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
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He works hard every day, he studies and prepares himself as well as any of our starters. There is no question he has a strong desire to be a part of what's going on. But he is a team player and he places that above self. And that, to me, is very special. That's what really makes the core of a good football team when you have guys who put team before self.
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He has dedicated himself to being a good quarterback, and I think so far, he is moving in that direction.
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He is amazing. You read so much stuff about the other guy across town from him (Southern California's Reggie Bush) that he almost becomes kind of a forgotten back,
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When you take that job, you understand. And I think that's one of the reasons that I took the job, because it is a place that has had some of the most prestigious coaches in the country with some of the greatest accomplishments in football. So, you take it knowing that. And hopefully you're prepared to try to live up to that type of manner.
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The problems of our offense are never just limited to one person. We as coaches believe we have to do a better job to put him in better position. We have to have better execution, and that's the way we look at it.
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We'll have a clearer picture on that on Tuesday. Is it conceivable that he might play? We don't know yet. I think that's a very honest answer.
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We haven't even practiced yet, but all of our positions are wide open.
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We won't know until practice today, until he goes out and tries a few snaps and sees what happens. Then after that, we'll probably be able to make a decision one way or the other. You'll probably know tomorrow.
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He's one of the truly great members of the organization and a real representative of the game because he is focused not just on football, but on developing people the right way.
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I hesitate to ever put a label on best ever. In their generation, in this time span, and for the type of football they're playing, there's no question that right now they are dominating the landscape.
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If you can take that aspect of the offense away from them, you can really take the heart of that team.
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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.
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I'm not going to sit and say that it was one of Johnny's best days. ... There were some plays I think he'd like back. But I know Johnny and Johnny will bounce back and have a much better day.
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If you don't practice, it hurts you. That doesn't sort it out, or make a decision. I don't think there's anyone who has said, 'Coach, I'm your quarterback,' yet.