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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I don't think coach Willingham knows what a hint is.
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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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in terms of our coaching staff, we can only worry about what we have. We have got to make them the best players that they can be. I don't want to get into a discussion about whether we have talent or whether we don't.
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I will not rule out anything. I don't speculate on my own future. I'll wait and see what happens.
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My goals have always been to inspire people to be the best they could be, on and off the field.
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As you understand the game of football, you understand that it is about wins and losses.
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It's certainly a loss for us here at the University of Washington, because Jeff Compher has been a wonderful friend and administrator. Jeff is a football man first, but he has the compassion and desire to make all of Northern Illinois' programs successful. He's one heck of a guy.
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Years ago, when I was (at Stanford), you had maybe one or two teams -- at one time I was part of one of those teams -- you didn't have to worry about, ... Now it's not that way in the conference. A lot of the teams that were once at the bottom kind of have their games together and are making their way to the top.
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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.
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I think we're going to look very closely at our situation to make sure we have things in the right order. I think we've got to make sure we've got that situation where it needs to be.
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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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If you can take that aspect of the offense away from them, you can really take the heart of that team.