Pat Hill
Pat Hill
Lawrence Patrick Hillis an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State from 1997 until his dismissal following the 2011 season. In 15 seasons as head coach as Fresno State, he led the Bulldogs to a record of 112–80, 11 bowl game appearances, and a share of the 1999 Western Athletic Conference title...
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We've built on that vision, ... We never varied on the course we took. . . . We took a lot of criticism, playing the type of schedule we play. But I'm very proud of the fact we stayed the course.
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Toledo has been in this offense now for five years so I think they are a little more efficient,
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Tim Skipper is the epitome of a Bulldog football player and is the type of individual we are proud to have produced. He was obviously a very good football player to start for four seasons. As a student, he was excellent. He was a leader on the field and in the locker room. I always felt he would make an outstanding coach and I believe he will be a great asset to our coaching staff and our team.
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To be at a program for nearly a decade is very rare for any coach these days. I hope this shows how much I love the community. We have goals to accomplish and I'm working on making the grass greener at Fresno State.
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We're very small and lean in weight, but very athletic. I made a real change in my philosophy of offensive line play. We are working very hard at keeping our offensive linemen light and lean.
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We work more on preparing ourselves to get better as football players. Because if we just spent our whole practice working on each team we played, I think we would go down as a football team.
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We work from the top of the ladder. National championship and undefeated season out? OK. Move on. What's next? Our top goal now is winning the WAC title, and that's a lofty goal.
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We adjust to what the defense dictates. We like to run. We had the short field against Toledo and didn't throw it much.
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We're getting to a point now where when we get to our scouting team, it's a full-speed picture. We might not spend a lot of time preparing specifically for an opponent, but the time we do spend has been of good quality.
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Until Nov. 19, it went very well. At the end, it didn't go very well. We had a very, very good season going and we didn't finish the way we wanted to. But I'm not going to take anything away from this football team. We played at a very high level in many games this year, and it was never from lack of effort.
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From top to bottom, this is the toughest non-conference schedule we've ever had. I expect two of our non-conference opponents, Oregon and LSU, to both be ranked in the top 10 of the preseason polls this fall.
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He's gotten a bad rap. It just doesn't seem right because he's only done good.
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He had a heck of a year. The scouts notice him.
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We just have to keep winning. It's a simple goal, but it's not so simple to do. I don't care what the other team's record is, it's always a big game for us and that's how we have to prepare.