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
coach job prevent
I don't coach their team. I have to coach our team. Our job is to prevent them from scoring. We have to do our job.
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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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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.
coaching five moral style
If you look at five plays, we get those plays, we win, It won't be our coaching style to be into moral victories.
believe coaches job limited offense problems
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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I don't think coach Willingham knows what a hint is.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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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Everything gets more difficult. It adds another dimension to their lives.
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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,
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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.