Dave Wannstedt
Dave Wannstedt
Dave Wannstedtis an American football coach. He has been the head coach of the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was also the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh football team from 2005 to 2010. He also was a long-time assistant to Jimmy Johnson with the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Hurricanes, and Oklahoma State Cowboys as well as an associate of Johnson when both were assistants at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1970s...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 May 1952
left obvious plays work
We still have a lot of work to do. It was real obvious there were a lot of plays out there that we kind of left on the field, particularly on offense.
people trying
We are just shuffling some people and trying to get the most out of them.
continue freshman played
We played a lot of freshman and we're going to continue to do that.
personal standpoint
We probably know each other better from an offensive-defensive standpoint than a personal standpoint.
guys program recruiting schools
We want to be a top-10 program on the field, off the field, in recruiting and with everything we do. We have a lot of guys here who told big schools they are going to Pitt.
establish team type work
There's a lot of work to do to establish what type of team we're going to have,
best built few foundation next players program team
That's what the foundation of this program is going to be built on and the next few years that's what this team is going to be built on -- players we can trust, players that are going to be accountable and players who want to be the best -- not just OK, the best.
pitt special
That's what makes Pitt a special place in my mind, the tradition. Those names, that's what the tradition's all about.
against good played team type
You don't have a real good feel for what type of team you have because you haven't really played against anybody,
halfway hours meeting meetings morning orleans practice stuff tampa
This morning we had a meeting going over and correcting the stuff from the Tampa game, and now in two hours we're going to go into meetings on New Orleans. And we're going to practice for New Orleans this afternoon. We've never had to practice the day before a game, but we do this week, just to be halfway organized.
anybody locker mud pads practice room walk
There was no way I was going to have my first practice in pads and walk into that locker room without having anybody with mud on their pants,
hit joe scramble
There was just one of them that he actually made a throw, to Joe DelSardo, where he actually did scramble and hit it,
beginning challenge coming exhibition games guys hard prepared pressure respond season talent time tough training virginia work
There will be a lot of pressure on us to get it right in training camp. We don't have any exhibition games, any 'give-me' games coming out of the blocks. Virginia is a very tough game, especially for an opener. We have young players, but they have talent and we'll work hard to get them ready. These guys will respond to the challenge and we'll be a lot better prepared for the beginning of the season this time through it.
challenges defense defensive developing encouraged few guys line looked
As a whole, the defense looked good. A few guys really showed up to play today. Developing the defensive line is one of our challenges and I was encouraged today.