Gene Chizik
Gene Chizik
Eugene T. Chizikis an American football coach and former player. He was named defensive coordinator at North Carolina in January 2015. He was the head coach of the Auburn football team from 2009 until the end of the 2012 season. Chizik's 2010 Auburn Tigers football team completed a 14–0 season with a victory over Oregon in the BCS National Championship Game. Chizik played college football at the University of Florida in 1981 for head coach Charley Pell...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 December 1961
chemistry football great hard pinpoint team
It's been fun, especially with these guys. This football team is different. They're just different. They've got something about them. They've got some chemistry and some great things that it's hard to pinpoint the things that make champions, but this team has it in them.
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What separates him from a lot of the good ones, and why he's a great one, is he's got the mental part of the game as well as anyone I've ever been around. He does a great job of making sure everybody is in line.
found good guy guys spying
What I've found is that a lot of times, if a guy is that good that you're spying on him, he's probably better than your spy guy. We've got to have 11 guys spying on him.
mean perfect points
It's all about points allowed. They were averaging 54. They scored 17 today. Now that doesn't mean we're perfect . . .
bought defense willing
I told them we're going to be physical. If you're not willing to be that or can't be that, you won't be playing. They bought into that. There's no other way to play defense the way we see it.
anybody proud saw stopped
The thing that I'm the most proud of is that we never stopped working. We were patient. We never saw anybody get rattled.
game people
You would not want to go into this game right now with a lot of young people in your secondary.
coverage finesse game physical solid stop team throws
You've got to stop the run, be physical and then be solid in your coverage issues. You can't let a team that throws it 70 times a game make you into a finesse team. You have to be physical.
chess early looking next plan
I think their M.O. has been, if they do something new, to do it early and see what you do. They're really looking intently to see what you do so they know where to go with the next step. It's a chess game. If you don't play it well, they come back and do it again. If you do play it well, they go to Plan B.
guys spying
We've got to have 11 guys spying this guy. He's that good.
against along bush concerns cuts element nobody power stop
Bush has an element of power to go along with his speed. One of our concerns is over-pursuing against him so that when he cuts back, there's nobody there to stop him.
assure blessed continue fortunate move nice texas university
I feel very blessed and very fortunate to have been able to make the move to the University of Texas and continue a streak. You know, it's been fun. It's not something I think about it a whole bunch. Obviously, it would be nice to continue that streak, I can assure you (of) that.
ahead comfort compared curve definitely eliminate last trying
I can definitely see a comfort level, we're ahead of the curve compared to last year. We're just trying to eliminate a lot of the inconsistencies.
count played
I haven't played anything like this in so long, it wouldn't even count if I said it. This is a whole different world.