Gary Pinkel
Gary Pinkel
Gary Robin Pinkelis a former college football coach who most recently was the head coach for the University of Missouri Tigers football team. From 1991 to 2000, he coached at the University of Toledo, winning a Mid-American Conference championship in 1995. He is the most winning coach in Toledo's history. He is also the most winning coach in the history of Missouri, a position that he held from 2001 to 2015...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 April 1952
CityAkron, OH
brad decide drive low neat players team
Sometimes you have to go that low before you can decide what you want to be and what you want to do. The players just started making plays, they just started competing. ... It was neat to see Brad drive this team back.
hitting maintain poise positive single
They were hitting on every single thing they did, there were a lot of things that did not go our way. You just try to maintain your poise and be positive with your players.
continue good guys top
They did some good things with the top two guys out. There's going to be a lot of competition, so let it continue when we come back in August.
almost amazing bowl faster played quick recruiting time
Our recruiting was almost over by the time we played our bowl game. Everything's so much faster now and it's amazing how quick things go.
game good last physically
In the last game we had a really good game physically up front. ... I think we're making progress.
gadget offense share
In their offense they do that, anyway. They always have some gadget plays. That's part of what they do. That's part of what he does. We do our share ourselves.
beliefs brad couple feels hesitant life opinions push tries vocal
His first couple of years he was really hesitant to say a whole lot because I think Brad is really hesitant to push his beliefs and opinions on anybody, ... He just tries to live his life and do the right things. Certainly, you'd like to have a little more vocal leadership, and I think he's doing that this year. He feels more comfortable.
good pleased speed sure
I'm very pleased with the class. What we wanted to do was to make sure we had some balance, and I think for the most part we got that. If you look at our class, also, I think there's a lot of speed in the class. I feel very good about that.
games high lost school
I don't know if he lost any games in high school - this guy's used to winning.
anywhere best call national player question united
He's without question one of the best receivers in the country, what you would call a national recruit. In other words, a player that pretty much can go anywhere he wanted to in the United States.
great nfl question
He's got a great arm. There's not question about it. He's got an NFL arm. The things we're doing right now and that we'll do through two-a-days will get us there.
bowl comeback greatest guys independence
I told the guys at halftime, let's have the greatest comeback in Independence Bowl history.
arkansas based exactly few game maybe offense past played reading state
They've played our offense in the past and they'll also have a game to see exactly what we're doing, and maybe Arkansas State didn't. They maybe guessed on a few things based on reading articles.
background confidence far huge kept level maybe nice stuff thrown wins
It was not just that we were down, it was all the other stuff that just kept getting thrown in our face. In my background I'm used to getting wins like this. Maybe not that far from behind, but I'm used to being a part of that. And it's nice that they'll get a huge confidence level from that.