Dennis Franchione
Dennis Franchione
Dennis Wayne Franchione, also known as Coach Fran, is an American football coach. He is the former head football coach at Texas State University, a position he held from 1990 to 1991, when the school was known as Southwest Texas State University, and resumed from 2011 to 2015. Franchione has also served as the head football coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, Pittsburg State University, the University of New Mexico, Texas Christian University, the University of Alabama, and Texas...
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It is monitored and audited to the dime. There are all kinds of checks and balances and procedures to make sure there is no abuse of the system.
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He's got quite an interesting story and our military background was an allure.
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He has experience as both a defensive coordinator and head coach, and I have known Gary for many years. I know he has great passion for his players and he has a high energy level. I have the utmost confidence in his ability to put together an outstanding defense.
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He is a bright young coach who will do a great job of developing our defensive backs and he is an excellent recruiter.
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He never really wavered. Obviously, when you've got a team that played for the national championship three years in a row hammering you, it takes some intestinal fortitude to stand up to that and play close to home where your family can see you play. Mike stood right in there all the way through this process.
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Reggie certainly had a fantastic game throwing and running the football and really only played 2 1/2 quarters to accomplish all of that.
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Stephen has had an outstanding spring. He took that game and a half at the end of the season and used it to create a springboard into this year.
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I don't think Reggie has made a bad decision yet. He hasn't forced any balls. He is really comfortable here. He's doing his thing and is really sharp.
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He was signed to come in and win that job. But Richie Bean is going to have some say about that.
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I think guys are still confident they can make plays. They know they need to make them. They get frustrated when they don't and that's true of every football team that goes through any of the things we're going through.
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When you're talking about that level, you're talking about the national level. You're talking about the elite teams in the nation. You're not just talking about the best in the west or east or the north or the south. We're talking about great football programs.
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We need to play. We don't need to play a game, take a week off, play a game, take another week off. That's not a very good schedule for us.
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We follow NCAA rules here at Texas A&M. I believe Terrence did not explain himself well. We will do all that we can, within the rules of the NCAA, to help our players be successful on the field, in the classrooms and in life.
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I think they have a lot of confidence in the history of this program.