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...
best game might played
That might be Jay's best game he's ever played here.
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You're always concerned about that. As I've told our players, half of our young men haven't played in a bowl game either, and of the half who haven't, there are an awful lot of them who are playing and starting. It is a big, big day in the history of South Florida to play in their first bowl. Hopefully, we can make it a day that they won't want to remember.
against best corners played receiver wide
No doubt. Those corners played their fannies off against the best wide receiver in the country.
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.
played totally
I was just totally disappointed with the way we played defensively.
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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.
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).
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.