Mack Brown
Mack Brown
William Mack Brownis a former American college football coach. He was most recently head football coach of the Texas Longhorns football team of the University of Texas at Austin...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 August 1951
CityCookeville, TN
best father goes happens husband life maybe sports sure
Don't let this be the best thing that ever happens in your life. Maybe it'll be the best sports event, but don't let it be the best thing. Make sure you're a better father than this today. Make sure you're a better husband than this today. Because this goes away. ... It's a game.
beat critics
Don't let distractions beat you down, don't let critics take you out of getting where you need to go.
backs coach defense defensive developing game involved key last moved plans played preparing role since spot successful
Duane started as our defensive backs coach and has become more and more involved with the defense each year. Since he moved into the co-coordinator spot last year, he has played a key role in developing game plans and preparing one of the most successful defenses in the country.
coach convince force meant selfish worst
The worst thing for a coach is to try to convince him to come back. After all he's meant to this university, how ungracious of us to be to force him to make a selfish decision.
gives hard hopefully kids last lost means opportunity stay weeks
(The win) gives us the opportunity to stay at (No. 2) and hopefully get better as a team. Last year, when we lost in October, we lost some of that and couldn't get back up. It by no means gives you a right to the end, and that's what our kids have to understand. It's a long, hard 11 weeks left.
awful chance cost mistake national win
I've told them if you get in trouble, you probably won't play. What an awful thing for you to make a 15-second mistake that cost yourself a chance to play or win a national championship.
athletic performance seen
I've never seen an athletic performance from a quarterback like Vince Young did tonight.
learned likely says streak talking thinking
I've learned something from Pete out here. Pete says if you keep talking about the streak and you keep thinking about the streak, they're more likely to end.
beaten bobby deal joe point talked understand
I used to think it was only me. Then I talked to Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden at one point and they said, 'Oh we've been beaten up our whole lives. Understand it's not you, big boy. You're nothing special. It's part of this deal and part of this job.
coach forgotten great role voted
I voted for Joe. What a great coach and a great role model. He's forgotten more than I will ever know.
games hyped
So often in games so heavily hyped like this, it doesn't live up to the hype. I thought it was better than the hype.
guys supposed worried
So much for hangovers. I worried about it all week, and the guys went out and did what they're supposed to do.
breaks week worried
So much for hangovers. I was worried about it all week ... He (Young) just breaks teams' backs.
bunch confident
Sometimes that's construed as cockiness, but we like to think that our bunch is confident and classy.