Mark Dantonio
Mark Dantonio
Mark Justin Dantoniois an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach at Michigan State University, a position he has held since the 2007 season, presiding over one of the most successful eras in the program's history. He's led the Michigan State Spartans to three Big Ten Conference championships, and seven victories over archrival Michigan in eight years. In 2013, he coached Michigan State to its first 13-win season and the program's fifth trip to...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth9 March 1956
CityEl Paso, TX
experience gets hear loud music
They'll have that roar. It gets loud. There will be times when you can't hear. We need to be able to play under those conditions. They're going to have to experience it. We'll put music on (during practice) and play it loud so they can't hear each other, but it's still different.
class contribute excited experience guys year
I am very excited about this class because we have guys that can contribute now with the young guys that now have experience after one year under their belt.
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Dave is an individual I have coached with in the past, and someone who I have the utmost respect for as a coach and as a person. He has a tremendous amount of experience at coaching offense at the Division I level, and has ties to the BIG EAST Conference as a player and a coach.
experience tough
It was as tough an experience as I've had in coaching. It was one that we will remember.
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Well, it's no different than playing at Ohio State last year. Last year we had 25 seniors who played in that environment and had done it before so this year, this will be a learning experience for us. My advice to the players will be to enjoy the moment. Don't get uptight. These are the things you've dreamed about as a young person growing up. Enjoy the experience, live it and play hard.
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I'm sure they do. We're working. We know where we're at.
compete guys head looking maybe moral toughness walk
I'm not going to walk out of here with my head down. I'm not looking for moral victories. I'm just looking for guys who will play with toughness and will compete and I think we did that. Maybe (Penn State) thought we were going to go in the bag, but I was going to keep playing.
builds class extremely foundation great previous
It's an extremely great class for us. This year's class builds on our previous two and has established a foundation for us to build championships.
controlled difficult football line run win
They controlled the line of scrimmage up front. Usually when you're able to do that, you're able to win the football game. It was difficult to run the football.
team
They look like a team that can play with just about anybody.
ask cincinnati donation family floor forward help home hurricane katrina living mike move people reach second university whose
We're going to ask that people reach out to (Ruffin) and make a donation to the University of Cincinnati Hurricane Katrina effort. We also have Mike Brown, whose family is living on the second floor of their home right now. The first floor is flooded. So let's try to do what we can for our own and help them move forward with their life.
defense four played three wide
We had three or four wide receivers out. And we had some (passes) dropped. That will make a difference. But the defense played well.
continue good opportunity today
Today will give us a good opportunity to continue evaluating where we are and how we need to get better.
hard himself plays starter tony winner
Tony plays so hard and he is so smart. He is a winner who makes plays and has made himself a starter this spring.