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...
deserve felt good injuries themselves
I felt comfortable that they could go out there and do really good things themselves because they're all playmakers, and I think they deserve that. It had nothing to do with injuries at that point. I just wanted to get them in there.
athletic farmer grew opportunity owned pay side
My grandparents on my mother's side owned a farm, and I grew up on the farm. If it wasn't for an opportunity to get an athletic scholarship ... to pay for my education, to this very day, I would be a farmer up in Pennsylvania with my cousins.
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.
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.
biggest might university
This might be one of the biggest wins, when its all said and done, that this university could have had. It could be the steppingstone for a lot of things.
capable eliminate kids stuff time
There's a lot of stuff that's correctable. We're doing everything we're capable of to eliminate mistakes. It's time these kids are accountable.
almost reasons time
It's about time we got one, and we almost didn't for the same reasons -- penalties.
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.
blessed
I'm a very blessed person to be here.
condition game good
I don't know if we were in as good game condition as we have been in the past.
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.
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.
biggest goes hit hits maybe opening stadium
The opening kickoff set the tone. Oliver Hoyte goes down and makes the hit of the season. Maybe one of the biggest hits that's been at that stadium in a long, long time. We go in and score, and that really did set the tone.
full hit speed
We've hit a little bump, and we're going full speed ahead.