Gary Pinkel
Gary Pinkel
Gary Robin Pinkelis a former college football coach who most recently was the head coach for the University of Missouri Tigers football team. From 1991 to 2000, he coached at the University of Toledo, winning a Mid-American Conference championship in 1995. He is the most winning coach in Toledo's history. He is also the most winning coach in the history of Missouri, a position that he held from 2001 to 2015...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 April 1952
CityAkron, OH
chance excited phase
We're doing some significant things different on offense, but there is enough carry-over that it didn't phase him. It's just one game, but he was just so excited to get out there and have a chance to play quarterback again.
fought guys huge penalty stuff
We had a touchdown called back, but we fought through that. We got first down going in and had a huge penalty on that and we still fought back. So there was a lot of stuff my guys overcame.
continue good guys top
They did some good things with the top two guys out. There's going to be a lot of competition, so let it continue when we come back in August.
hitting maintain poise positive single
They were hitting on every single thing they did, there were a lot of things that did not go our way. You just try to maintain your poise and be positive with your players.
attack certainly good mixture multiple present
I think we'll see a combination of everything. I think they'll do what they do. They're good coaches. They're smart. I think we'll see a mixture of things. They're multiple in the attack that they present to us. So we'll certainly see some of those things.
almost amazing bowl faster played quick recruiting time
Our recruiting was almost over by the time we played our bowl game. Everything's so much faster now and it's amazing how quick things go.
athlete behind glad guy people remarkable remarkably scenes talented
If I told people I thought he was going to play like that, I'd be lying. I told many people behind the scenes that this guy is a remarkably talented athlete with remarkable poise. To play like that, first game, 18 years old. I'm just glad he's on my team, and I'm glad he's a freshman. Just remarkable.
preparing season since
He has been preparing for this season since January.
hard ready worked
He just worked hard and got back in, so he's ready to go.
beliefs brad couple feels hesitant life opinions push tries vocal
His first couple of years he was really hesitant to say a whole lot because I think Brad is really hesitant to push his beliefs and opinions on anybody, ... He just tries to live his life and do the right things. Certainly, you'd like to have a little more vocal leadership, and I think he's doing that this year. He feels more comfortable.
brad happiest instead moments thinking trying
That's Brad Smith. He's never thinking of himself. He's always thinking of everyone else. That should have been one of the happiest moments of his career, and instead he's trying to tell me about this incident.
good pleased speed sure
I'm very pleased with the class. What we wanted to do was to make sure we had some balance, and I think for the most part we got that. If you look at our class, also, I think there's a lot of speed in the class. I feel very good about that.
arkansas based exactly few game maybe offense past played reading state
They've played our offense in the past and they'll also have a game to see exactly what we're doing, and maybe Arkansas State didn't. They maybe guessed on a few things based on reading articles.
game good last physically
In the last game we had a really good game physically up front. ... I think we're making progress.