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
continue front good guys hit islands majority point state year
We're going to continue to hit the islands and make that a point of emphasis. We've got very good front guys out of the state of Hawaii, but this year a majority of our front guys come from in-state. It was an exceptional year in-state for front guys.
available avenues best decided explored
We explored a whole lot of different avenues and decided NAU was the best available to us.
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.
game grow seven shown sign starting telling
We couldn't put 'em away, ... That's going to be something we need to address. It's happened, it's shown up consistently now, but we need to be able to take a game and put it away when we have the opportunity. Sign of a young defense, I'm telling you right now. We've got seven new starters. That is a tell-tale sign of a young defense. But Game 4 now, we should be starting to grow up a little bit.
guys hurt ready three
We have three guys who are ready right now, in my opinion. And one guy that's hurt.
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.
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.
football good minutes played
We played about 55 minutes of very good football,
achievement country defense dominate football good prepared quite team win yards
We prepared very well for them. I thought we would play well, but I didn't think that we would win like this. They're the 10th-ranked defense in the country and we put up over 500 yards on them. They're a very good football team and we were able to dominate them. It's quite an achievement for us.
guys healthy missed spring stayed
We stayed pretty healthy during spring, so that's not an issue. We've got to get the guys back that missed spring ball.
dean guy rely
He's the dean of the safeties back there and actually in the secondary. He's the guy back there with the most experience, and we rely on him a bunch.
coming exactly great hard head pan people seen shape success within year
Coming into this year, people already know what (the head coach) is all about and have seen the success the year before. We're at or within one of our allotted scholarships for each position. We feel like we're in great shape right now. It's hard to say exactly how it will pan out, but as of right now we addressed all our needs.
came game played point score second turning
In the second half, we came back and played better. ... The turning point of the game was when they mishandled the punt. We were able to turn around and score and put the game away.
class extremely pleased recruiting top
I'm extremely pleased with the recruiting class from top to bottom.