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...
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.
bolster both felt lines needed
We felt like we needed to bolster our lines on both sides. I felt like we did that.
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.
challenge focusing great group innovative job matter
I think that's the thing. As coaches, we have to do a great job of being innovative and yet focusing on the things that really matter in football. That will be our challenge with this group in the spring.
team
I think this team as a whole, have an understanding. They have had to play in this conference, and they know what's happening.
carries early second smarter tired
That was too many carries this early in the season. He was getting tired in the second half. We've got to be smarter about how we do that this week.
critical fill positions receiver spring wide
Wide receiver is one of the positions that will be critical to fill this spring and fall.
good talent
We've got some pretty good talent at tailback.
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.
practice today
We'll go through the same practice we went through today without the contact.
playing
They know where they are coming. They know what they are playing for.
counting guys
We've got a lot of guys out there banged up, a lot of guys that we are counting heavily upon.
body felt josh needed
With Josh out and Demetrius banged up we felt that we needed another body in the backfield.
afford anywhere certainly easy game gave ground help knew momentum near needed ourselves perfect stay
We certainly didn't help ourselves today. We knew we had to play a near perfect game to stay in the game with them and we weren't anywhere near what we needed to be. 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.