move caps a tumultuous season for the Panthers, who announced in September that they're leaving the Big East for the ACC by 2014 and will now be looking for their fourth head coach in the last 13 months.

Graham is 49-29 in a six-year head coaching career that includes stops at Tulsa and Rice.

Last week, reports said June Jones from SMU was a likely candidate for the ASU job, but when boosters heard they brought up character issues with Jones while he was coach at Hawaii.

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