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...
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.
chance deal
We wouldn't have had a chance to travel, but we would have been able to play, and that's a pretty big deal for us.
bad breaks critical damn game good great history hung maybe mean nice overcame people players situations victories victory
We're resilient. I think people were questioning that. I mean maybe even I was questioning it some. But they hung in there in some critical situations and overcame some real good players going out of the game for different reasons. And they overcame some bad breaks and turnovers. I just told them it won't go down in history as one of the great victories in Lobo football, but it was a damn nice victory for us.
interested job surprised
I was surprised he was even interested in the job because he's so good.
best golf interested meant offensive playing sitting stunned tired
I was stunned he was interested in the job. I really meant it when I said he's the best offensive coordinator and play-caller I've ever seen. I think he was tired of sitting around playing golf and really wanted to get back into coaching.
actions chris responsibility taken traveling work
Chris still has some work to do with the team, but he has taken responsibility for his actions and will be traveling with us.
good handle learn nobody people process run seen stop stopped trying
Nobody has seen it enough yet to get a real good handle on how to stop it. As long as it's going to be effective, people are going to run it. We haven't stopped it yet, so we're still in the process of trying to learn how.
came incident lucas period
Lucas Higgins came to me after the incident and told me what happened. He was disciplined and is in a probationary period right now with the team.
change cleared offense
We won't change very much on offense if he's cleared to play.
next spark
We need a spark to get us to the next level. I thought we underachieved some this year.
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.