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Erickson making moves to bolster special teams
Erickson making moves to bolster special teams
By Craig Massei

Date: Mar 12, 2003

During 49ers practices in recent years, former special teams coach Bruce DeHaven had several players wear colorful covers atop their helmets to identify positions on opposing schemes. He also wore a microphone so nobody missed a word. And yet, through all of his methods, the 49ers were getting worse instead of better on special teams last year. Expect it to be different in 2003 now that coach Dennis Erickson is giving more attention - and adding new coaching positions - to his speciaty units.

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