Ron Zook
Ron Zook
Ronald Andrew Zookis an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Florida from 2002 to 2004 and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 2005 to 2011. Zook is a native of Ohio and an alumnus of Miami University, where he played college football. He has worked as an assistant coach in the National Football Leaguewith the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, and New Orleans Saints. In August 2012, he...
maybe sync
I think that maybe in Florida, the expectations were a little out of sync where they were talent-wise.
glad practicing running
I was just glad to see him practicing and running around out there. I think everyone was.
extremely great strides stronger
He's done everything I thought he would do at this point. He's extremely fast. He's made great strides at getting stronger and bigger.
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He's done an unbelievable job with their program. When you go back and you look, up until just maybe two three years ago, his staff was pretty much intact for such a long period of time. To me, that really says a lot. You look at the record and you can see what he's done, but when you see coaches that stay there for a long period of time, I think it says a lot about the way he runs the program.
compete players ranked realize team
Our players should realize we can compete with a team that is ranked 15th in the country,
across improve line offensive overall
Our offensive line has to improve. Overall defensively we have to improve. We have to improve across the board.
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Our offensive line has got to improve. And defensively, there's no question we have to improve. There's no doubt in my mind we will be improved. We've got to play the type of defense you have to play in the Big Ten Conference.
bit both burning candle good room strides summer weight
He hasn't made the strides that I'd like to see in the weight room. That's impossible. He's burning the candle at both ends. It's important that he has a very good summer in the weight room and get a little bit stronger.
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He has had success at the highest level of college football and that winning attitude will be a great advantage as we move forward with the progress of this program.
fits offense opportunity wants
He wants to have an opportunity to play more and he didn't know if that's going to happen. He wants to get into an offense that fits him better.
call chance great knows situation wants
He knows this situation is a great situation. He wants a chance to call plays.
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He missed a couple balls out there. You want to see him be a little more accurate. He threw some behind, but he will continue to get better. He's better than he was last fall and I feel confident that he has improved from the fall.
excited life
I just know I'm excited about it. I've been told I can't do things all my life and that's usually when I get excited.
again continue improve ready
I just told them we're not ready to play, but then again we don't have to be ready to play. We still got some time, so we've got to continue to improve and get better.