Mack Brown
Mack Brown
William Mack Brownis a former American college football coach. He was most recently head football coach of the Texas Longhorns football team of the University of Texas at Austin...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 August 1951
CityCookeville, TN
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You have to give Steve McNair so much credit for being a father figure. Right now, it's popular to be Vince's godfather, but when Vince was 10 years old, nobody knew he'd be like that.
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I knew about Texas from being around coaches in my family, but I didn't realize it was such a national place until I got here. When you say something at Texas, it's talked about nationally, not just in your neighborhood.
anniversary birthday cards cowboys everywhere knew sent turned wives
Everywhere I went, he knew the coaches, their wives and their children's names. He sent anniversary and birthday cards on Cowboys stationery. He turned most into Cowboys fans.
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I knew him when I was a young coach. I admired him for what he stood for. He taught coaches how to win championships with class and dignity.
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I took the media guide and showed our players all the great All-Americans and all the Heisman Trophy winners at Ohio State so they would appreciate the history at the school. I showed them a picture of Coach Hayes because I knew he would be honored there. I want them to know what's going on. I told them when they're 54, they'll look back on this as a great moment in their lives and that they need to play good and they need to win.
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He's one of the greatest players ever to play college football. He's the most competitive person I've ever been around. He didn't speak to me when we went for the field goal on fourth and 4. I knew he wouldn't. I had to go over and suck up to him.
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The only time it was used, they got it right.
bad few game happen happened inability last overcame run stop talk
When you have as many things happen bad as have happened the last few years, I thought that was one thing they had to overcome, ... And they did that, they overcame the talk about the turnovers in the game and their inability to run or stop the run.
great love
We love Vince. He has done great things for our program.
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We love Vince and appreciate all the great things he's done for the University of Texas on and off the field. We'll miss him, but want him to do as well in the NFL as he did in college.
almost dared players threw
The players dared me. They said I was a coward. I almost threw up.
beat lined team
We would beat the '69 team ... if we lined up with them and played. It's no contest.
careful guy move places practice
You have to be really, really careful that as you move a guy around, you don't put him in so many places that you can't get him enough practice reps.
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We had a chance in the last 5 minutes. We throw it in the end zone and drop the ball.