David Elson
David Elson
David Elson is an American football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator for Western Illinois University. Between 2003–2009 Elson was head coach of the WKU Hilltoppers football program representing Western Kentucky University. Elson oversaw the transition of WKU from a Football Championship Subdivisionto a Football Bowl Subdivisionprogram, the highest division in college football; in his final season, the Hilltoppers joined the Sun Belt...
certainly challenge depth improving looking starter
He's been a two-year starter there and is certainly working on improving his game. We're looking for some depth there and someone who can challenge him.
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It definitely made us limited on some things. Philip Bates has shown, in the time that he's been able to get in there, that he's a strong back that gets positive yards, and he's hard to bring down.
backs build crazy easily gonna happen possibly proof run three top
The top three backs are out, so that right there is proof that we're gonna need as many as we can possibly have. That's crazy when you think about it, but it can happen very easily because we're gonna run the football, so we just have to build the depth. I think we've really been able to do that this spring.
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Foster had two legitimate Conference USA offers from Tulsa and Memphis, but he stuck with us.
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The word 'finish' is a popular word around here, back to 2002. It's just a mentality of playing every play like it's your last, and we came out and were a little satisfied with how the first half of it went. We have to learn that when you have someone down, you gotta finish them off.
believed choose depth develop gonna helping physical process spring time worry
I've always believed that you can't worry about injuries, especially this time of year. I choose to see the positives. It's just part of the process of having a physical spring practice, which we're always gonna do. It's helping develop our depth is how I look at it.
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It looks like (MSU) is playing with a lot of confidence on both sides of the ball and on special teams. I think they're one of the most improved teams in the conference over the last couple of years.
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The thing that I am most excited about with this class is that I think it backs up what we said when I first started back in March 2003. We want to recruit the state of Kentucky better than anybody does, and this signing class states that with nine kids from the state.
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I just wish we could have had another one that would have given us points. If that would have happened, you never know what the outcome may have been.
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What he's doing is showing all those guys that either aren't in now or that are going is that there's great competition. He's raising the level and raising the bar, and everybody's gotta step up and be ready to compete.