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...
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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.
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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.
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I've talked to our trainers and managers. If we can't get (the running backs) in the game, we'll let them run the water out during timeouts. That way I can tell their parents they got on the field.
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I've never seen so many long runs on kickoffs. Darrell Blackman is an awfully good athlete.
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They are another good football team that the record may not show it. Boston College, overtime. Miami, overtime. They beat a good football team in Texas A&M. They beat a good Maryland football team, as we are seeing.
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There's some way all of them can contribute one way or another.
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There's something a little bit missing ... and we're just going to take a look at this.
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Consider the source. Losing is frustrating if you've never put a jock strap on in your life. But for people that compete and know how to win and know what this game is all about, it's not hard. It can be if you don't have character, if you don't have a winning attitude. But if you're a winner, let's live to fight another battle.
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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.
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We have stressed penalties and turnovers more than anybody in the country could. Silly penalties now, silly penalties that really cost us big.
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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.
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We have a hard time waking up everybody.
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I was more concerned about my players than me. All they did was just go out there and give everything they had.
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I tell it like it is. Nobody can make that decision except the man himself. He's the one that's got to make it, and don't look back. Don't you dare look back.