Rocky Long
Rocky Long
Roderick John "Rocky" Long, Jr.is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the San Diego State University. Promoted on January 12, 2011 from defensive coordinator, he succeeded Brady Hoke. Long was the head football coach as his alma mater, the University of New Mexico, from 1998 to 2008. He played professionally with BC Lions of the Canadian Football Leagueand the Detroit Wheels of World Football League...
academic confident pushing retention rule school spirit
It's a retention rate, not just an academic rate. The spirit of this rule is right on. We're always pushing to get better. I don't think it's fair, but I am very confident we will be over 925 for the 2005-06 school year.
offered staff
As of right now, no one on our staff has been offered another job, and no one has been fired.
bowls good opportunity scouts
They may not get as much attention, but scouts still go to those bowls so it was a very good opportunity for them.
assignment chance control difficult hope kinds run stop throw
He is a difficult assignment especially because of the way they can throw and run the ball. You don't stop those kinds of guys, you just hope to control them enough to give you a chance to win.
came incident lucas period
Lucas Higgins came to me after the incident and told me what happened. He was disciplined and is in a probationary period right now with the team.
battle fall good guy ought starting strong tyler worked
He's a really strong guy who's worked really hard. It ought to be a real good battle between him and Tyler Donaldson in the fall for the starting job.
capable definitely good played test watching
He played most of the game, so we got a pretty good sense of what he is capable of doing from watching the tape. He'll definitely test our defense.
actions chris responsibility taken traveling work
Chris still has some work to do with the team, but he has taken responsibility for his actions and will be traveling with us.
everybody sideline spread struggled texas tough
We struggled with Texas Tech's offense, and everybody has, because they spread you sideline to sideline. It's tough to defend.
next spark
We need a spark to get us to the next level. I thought we underachieved some this year.
change cleared offense
We won't change very much on offense if he's cleared to play.