Chuck Amato
Chuck Amato
Charles "Chuck the Chest" Amatois an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator for the Akron Zips football team. He served as the head football at North Carolina State University from 2000 to 2006, compiling a record of 49–37. On January 17, 2007, Amato returned to Florida State, where he had coached as assistant for nearly two decades before moving to NC State, as executive associate head coach and linebackers coach, a position he held for...
gave hold nobody overtime team
Penalties, penalties, penalties. But you know what, nobody on that team ever gave up. Nobody on that team ever quit. Nobody thought we wouldn't hold them and go into overtime or do something big in the end zone.
defensive great helped mario recruit recruiting start tradition
He's been a great contributor to this program. He's already helped start a tradition on the defensive line. ... We can recruit other players, but there'll never be another Mario Williams. When we're out recruiting defensive ends, that is what they should look like.
ended last season stepped
He has really stepped his preparation up and how he's going about it. He's better now than when the season ended last year.
awful bowl concerned florida game half history men played playing south
You're always concerned about that. As I've told our players, half of our young men haven't played in a bowl game either, and of the half who haven't, there are an awful lot of them who are playing and starting. It is a big, big day in the history of South Florida to play in their first bowl. Hopefully, we can make it a day that they won't want to remember.
ran scares standing
He ran by us like we were standing still. That scares me.
almost reasons time
It's about time we got one, and we almost didn't for the same reasons -- penalties.
athletic farmer grew opportunity owned pay side
My grandparents on my mother's side owned a farm, and I grew up on the farm. If it wasn't for an opportunity to get an athletic scholarship ... to pay for my education, to this very day, I would be a farmer up in Pennsylvania with my cousins.
concerned players
I was more concerned about my players than me. All they did was just go out there and give everything they had.
division rush smart
They did it properly. They didn't rush it. Just look how smart they were in going from one division to another, to get where they're at and being part of the Big East.
certainly coach realized speed trying
Coach Bowden certainly realized that speed made it happen. That's what we've been trying to do here.
football model people putting
The blueprint, from the way they went about putting in a football program, has been outstanding. I think it's a model of how people should go from nothing to where they're at.
decision easy great
It's not an easy decision because they're (tugging you) from every direction. He has been a great contributor to this program.
contribute
There's some way all of them can contribute one way or another.
compete consider fight game jock losing people win winning
Consider the source. Losing is frustrating if you've never put a jock strap on in your life. But for people that compete and know how to win and know what this game is all about, it's not hard. It can be if you don't have character, if you don't have a winning attitude. But if you're a winner, let's live to fight another battle.