Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly
Brian Keith Kellyis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach for the University of Notre Dame, a position he has held since December 2009. Kelly was previously head coach at Grand Valley State University, Central Michigan University, and University of Cincinnati...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 October 1961
CityEverett, MA
backs both chance coach contact field good head plays saw sides
We wanted a chance to get to see our young backs and get a sense of who we are when the contact starts. Overall, we saw some good plays on both sides of the field which, as a head coach at the end of the day, is what you want to see.
close teams win
When you play teams at 1 o'clock, in the heat, that's not used to being in this weather, you should be able to close teams out and win games.
battle field fight notions onto opportunity super time trying
This time of year, you go onto the field and know that you can go and fight for a championship. We don't have any preconceived notions out there. We're just trying to get to the playoffs. Every year, if you go out there and battle and play hard, you have an opportunity to go to the Super Bowl.
best chose situation
This was the best situation for me and that's why I chose to stay.
point
At that point in my career, I could have moved,
good penn state
The good part is we only have to play Penn State once, and not 10 times,
balance competing depth level players playing upped
We have depth and a balance of experienced players competing for playing time. We have upped the competitive level of everyone else out there.
powers recognize
We all are going to outplay and outperform what we do and it's up to the powers that be to recognize that and acknowledge that.
corner deal playing
But, it's just what we deal with playing corner in this league.
ground hit last lost needed pleased point prepared running step
I thought our first day went really well. We are at a point now where we are not going to take a step back just because we lost our quarterback from last year. We needed to hit the ground running and I was pleased with how these young quarterbacks prepared themselves.
hard jerry kids ready
Our kids have been working out and we're ready to play without Jerry Seymour, as hard as it may be.
came kids quite
...Our kids are going to be quite excited. They came here to play this kind of schedule.
games national playing point program win
If we are going to get the national recognition for our program we have to play some of these games. And we have to win some of them. There is no point in playing these games if we don't want to win.
bad happens tour treat whenever
Whenever something bad happens on tour we treat ourselves.