Ralph Friedgen
Ralph Friedgen
Ralph Harry Friedgenis an American football coach. He was most recently the special assistant coach for Rutgers after serving as the offensive coordinator in the 2014 season. He was the head coach at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2000 to 2010. After the 2010 regular season, it was announced that Friedgen would not be returning for the 2011 season, ending his ten-year run as head coach. Affectionately known as "The Fridge", Friedgen was previously an offensive coordinator at...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 April 1947
black came football hanging saw warming win
When they came in from warming up and they saw the black jerseys hanging in their lockers, they went nuts. But it's not the jerseys that win football games.
couple either playing plays win
We were a couple of plays from winning. I'm not into playing close. Either you win or you don't. We didn't and we could have.
business close coach days either friends-or-friendship fun include relationship respect
I don't think I have a lot of close friends in life, but I include coach Beamer as one of them. That relationship won't change. Business is business. I think we have enough respect for each other . . . we've all been through days like that. It's not fun for either one of us.
hard hard-work kicks line struggled weight work
He struggled to make kicks from the 15-yard line at first. Through a lot of hard work in the weight room, he's really improved.
double everybody help moaning taking trying
I'm very appreciative of the way they're approaching that. They're taking double reps now, and everybody is trying to help each other. They're not moaning and groaning about it. They're doing what they have to do to be better.
against chance happened last national program time top tremendous
Any time you play on national TV, you don't want what happened last year. It's a tremendous chance for us to show our program off. Any time you play against a Top 10 team, it's an opportunity.
concerned door taking wide
I'm getting a little concerned about that position. It's so erratic. No one's taking charge, and the door is wide open.
anxious hurt mental missing physical practice spring
We'll just have to see how much missing spring practice has hurt him. I think we've got to be careful. I'm anxious to see where he's at from a mental and physical standpoint.
feeding sharks team
That team is like sharks feeding for a turnover.
game running
The running game wasn't there. If we could have run the ball, we would have won.
ability close run seen
I've seen him run with close to the same ability he had before the injury.
ball ran
They just ran the ball down our throats.
days life
It wasn't one of the better days in my life.
accepted press shut virginia
I told them that Virginia is going to press us, they play a lot of man-to-man, and if they shut you down, they'll shut everything else down. They accepted the challenge.