Kyle Whittingham
Kyle Whittingham
Kyle David Whittinghamis the head football coach of the University of Utah Utes. Prior to becoming the head coach at Utah, Whittingham served as Utah's defensive coordinator for ten seasons. He was named head coach of Utah after Urban Meyer left for the Florida Gators in 2004. He won AFCA Coach of the Year and the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in 2008...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 November 1959
CitySan Luis Obispo, CA
absolutely beat bowl dominated football game objective playing quality team winning
That was a quality football team we beat out there. Not only beat them, we dominated them, 38-10. Getting in the bowl game is one thing, but winning it is the objective ... Did I see a 38-10 victory? Absolutely not. Did I see us playing well? Absolutely yes.
against arizona aware coach coming excellent football hands season second system win year
We're very aware that Arizona is coming in with an excellent football team. This is the second year under coach Stoops' system and they're coming off a big win at the end of the season against Arizona State. We'll have our hands full.
expect win
Did I expect us to play well? Yes, I did. Did I expect us to win 38-10? No, I didn't.
caught good situation win
It?s a good situation for us. You win up front. You can never be caught short-handed in the front.
game goal mountain ours type west win
It's not huge. I mean, it's a goal of ours to win the first game . . . and win the Mountain West Conference. But it's not a make-or-break-your-season type of a game.
good maybe people realize win
It was good to get that win and maybe have some people realize that we're not done yet.
achievement country defense dominate football good prepared quite team win yards
We prepared very well for them. I thought we would play well, but I didn't think that we would win like this. They're the 10th-ranked defense in the country and we put up over 500 yards on them. They're a very good football team and we were able to dominate them. It's quite an achievement for us.
deserves played poorly state utah
I thought we played poorly in the first half, ... Utah State deserves a lot of credit.
football good player spring team virtually
I think we've had a good spring. We've progressed, I think, in virtually every area. Spring is all about fundamentals and technique. It's not about out scheming each other offensively or defensively. It's about making every player on your football team better fundamentally and technique-wise ? and I think we've done that.
attached players speaks
I think it speaks to the preparation of our players and the mindset. It's awesome, everything that is attached to this victory.
appreciate bid bowl fairy great heck last tale
Last year, as great as it was, it was like a fairy tale season. I think we appreciate this a heck of a lot more than we did the Fiesta Bowl bid last year.
deal fantastic great last ride season year
Last season was a great ride and was fantastic how things happened, but this year we'll have opportunities to deal with adversity,
blessed determine good order ready situation
We're blessed with a good quarterback situation that Utah's never had. We're not ready to determine the pecking order yet.
anxious guys
We have a lot of guys who have not been in that situation, and I'm just anxious to see how they react.