College Assistant and High School Head Coach
A native of Mandan, North Dakota, the outgoing Erhardt graduated from Jamestown College in 1953, then spent the next two years serving in the military. After leaving the service, he was hired in 1956 as an assistant coach at Williston High School in North Dakota. The following year, he began an outstanding six-year run as a head coach at two North Dakota Catholic high schools: from 1957–1959, his teams at St. Mary's of New England compiled a mark of 25-3-1, followed by another three-year run at Bishop Ryan High School in Minot, where he was 20-6-1 from 1960–62
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