Mike Gundy

Mike Gundy
Mike Gundyis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. Gundy played college football at Oklahoma State, where he played quarterback from 1986 to 1989. He became Oklahoma State's coach on January 3, 2005. In 2007, he received national media attention for his heated criticism of a newspaper article on one of his players...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth12 August 1967
CityMidwest City, OK
adversity ball dealt drive fourth handled leave quarter score time
We were dealt some adversity in the fourth quarter and we handled it very effectively in this game. We were able to drive the ball at the end. I wanted to go down there and score and not leave them any time on the clock.
benefit bobby games offense spring team took youngster
Donovan started all the games in 2004 and took most of the reps with the first team in spring practice. It will benefit our team and the offense to have an up-and-coming youngster like Bobby Reid at quarterback.
aggression coach field kicked smart
I let my aggressiveness take me over there. A smart coach would have kicked a field goal.
coaches evaluate good mean option pass run
One pass doesn't mean anything. One good option run doesn't mean anything. These coaches have to evaluate all the film.
along far feet good mentally
He's got good feet and may be mentally far enough along to play at this level.
bobby growing pains sure
Bobby has got to play better. (He) went through some growing pains . . . and I'm sure he would tell you that. He made some mistakes.
hard perfect recruiting science staff worked
Recruiting is not a perfect science but our staff worked hard because we know how important it is.
guess half side stuff
I'd guess we'd do about half the stuff on each side this year.
potential
He's got some potential to make some big plays.
ahead messing name offensive staff tired until
They were so close. I wasn't even going to do it until the game. The offensive staff was tired of messing with it. They wanted to go ahead and name a starter, so that's fine.
except game hold push tempo
We had the same scheme, everything the same except we didn't hold or push in the back. It set the game up, set the tempo for us.
headway took until
We were making headway until he took over.
atmosphere block coached mature simple worry
We think that we've got it simple enough to where they're comfortable that they can go out there and perform. They have to be mature enough to block out the gameday atmosphere and not worry about where they're at and go out there and do what they've been coached to do.
figure smart sure
There is no deadline. He's a smart guy. I'm sure he'll figure it out.