Jeff Tedford
Jeff Tedford
Jeffrey R. Tedfordis the former head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He is best known as the former coach of the California Golden Bears, where he was twice named Pac-10 Coach of the Year and holds Cal records for most wins, games coached, and bowl game victories...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth2 November 1961
CityLynwood, CA
bowl game gives learned time win
We've learned a lot this year. Any time you can win a bowl game it really gives you some momentum.
question start tough
That was a tough start for him, no question about it,
great player
That was big for him. He was Pac?10 Player of the Week, which is great for his confidence.
bad draw dwelling instead mind successes
You have to draw on previously experienced successes to have your confidence. You have to try to keep that in your mind instead of dwelling on the bad part.
guys whether
We don't even really think about whether we're without Marshawn or whatever, ... We have guys who are ready.
adjusting biggest chance learn offense summer
I think it went just fine. We got a chance to learn some of the concepts. The biggest thing was adjusting to the shotgun. We'll take a look this summer how much of that we want to do and how much of the traditional offense we want to do.
consistency issue last year
I think last year consistency was an issue with him.
life
We need a little life in the kickoff returns,
group guys hope played slow stop together
I don't think you can stop them. You just really hope to slow them down a little bit, ... ... When you get a group together that has played together like these guys have, it's unbelievable to watch.
guy hard knows sleeps solid week work
Scott did a real solid job. He knows how to work hard and he was prepared. He's not the kind of guy who sleeps all week in practice.
What, are you nervous? ... That wasn't even close.
against florida games last san tape watching
This week, we're watching their first two games against Rutgers and San Jose, but we are also watching the Florida tape from last year,
cannot crazy deep early force games gets score seen short
You cannot give them a short field. We've seen games where the score gets crazy early because they force turnovers down deep and score.
kick position team
You can never put your team in the position to kick off from the 20-yard line.