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
blame cannot coaches officials stand understand whine
I had some issues, obviously. But one thing I cannot stand and never will be able to understand is coaches who put blame on officials and whine about officials. I will never do that. That's just not how I'm built.
ethic leadership pleased stepped work
I'm very pleased with his work ethic and leadership, ... He's stepped up into leadership role.
lasts streak
Nothing lasts forever. One streak was not going to go to infinity, that's obvious.
anxiety defensive definitely departure far feeling routine stress
The feeling hasn't been different, but the routine has. It's such a departure from what I was used to as defensive coordinator. It's definitely different. But as far as the anxiety and the stress level, it doesn't feel different to me at all.
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I'm glad we got a look at the option, but the Air Force option with its complexities is light years ahead of what we saw at TCU, and I'm not knocking TCU. It's just that TCU is a mixer whereas Air Force uses the option game as their staple.
achievement definitely great guys positive team
It's an accomplishment and a lot of these guys on the team have been a part of all of them, ... It's great for the guys and definitely a very positive thing.
excited last program quality schedule series several state successful
A series with Boise State makes sense for a lot of reasons. For the last several years they have been very successful and we're excited to have a quality program like Boise State on our schedule
allowed bottom controlled defense good half line outing points poorly seven tackled
As poorly as our defense tackled in the first half and as much as they controlled the football, the bottom line is still points allowed. And we only allowed seven points, which is a very good outing for the defense.
expect win
Did I expect us to play well? Yes, I did. Did I expect us to win 38-10? No, I didn't.
eric gifted past practice stepped stepping work zones
Eric Weddle is stepping up. He's stepped up his work habits. Eric is so gifted and so talented. In the past he's had little lulls in practice where he zones out a little bit,
desperate teams
It will be two teams in desperate need of a win.
good maybe people realize win
It was good to get that win and maybe have some people realize that we're not done yet.
great positive recruiting team terms
It's always great to get a Pac-10 team on the schedule. That's a positive thing, in terms of recruiting and things of that nature.
future resolution team
It's for disciplinary reasons, and his future with the team will be pending the resolution of his issues.