Dan McCarney
Dan McCarney
Patrick Daniel "Dan" McCarneyis an American college football coach. McCarney played at the University of Iowa from 1972 to 1974 and was named team captain in 1974. He was an assistant coach at Iowa from 1977 to 1989 under coach Hayden Fry and the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison under Barry Alvarez from 1990 to 1994...
country improved played team week
We had to be the most improved team in the country from Week One to Week Two, and we played that way (Saturday).
country improved played teams week
We had to be one of the most improved teams in the country from week one to week two if we were going to have a chance. That's the way we played today.
assure coming goals good help improve iowa overall state trying
The administration at Iowa State has been very good overall about trying to help me, but I can assure you one of my first goals with the new administration coming in here is to try to improve everything for my staff.
loyalty team winning
Loyalty is uncommon, unconditional and uncompromising. Every winning team has it.
shoes found milwaukee
I was just getting out of a shootaround in Milwaukee when I found out. I took out my insoles (from my shoes) and I was out of there.
best coaches good
We'd better be good and be at our best as coaches and players.
cut five four game hits people per saturday sooner
We have to cut down on some of the hits on the quarterback. We know when people keep blitzing, they're going to get to you sometimes, but we can't go four and five sacks per game every Saturday because sooner or later, somebody's going to hit Bret from the blindside.
man speed top
I don't know that, man for man and top to bottom, we have the speed that TCU has. But we do see speed in the Big 12.
starting
I don't know who the starting kicker's going to be.
few keys last surely
One of the keys is for us to go over and make it a four-quarter game. If we can do that, then we'll have a shot. We've done it here in Ames the last few times, but we surely haven't over there.
cut fact gap iowa last north past state year
Last year it was a fact that there was a gap between the North and South. But there have been years in the past when the North has dominated. I know that Iowa State is going to do everything we can to cut down on the disparity between the North and South.
beat biggest class good great
I can't say that. There's been a lot of great ones here. I know we beat a real class program, a real good program, but I don't know if it's the biggest win.
days last missed next three
He missed the last three days of practice. He'll be (available) next week.
coaching half job lots playing second turn
We made lots of mistakes. They did a better job of coaching and playing in the first half than we did. We had to turn that around in the second half and we did.