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
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.
aaron bunch happen huge kyle learning spoiled throwing
It is a huge learning curve. We have become very spoiled here with expectations with Kyle (Boller) and Aaron (Rodgers) throwing a bunch of BBs all around the field. It doesn't happen overnight.
learn
We have to be patient. Joe's young and there are going to be some times where he need to learn a bit.
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.
close game learn means potential
Each game we learn new things. By no means did we come close to our potential tonight.
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,
academics cal coach dominating high premier schools vision
vision of Cal being one of the premier dominating schools (in football). The academics here are high quality, and with coach Tedford, we're like a family.
coming drill focus passes preparing team totally typical work
You have to put a lot of drill work in. A lot of your focus is put on things you don't see every day, like counters coming back off of it, play-option passes coming off it. They're always (blocking) at your legs. It's totally different than preparing for the typical team you play.
board chance drawing football game leaves time
Every time I look at that, it kind of leaves a knot in my stomach. It was an unbelievable football game and we had a chance to win, but didn't get it done. So we have to go back to the drawing board and see if we can do it this year.
enjoys everybody great humor humorous people
Everybody enjoys being around him. He's got a great sense of humor and can always make people laugh.
Every day he's getting better and better with the reps he's getting.
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.
What, are you nervous? ... That wasn't even close.