After working for a year as an assistant coach for the University of Illinois, Erbe held multiple volleyball positions in Chicago during the 1990s.
While accumulating 244 wins and 140 losses, his team reached the Final Four at the 1995 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament.
[1] While in California during the early 1970s, Erbe worked at Tustin and Huntington Beach as a high school volleyball coach.
[11] During this time period, Erbe was the women's coach of the Junior National Volleyball Team for the United States in 1973.
[6] The following year, Erbe coached the American team that competed at the 1974 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
[16] Due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, Erbe did not work with the American women's volleyball team as an assistant coach.
[19] With the University of Southern California, Erbe's team won the AIAW National Large College Volleyball Championship in 1976 and 1977.
[27] After accumulating 310 wins, 121 losses and 3 ties with Southern California, he left his coaching position in January 1989.
[28] In February 1989, Erbe was considered by Southern Illinois University Carbondale to become their volleyball coach.
[36] In 1993, Erbe joined the Michigan State Spartans women's volleyball team as their coach.
[38][39] During this time period, Erbe and Michigan State reached the Final Four during the 1995 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament.
[44] In 2019, Erbe continued his coaching career when he was hired by Forest Hills Eastern to lead their volleyball team.