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
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.
answer difficult good jim knows preparing season start sure
I thought Jim (Tressel's) answer was good -- that the only thing for sure he knows about who will start at quarterback is that Vince Young will play for us. (Not knowing) makes it very difficult for us. It's like preparing for another season opener.
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.
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.
base cases embrace fan fight media question state understand
Our state is different, there's no question about that. Our media is different. Who we are is different. Our fan base in some cases is different, and you have to understand it and embrace it and not try to fight it.
base fan media state
Our state is different, our media is different, our fan base is different.
bowl enjoy expect fans game national next playing title
Our fans have been able to enjoy a national title game again. ... Now, they'll want to enjoy one every year, and that's OK. We expect to be at the Fiesta Bowl playing for the national title next year.
assured colorado friendship friends-or-friendship gary goes kids people program staff
Our friendship has come out of respect. Gary's honest, and his program goes by the rules. I know those kids are disciplined, and we've got a lot of people on my staff who have been around the Colorado program that assured me of those things early. I've been able to see those things first-hand by being around Gary more.