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
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.
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,
assignment early effective efficient encourage parking quicker renew start
We encourage everyone to renew early because it allows us to be more effective and efficient in doing our seating and parking assignments. The more we have in early, the quicker we can start the assignment process.
green head ride wave
We need to keep our head down and keep digging. We'll just ride this wave out and take it to Green Bay.
corner deal playing
But, it's just what we deal with playing corner in this league.
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.
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.
good penn state
The good part is we only have to play Penn State once, and not 10 times,
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.
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.