Mike Erb enters his second season as the head track and field/cross country coach for the New Orleans Privtaeers.  Erb began his tour of duty with New Orleans in the 2013-14 indoor season.

Prior to being selected as head coach of the Privateers program, Erb spent five seasons as a member of the Illinois women’s track and field staff as an assistant coach, working primarily with field event athletes. The last two seasons, Erb also handled coaching duties associated with the men’s high jump, pole vault, javelin and multi-events.

During his tenure at the Big 10 power, Erb coached 10 student-athletes to All-American performances, six to Big 10 individual championships and had nine student-athletes post school-records. In addition, the Illini won the Big 10 women’s indoor team title in 2013.  Also in a five-year span, a total of 54 student-athletes coached by Erb have scored points at the league championship events.

Erb arrived at Illinois after successful coaching stints at Marquette and the University of Redlands.  He spent the 2008 season as an assistant coach at Marquette, where he was responsible for coaching the men's and women's long and triple jumpers as well as the multi-event athletes.

The position at New Orleans is the second head coaching stint for Erb, who served as the head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach at the University of Redlands in California from 2002 through 2007.

In his time at Redlands, Erb guided the men's track and field program from a last place conference finish to consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships in 2006 and 2007. With the Bulldogs, Erb coached four NCAA champions, eight All-Americans, 20 NCAA Championships qualifiers and 152 All-Conference performers. He also coached Corey White, who went on to the Pan American Junior Championships, where he placed second with a throw of 228-10.

Erb received his undergraduate degree in environmental science in 1998 from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, where he was a decathlete and jumper from 1994-1998, earning two conference titles in the triple jump. He also received his Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration from Redlands in 2005.

Erb is certified as a USATF Level II coach in the jumps and throws and is a USATF Level I instructor.