Chuck Amato
Chuck Amato
Charles "Chuck the Chest" Amatois an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator for the Akron Zips football team. He served as the head football at North Carolina State University from 2000 to 2006, compiling a record of 49–37. On January 17, 2007, Amato returned to Florida State, where he had coached as assistant for nearly two decades before moving to NC State, as executive associate head coach and linebackers coach, a position he held for...
defensive looks walks
When he walks into a room, you say that's what (a defensive end) looks like.
crazy everybody fans game georgia home imagine last played week win won
We've got to win, period. Home or away. But we do have to win a game here for everybody involved. Could you imagine this place if that game (last week at Georgia Tech) was played here, won here, how crazy the fans and everything would have been on that last play.
few mistakes since super
His stats, throwing-wise, may not be super, super good, but he doesn't make many mistakes. Since that first game, he has made very few mistakes and that is why we have been on this roll.
defensive great helped mario recruit recruiting start tradition
He's been a great contributor to this program. He's already helped start a tradition on the defensive line. ... We can recruit other players, but there'll never be another Mario Williams. When we're out recruiting defensive ends, that is what they should look like.
ended last season stepped
He has really stepped his preparation up and how he's going about it. He's better now than when the season ended last year.
anybody cost country penalties silly stressed
We have stressed penalties and turnovers more than anybody in the country could. Silly penalties now, silly penalties that really cost us big.
drives excuse help
Those are such nagging things that help keep drives going. There's no excuse for that.
belt four games guy last shots win year
We had four shots to win it and he's the guy who got us down there. He's just so much better this year than last year because he's got those 11 games under his belt and now he's got four more under his belt.
hard time waking
We have a hard time waking up everybody.
concerned players
I was more concerned about my players than me. All they did was just go out there and give everything they had.
practicing whether
We've been getting them up early. We've been practicing early. It don't know if that has any consequence. Whether that makes a difference, I don't know.
best dominate fought front game hard looks running
We fought hard and that was Jay's best game yet. He really commanded our team. Our running game looks good, but we need to dominate more up front on defense.
condition game good
I don't know if we were in as good game condition as we have been in the past.
certainly coach realized speed trying
Coach Bowden certainly realized that speed made it happen. That's what we've been trying to do here.