Pat Hill
Pat Hill
Lawrence Patrick Hillis an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State from 1997 until his dismissal following the 2011 season. In 15 seasons as head coach as Fresno State, he led the Bulldogs to a record of 112–80, 11 bowl game appearances, and a share of the 1999 Western Athletic Conference title...
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We are very proud of the academic progress we've made. I feel our program is as competitive both academically and athletically as any in the nation. We have gone to seven straight bowl games and our APR score ranks in the top 10 in the nation. That's a great accomplishment by our team and our staff.
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We don't talk much about the opponent. We just get ready for each game the same ways each week whether we're playing an undefeated team or a winless team. They've always got our respect.
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We don't talk much about the opponent, ... We just get ready for each game the same ways each week whether we're playing an undefeated team or a winless team. They've always got our respect.
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We are thrilled to play in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. This is going to be a great experience for our team and our fans to participate in such a historic bowl game.
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We are thrilled to play in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, ... This is going to be a great experience for our team and our fans to participate in such a historic bowl game.
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We had a little powwow with the whole team during the TV timeout. We were not happy with the way we were playing and from that point on the players took over.
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We had a little powwow with the whole team during the TV timeout, ... We were not happy with the way we were playing and from that point on the players took over.
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Because of the success we've had at Fresno State, I have been contacted by several NFL teams regarding their head coaching openings. I'm not going to name the teams, out of respect, but only to say there is genuine interest. Since becoming head coach at Fresno State, I have never interviewed for another job, but with so much interest at this time from NFL teams, I owe it to my family to look and listen.
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We've got a big one coming up this week and our team realizes it, ... They've been in big games before and they understand. Our players have been to tough places. We've had the advantage of experiencing a tough environment. That doesn't make it any easier though. You still have to be prepared, listen well, know your hand signals, etc. You have to understand the emotion of the crowd is controlled by the whole team and what we have to do as the visitors, is try and take that part of the game out of the picture.
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Both teams have a lot of weapons and are able to put a lot of points on the board.
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It was a great process and learning experience. I think it speaks volumes about the quality of our program at Fresno State. With the schemes we run and type of young men who come through our program, it's a great testament to our overall program that several NFL teams had a genuine interest.
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We work more on preparing ourselves to get better as football players. Because if we just spent our whole practice working on each team we played, I think we would go down as a football team.
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I think it's very important for my team to know that as a young man I was influenced so much by Ron McBride, ... Players are a mirror of their coach. I can honestly say I tried to mirror his personality.
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I'm not worried about that. I'm really not. Our team will be ready to play. They know what's at stake.