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
certainly coach good head job
It's certainly not in the job description, ... The good thing is I've been a head coach for 15 years. A first-year head coach could have been a wreck.
beyond clears fragile himself hold jerry moved program wait
If Jerry clears himself and we're able to reinstate him, that's great. But our program has moved beyond Jerry Seymour. We're too fragile as a program to hold back and wait for one individual.
game good home prepare team
It's very important for this team to get off to a good start, ... This is a big game on the road. We have to get some confidence, get a big win, come back home and prepare to get another.
critical knew last
It's critical for these young quarterbacks to get a feel for the game. Last year, we didn't have our quarterbacks live because we knew what we had in Kent Smith. This year, we need to find out what we have at that position.
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.
best chose situation
This was the best situation for me and that's why I chose to stay.
guys happens stop until voting year
Every year there are guys that get overlooked, ... It happens year after year. It will happen until they stop doing the voting process. It is what it is. I just want to play at that level.
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.
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.
point
At that point in my career, I could have moved,
against answer care freshman great job matching pressure tom true
(Defensive coordinator) Tom Bradley did a great job matching up his backer against our true freshman tailback in pressure schemes. We could take care of the big on big, but we had no answer for Shaw.
gives good guy help last option second
Anthony has always been a guy who has had speed, but we think he's a guy who can really come in and help us this year. It was unfortunate that we had to play him last year, but we think he gives us a real good second option right now.
african culture number taught
A number of them were African Americans that had been in that culture of violence, and they're taught to look away, ... You don't want anything to do with it. Get out of there. You don't say anything to anybody.
corner deal playing
But, it's just what we deal with playing corner in this league.