Jon Heacock
Jon Heacock
Jon Heacockis a former American football player and the currently coaching safeties and Defensive Coordinator at Iowa State. He was the head coach at the Youngstown State University from 2001 to 2009, where he compiled a record of 60–44. Heacock served as an assistant coach at Youngstown State for seven seasonsunder Jim Tressel before Tressel left to assume the head coaching position at Ohio State University...
carry depth folks step
Fortunately we do have some depth at the tailback position. We've got some folks who can step up and carry the load.
both everybody hand positions until
He'll be able to give us a hand at both positions until we get everybody back.
bothers family football hurts surprised
I was just as surprised as everyone. You're disappointed. It hurts and bothers you. Our football family is like any family.
against ball folks iowa last northern ran three yards
Just look at the last three games. They ran the ball for more than 200 yards against Northern Iowa and not many folks do.
bolster both felt lines needed
We felt like we needed to bolster our lines on both sides. I felt like we did that.
against good run stopped western
We stopped the run against Western Illinois, which at times we have not been able to do. There were some pretty good things in that game.
job opportunity reach schedule sure
We feel that we have the opportunity to do what we want to do this season. I like our schedule and my job is to make sure that they all reach their potential.
practice today
We'll go through the same practice we went through today without the contact.
good talent
We've got some pretty good talent at tailback.
critical fill positions receiver spring wide
Wide receiver is one of the positions that will be critical to fill this spring and fall.
attitude coaching football great played taking veteran
We haven't played any football yet as we are still in just helmets, but their attitude is great and they are taking coaching well and we look like a veteran football team.
blocked football opened options running success
We've blocked very well on offense. That success running the football has opened up so many other options for us.
afford easy gave ground momentum
We gave them some easy scores, which we said we couldn't afford to do and we never were able to get anything going offensively on the ground or in the air. We never had any momentum in the game.
ability either question work
I don't question the ability of either of our kickers, but we still have some work to do in that area.