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...
months since taking
With Dunlap, we're taking it real slow. It's only been eight-and-a-half months since Dunlap had his operation, so we want him healthy.
defense front great kids last played playing six
We've been playing great defense the last six games. The front has been playing great and the kids just played their butts off today.
answer dropping questions running
We are dropping too many passes. If that continues, then that'll answer your questions about what we are going to do with all those running backs. We'll put the wishbone in.
eat night
It's what they eat the night before (that's important).
friend nice
It's nice to be important, but you know what, it's more important to be nice. ... If you live with that, you'll have friends all over the world and you'll be a friend of everybody.
decision easy great
It's not an easy decision because they're (tugging you) from every direction. He has been a great contributor to this program.
football model people putting
The blueprint, from the way they went about putting in a football program, has been outstanding. I think it's a model of how people should go from nothing to where they're at.
best chart depth quality somehow
The best thing to do is to keep the depth chart the way it is when you have quality depth. (But) you have to somehow get the best 11 on the field.
belief biggest character giving knowing men might talked university walking
The belief of these young men in never giving up ... we talked about character and walking around knowing you can win. This might be one of the biggest wins, when it is all said and done, this university could have had.
dropped freshmen guy mistake second true
It's going to be hard. Because all I know is that one time, two true freshmen are in there and one guy made a mistake on the first play, and then on the second play the other guy dropped a pass. They're true freshman. They've just got to get in there and play.
division rush smart
They did it properly. They didn't rush it. Just look how smart they were in going from one division to another, to get where they're at and being part of the Big East.
almost reasons time
It's about time we got one, and we almost didn't for the same reasons -- penalties.
ball change discussed hand jay missing morning pointed shame towards
We are going to make a change at quarterback. We're going to hand the ball to Marcus Stone. There's something missing (with the offense), and it's a shame that it's always pointed towards the quarterback. We're just going to take a look at this. We discussed it this morning with Jay and Marcus.
clear days greek mud open rose someday
The youngsters that come in here are 15 days behind, and everything is all Greek to them. Everything is clear as mud to them. But someday it's going to open up like a rose petal for all of them.