Kyle Whittingham
Kyle Whittingham
Kyle David Whittinghamis the head football coach of the University of Utah Utes. Prior to becoming the head coach at Utah, Whittingham served as Utah's defensive coordinator for ten seasons. He was named head coach of Utah after Urban Meyer left for the Florida Gators in 2004. He won AFCA Coach of the Year and the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in 2008...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 November 1959
CitySan Luis Obispo, CA
anxious guys
We have a lot of guys who have not been in that situation, and I'm just anxious to see how they react.
game major point took turning
That was the major turning point in the game, when they mishandled the punt and we took it right in and scored. That was essentially the play that put the game away.
absolutely beat bowl dominated football game objective playing quality team winning
That was a quality football team we beat out there. Not only beat them, we dominated them, 38-10. Getting in the bowl game is one thing, but winning it is the objective ... Did I see a 38-10 victory? Absolutely not. Did I see us playing well? Absolutely yes.
loss player toughest
That's the toughest loss I've ever been a part of, as a player or coach.
beat comment commit five good judgment officials poor regarding team
My comment regarding ACC officials was unfortunate and poor judgment on my part. You can't beat a good team when you commit five turnovers.
air behind extremely feels force game good nice pain rearview
It feels extremely good to get this game behind us. Air Force is a pain . . . to defense, and it is nice to have them in the rearview mirror.
blessed determine good order ready situation
We're blessed with a good quarterback situation that Utah's never had. We're not ready to determine the pecking order yet.
competition good mountain school west
Just about everyone we recruited had a BCS school (scholarship) offer. That was our competition this year. Other than in-state competition with BYU, we had very little competition with Mountain West schools. It was all BCS schools, which is a good thing.
ankle bad caught good missed telling third year
Had he not had a bad ankle this year, I'm telling you he would have caught 90 balls. That's how good he is. He missed a third of the year essentially.
guys hurt ready three
We have three guys who are ready right now, in my opinion. And one guy that's hurt.
campus chance good key people players record sign track visit visits
Getting players on this campus for visits is key for us. We have a very good track record of getting commitments from people who visit campus. If we can get people on campus, see what we're all about and get around our players, we have a good chance to sign any of them.
best defensive expect mountain tackle west
I expect him to be the best defensive tackle in the Mountain West Conference.
against challenge country defense georgia good great guys job line nice opportunity players quality ranked season tech
I don't think it's overrated. They've done a nice job on defense all season long. They're ranked No. 10 in the country (defending the run) because they've got good players and they play hard. But by the same token, it's a great opportunity for us and great challenge for our guys to line up against a quality defense like Georgia Tech and see what we can do.
numbers
I don't know what his numbers were. But they weren't good.