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.
months since taking
With Dunlap, we're taking it real slow. It's only been eight-and-a-half months since Dunlap had his operation, so we want him healthy.
answer dropping questions running
We are dropping too many passes. If that continues, then that'll answer your questions about what we are going to do with all those running backs. We'll put the wishbone in.
biggest goes hit hits maybe opening stadium
The opening kickoff set the tone. Oliver Hoyte goes down and makes the hit of the season. Maybe one of the biggest hits that's been at that stadium in a long, long time. We go in and score, and that really did set the tone.
practicing whether
We've been getting them up early. We've been practicing early. It don't know if that has any consequence. Whether that makes a difference, I don't know.
hard time waking
We have a hard time waking up everybody.
chat game talked
We talked about we'll play the game and chat after that. I know nothing.
best dominate fought front game hard looks running
We fought hard and that was Jay's best game yet. He really commanded our team. Our running game looks good, but we need to dominate more up front on defense.
crazy everybody fans game georgia home imagine last played week win won
We've got to win, period. Home or away. But we do have to win a game here for everybody involved. Could you imagine this place if that game (last week at Georgia Tech) was played here, won here, how crazy the fans and everything would have been on that last play.
defensive looks walks
When he walks into a room, you say that's what (a defensive end) looks like.
ball change discussed hand jay missing morning pointed shame towards
We are going to make a change at quarterback. We're going to hand the ball to Marcus Stone. There's something missing (with the offense), and it's a shame that it's always pointed towards the quarterback. We're just going to take a look at this. We discussed it this morning with Jay and Marcus.