Rocky Long
Rocky Long
Roderick John "Rocky" Long, Jr.is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the San Diego State University. Promoted on January 12, 2011 from defensive coordinator, he succeeded Brady Hoke. Long was the head football coach as his alma mater, the University of New Mexico, from 1998 to 2008. He played professionally with BC Lions of the Canadian Football Leagueand the Detroit Wheels of World Football League...
academic confident pushing retention rule school spirit
It's a retention rate, not just an academic rate. The spirit of this rule is right on. We're always pushing to get better. I don't think it's fair, but I am very confident we will be over 925 for the 2005-06 school year.
change cleared offense
We won't change very much on offense if he's cleared to play.
everybody sideline spread struggled texas tough
We struggled with Texas Tech's offense, and everybody has, because they spread you sideline to sideline. It's tough to defend.
confident continues deal defense guys matter offense runs seeing spread start step stopping tough
The defense continues to improve, and we're seeing some guys start to step up. I'm just not confident when it comes to stopping the spread offense. It's a really tough offense to deal with no matter who runs it.
bowls good opportunity scouts
They may not get as much attention, but scouts still go to those bowls so it was a very good opportunity for them.
offered staff
As of right now, no one on our staff has been offered another job, and no one has been fired.
anybody drafted forward late team
I think anybody that's drafted late and makes a team is a big accomplishment. I look forward to his future. I think we all do.
against helped image jump league powers
I think it's helped our league image dramatically. I'm just really disappointed that the powers to be in the BCS didn't really jump up there and put them against Auburn or something.
battle fall good guy ought starting strong tyler worked
He's a really strong guy who's worked really hard. It ought to be a real good battle between him and Tyler Donaldson in the fall for the starting job.
assignment chance control difficult hope kinds run stop throw
He is a difficult assignment especially because of the way they can throw and run the ball. You don't stop those kinds of guys, you just hope to control them enough to give you a chance to win.
close coaching excited fill opening soon wish
I know Grady is excited about coaching close to his hometown. We wish him well, and we'll fill the opening as soon as we can.
bad breaks critical damn game good great history hung nice overcame players reasons victories victory
They hung in there in some critical situations. They overcame some real good players going out of the game for different reasons and overcame some bad breaks and some turnovers. I just told them it won't go down in history as one of the great victories in Lobo football, but it's a damn nice victory for us.
season veteran
He started off this season as a confident, veteran quarterback.
capable definitely good played test watching
He played most of the game, so we got a pretty good sense of what he is capable of doing from watching the tape. He'll definitely test our defense.