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...
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.
foolish fools-and-foolishness guys penalties scoring took
Penalties set up a touchdown for them and took away scoring opportunities from us. We had some foolish penalties and some guys got one who hadn't had one in two years.
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.
game start worried
I'm really not worried about it. We're going to start the game and see how it's going.
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.
eat night
It's what they eat the night before (that's important).
best game might played
That might be Jay's best game he's ever played here.
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.
basketball break classes fall fortunate friday missing starting weeks
We're very fortunate because we're starting fall break tonight. Could you think about missing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday classes two weeks in a row? But, you know they do it in basketball and do it in other sports.
athletic ball both classes depth excited filling needs positions sides skill
We are very excited about this year's class. It really solidified our depth on both sides of the ball at the skill positions while filling needs at other positions. This is one of the more athletic classes we have put together.
great pleased
We got a great quarterback that we're really pleased to have. That youngster's going to be something else.