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
asked awake bush call life morning president sally
You know your life is different when the first call you get this morning is from President Bush at 6 o'clock and (my wife) Sally asked me if I was awake and wanted to take it. I said, 'I think so.
asked happened kiss national somebody win
Somebody asked me if we win the national championship and he leaves, what will I do? I will kiss him. That hasn't happened yet.
asked chance fun gave gotten hurtful proud run running worse
When you're 1-10 it's a hurtful period. It's not who makes fun of you because you feel worse about yourself. It's because someone gave you a chance to run their program, and you aren't running it very well. That's what you're proud of for Texas, that they've asked you to do something and you've gotten it to this point.
asked awake sally
Sally asked me if I was awake and wanted to take it.
asked bobby excited greatest happened life national second title tougher win
If you win the national title will it be the greatest thing that's ever happened in your life? No. I asked Bobby Bowden once, and he said the second national championship's a lot tougher than the first one, so don't get excited about it.
depth job tremendous usc wear
I thought USC had a lot of depth and did a tremendous job of substituting, but he'll still wear you down.
focused good great practice seen until wait week
It has been a very good week of practice ... the most focused I've seen them because they can't wait until Saturday. They know it is going to be a great test.
coach games great jim problems won year
Jim is a great coach who has won more games than I have. I've got my own problems this year ... having two great quarterbacks isn't a problem.
win
I said, 'Good. We'll try to win then.
guys night respond saturday
Those guys have really come on and improved. You don't know how they will respond Saturday night, but we will see it when you see it.
couple stop stopped themselves
We couldn't stop them. We couldn't get them off the field. ... But they stopped themselves a couple of times.
bring bunch excited family issues running sure tough
We couldn't make a first down running the ball. They were tough and got after our tail. They'll bring an excited bunch in here. I'm sure they'll want to get away from the distractions of the family issues with the flood, and they have nothing to lose.
easier family home road
When you're the home team, there are more distractions because your friends are around and your family is around. Sometimes it's easier to play on the road than it is at home.
color sure
We wanted to make sure he wasn't color blind.