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
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.
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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.
good maybe people realize win
It was good to get that win and maybe have some people realize that we're not done yet.
expect win
Did I expect us to play well? Yes, I did. Did I expect us to win 38-10? No, I didn't.
against arizona aware coach coming excellent football hands season second system win year
We're very aware that Arizona is coming in with an excellent football team. This is the second year under coach Stoops' system and they're coming off a big win at the end of the season against Arizona State. We'll have our hands full.
caught good situation win
It?s a good situation for us. You win up front. You can never be caught short-handed in the front.
game goal mountain ours type west win
It's not huge. I mean, it's a goal of ours to win the first game . . . and win the Mountain West Conference. But it's not a make-or-break-your-season type of a game.
easy everybody game games might mode panic quite scheduling seven
When we went to 12 games, everybody kind of went into panic mode because scheduling a game is not quite as easy as you might think. Usually, these games are scheduled five, six, seven years in advance.
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.
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We explored a whole lot of different avenues and decided NAU was the best available to us.
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Players have changes of heart all the time and for whatever reason they decided they want to go in a different direction. . . . For whatever reason they've made the decision to take their game and their education ? whatever the case may be ? elsewhere. I'm not sure if they're going to play anymore or not. It's up to them. I haven't talked to them about that.
country far fax guys hectic letters recruiting relief running sigh trains trying
Recruiting is the most hectic part of the year. It is far more hectic than the season. You're on planes, trains and automobiles, running around the country trying to get these guys to come to your university. It's a big sigh of relief when those letters come over the fax machine, and you have them in the bank.
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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.
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.