Ron Zook
Ron Zook
Ronald Andrew Zookis an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Florida from 2002 to 2004 and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 2005 to 2011. Zook is a native of Ohio and an alumnus of Miami University, where he played college football. He has worked as an assistant coach in the National Football Leaguewith the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, and New Orleans Saints. In August 2012, he...
against coach college football game honor privilege
What he's done for the game of college football is unbelievable, ... It is an honor and privilege to coach against him.
extremely great strides stronger
He's done everything I thought he would do at this point. He's extremely fast. He's made great strides at getting stronger and bigger.
blunders game great lesson lose normally special teams win
You normally don't have two blunders like that on special teams and win a game. Our thing was we're not going to lose a game because of special teams. That's a great lesson to be learned.
fits offense opportunity wants
He wants to have an opportunity to play more and he didn't know if that's going to happen. He wants to get into an offense that fits him better.
excited guys handle helped hopefully mature ourselves seven spring younger
Right now, we're undefeated. I'm more excited about a spring than I've been in a long, long time. (But) we've got a long way to go. We're a little bigger, a little stronger, hopefully a little quicker. We've helped ourselves with the seven (new) guys that are in here right now and the younger guys are a little more mature in how they handle themselves.
attitude calling chris guy hard reminds team
He reminds me of Chris Leak, the guy we had at Florida. He's very athletic, very humble, and he's a leader. He was calling me and asking, 'How about this guy, how about this guy?' It's hard to get that team attitude today.
compete players ranked realize team
Our players should realize we can compete with a team that is ranked 15th in the country,
improved line needed question
I don't think there's any question our line is much improved over where it was in the fall, and it needed to be.
arguably impressed justin played
Getting Justin back is a big, big plus, ... He is arguably one of our better players. I was really impressed with the way he played, having not played in a while.
fault middle miss tennessee
They were scheduled to miss the Middle Tennessee game. It's not their fault there was a hurricane.
advantage attitude college football forward great highest level move progress success winning
He has had success at the highest level of college football and that winning attitude will be a great advantage as we move forward with the progress of this program.
glad practicing running
I was just glad to see him practicing and running around out there. I think everyone was.
nice
I thought he did a nice job. He showed some bursts.
coming hurdle key major pounding proud successful
I'm just so proud of them. They did what we've been pounding into their heads, ... Coming back was the key thing for us today. We have a long, long way to go. But we did something that I think was a major hurdle for us to have a successful program.