Tyrone Willingham
Tyrone Willingham
Lionel Tyrone "Ty" Willinghamis a retired American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Stanford University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Washington, compiling a career college football record of 76–88–1. He served as a volunteer for the Stanford University women's golf team...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 December 1953
CityKinston, NC
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There is a certain segment of our fans who believe that this is the most important rivalry that we have.
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I would probably venture to believe that it would be what Mississippi Valley State did some years ago with their offense (featuring quarterback Willie Totten and wide receiver Jerry Rice). I think some of it has come from the northwest portion of the country.
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My first focus was to have a guy I felt very comfortable with as our leader of our football team. I've always said I don't care if he throws end over end or can run around mountains, as long as he can lead our football team to victories.
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I've been very, very pleased with the play we've received from Isaiah. I think he's dedicated himself to being a good quarterback and I think so far he's moving in that direction. I think he has a chance to be very special.
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I've been pleased with what they've done so far, the group of them. The most notable of them is Carl Bonnell. It's nice to see him back out there and starting to get involved. ... He seems to be moving pretty well.
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I've been pleased with what Carl has done and he is so much better than he was a year ago this time.
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This is a very, very good football team. That is a football team that understands how to win. When they have an opportunity, they know how to take advantage of it.
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You need guys with special talents, special minds, who don't think like everybody else.
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We have quite a few players from California so it makes it easier for their families to get there and see them play,
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We haven't even practiced yet, but all of our positions are wide open.
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The problems of our offense are never just limited to one person. We as coaches believe we have to do a better job to put him in better position. We have to have better execution, and that's the way we look at it.
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But with all of that, you can't lose your focus, you've got to play the football game.
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I hesitate to ever put a label on best ever. In their generation, in this time span, and for the type of football they're playing, there's no question that right now they are dominating the landscape.
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in terms of our coaching staff, we can only worry about what we have. We have got to make them the best players that they can be. I don't want to get into a discussion about whether we have talent or whether we don't.