Tyrone Willingham
Tyrone Willingham
Lionel Tyrone "Ty" Willinghamis a retired American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Stanford University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Washington, compiling a career college football record of 76–88–1. He served as a volunteer for the Stanford University women's golf team...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 December 1953
CityKinston, NC
meaningful others
I've done this before, ... But it's meaningful because there will be many others that will make something of it.
light matter
not discouraged, but disappointed. ... As a matter of fact, there is still a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to find a way to get to it.
alone conference sitting start team whether win
That is something that every Pac-10 team should start with, whether you are the last-place team or the first-place team. That's why you are in the conference ù to get to that pinnacle. We'd like to be one of those teams, so this is an important game. And by its place on the schedule, if you can win it, then you are sitting there alone for a little while.
attitude chances creating focus game help home plane team time travel walk whether
Any time that you can have that me-against-the-world attitude and sometimes when you travel that's the attitude that you develop, because you're on the plane and it's just you and your teammates, you walk into the stadium, and there's not a lot of help around what you're creating really is a focus. And any time you can get your team really to focus on that game your chances go up that things go well for you. That's whether home or away, but usually at home there are more distractions.
dame good talk touch wonderful
The Notre Dame episode, I won't touch that, ... I don't talk about it. It's a wonderful place and we did some good things there. I didn't do all I wanted to do.
defense heart loss soul
That is a very costly loss for this team. He is the heart and soul -- not just our defense -- but our team.
adds dimension gets
Everything gets more difficult. It adds another dimension to their lives.
area fertile football guys maybe nice opportunity provide schedules
Because it is a very fertile area to recruit, it's always nice to go there and do well. It should provide some guys an opportunity that maybe they don't get because of their football schedules to see us,
decision encourage key miss valuable
You go too late, then you miss a valuable option. I think that is something he has to get a feel for and it is something that we encourage him to do. But the key for him is to make the decision at the right time. I think he is getting better and better each day.
practiced regain second
There's always going to be that. He hasn't even practiced with the (first or second units). Hopefully, he'll regain it quickly.
everybody guys special
You need guys with special talents, special minds, who don't think like everybody else.
great lived
It's a great rivalry, but I didn't think we lived up to our end of it.
along both rare run skill time
It's a rare skill to do both of those well and to know the right time to run and the right time to throw. But I think he's come along very well in that area.
break football losing mindset suffered team
It's not just this loss. This football team has suffered a lot of losses. At some point, we've got to break that trend. It's not just about losing games. It's about the mindset that accompanies that. We've got to break it.