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
credit good job offense physical played spreading
I want to give BYU a lot of credit. Their offense did a good job of spreading the field. They played very well and they have a physical defense.
game physical played poor
They played more physical than we did, ... a poor game plan.
physical receiver surprised time
This is the first time he has been healthy. But I'm not surprised how he has played. He is a big, physical receiver who is productive.
game improved leadership matured mental physical provides week
After the first week he matured big time. More than just physical things, the mental part of the game and the leadership he provides in the huddle has improved dramatically.
aggressive ball covers gets gifted guy lays physical runs
He's not a guy who lays back and gets juked by people. He's very aggressive going to the ball and he runs through people. He's a physical guy who can run; he covers the field. He's a pretty gifted guy.
attention details stay together understand win
We just need to stay together as a team. We need to understand that attention to details makes you win or makes you not win.
admire along bit both bring help natural shook team toughness type
I've said all along I really admire his toughness and his will to come back. At some point, it's only natural to be a bit shook up by this type of things. We've got to help him through this and bring him back, both for the team and for him as a person.
close game learn means potential
Each game we learn new things. By no means did we come close to our potential tonight.
circumstance game
Each game has a different set of circumstances,
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.
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.