Jeff Tedford
Jeff Tedford
Jeffrey R. Tedfordis the former head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He is best known as the former coach of the California Golden Bears, where he was twice named Pac-10 Coach of the Year and holds Cal records for most wins, games coached, and bowl game victories...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth2 November 1961
CityLynwood, CA
believe bit breeds care confidence felt goes level main mindset self-esteem success team time tried trust
Any time a team goes 1-10, their confidence and self-esteem is low, ... You really have to get that back up and believe in one another. That was the main thing. We just tried to take care of that in-house and get our mindset a little bit better to where they felt like they had a trust level that they could play through anything. Then a little bit of success breeds more success and goes from there.
bleeding injured night none people players scratch type unclear
People have said he was injured (that night). It's unclear what type of injury, ... It was a scratch on his wrist, a little bitty scratch, it wasn't even bleeding ... None of our players have been implicated in any wrongdoing.
bleeding injured night none people players scratch type unclear
People have said he was injured (that night). It's unclear what type of injury. It was a scratch on his wrist, a little bitty scratch, it wasn't even bleeding ... None of our players have been implicated in any wrongdoing.
adjusting biggest chance learn offense summer
I think it went just fine. We got a chance to learn some of the concepts. The biggest thing was adjusting to the shotgun. We'll take a look this summer how much of that we want to do and how much of the traditional offense we want to do.
couple dropped game pressure starter wait
He was making the right reads, and he had a couple of dropped balls, and another one there was miscommunication with the receiver, so it wasn't all him, ... He put some pressure on himself. Now being the starter will be better for him. He doesn't have to wait his turn. He can go in the game and get the jitters out of the way early.
attitude came care forget positive rest rubs win
He has such a winning, positive attitude. He was one of our first recruits. I'll never forget him saying, 'I came here to win a championship, coach.' He didn't care that they were 1-10 before. His attitude is contagious, and it rubs off on the rest of the kids.
joe shocked struggled
I was a little shocked that Joe struggled like he did,
everybody mean ready time
He didn't play to his potential, by any means, but that doesn't mean he can't play, ... Everybody has a day like that from time to time, and he had it right out of the gate. He's our quarterback, and he'll be ready this week.
holes potential skill spring
There's a lot of potential there. We have some skill and we have some holes to fill. The spring will be really important to us.
dabble unorthodox
They really know what they're doing with the option. There're a lot of things that are unorthodox with the option, and they don't just dabble in it; they know what they're doing.
aaron bunch happen huge kyle learning spoiled throwing
It is a huge learning curve. We have become very spoiled here with expectations with Kyle (Boller) and Aaron (Rodgers) throwing a bunch of BBs all around the field. It doesn't happen overnight.
board chance drawing football game leaves time
Every time I look at that, it kind of leaves a knot in my stomach. It was an unbelievable football game and we had a chance to win, but didn't get it done. So we have to go back to the drawing board and see if we can do it this year.
focused guys mean pleased talk team understand veterans
I get the sense they understand, ... I've been very pleased with our mind-set. Our guys have been focused for every game. It hasn't really wavered at all. That's not us, I don't believe. We don't ever really talk about rankings. There are enough veterans on this team to understand that it doesn't really mean anything.
coach creating energy enjoying fly good group job obvious passion playing
I see a group that's playing with a lot of energy. They have a lot of passion for what they're doing. They fly around. They play very hard. It's obvious coach Zook has done a good job of creating a mind-set of enjoying playing the game.