Chris Petersen
Chris Petersen
Christopher Scott "Chris" Petersenis an American football coach, currently the head coach at the University of Washington...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 October 1964
CityYuba City, CA
consistent guy happen last next reason step taking talked whatever year
We talked last year about him taking the next step there, and that didn't happen for whatever reason where we wanted him to. Did he get better? He did. He got better on occasion, but he wasn't the consistent guy that we needed.
issue kicking needed solved
We just needed to get our kicking issue solved for the long term.
adversity handle handled players pound waiting watching
One of the things we pound to our players is how you handle adversity, and I know that was a lot of adversity for him. ... We were kind of waiting and watching to see how he handled that whole thing, and he handled it like a champ.
break difficult hard learned lesson plays road
One or two plays can make or break you at that position. ... He's learned some hard lessons. (Wednesday's) lesson may be as difficult as anything we've learned yet. If he's learned from it, he will be much better down the road for it.
apparent football guy
It was very apparent that this guy is a first-class football coach.
defense job nice
Our defense did a nice job on some fourth-down occasions.
driving entire scared
I've never been so scared driving in my entire life.
guys
You don't want to have that many guys on scholarship.
guys
There were some guys that got better out there.
besides crucial offensive production step
Somebody's going to have to step up there besides Ian Johnson. That will be crucial to our offensive production in the fall, and I think (Denton) is making strides.
coach excellent football good great hire people program
He's an excellent football coach. It's a great hire for those guys. The way I look at it, he'll make us better. That program will be better for him, and competition's a good thing. That makes people better.
access care costs health problems
Health care costs and access are problems (for farmers).
arm continue hung nice took
He's got a really nice arm that's never been the issue. He's getting more comfortable with the offense. He hung in there and took some shots. If he can continue to make progress, it could be interesting.
coming football form help legs mind
He's got a lot to prove, coming back here. He's got to get back in shape, he's got to get his football legs and mind back. ... We just want to get him back to the form he was at. If he can do that, we know he can help us.