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
developing focused game great members people truly
He's one of the truly great members of the organization and a real representative of the game because he is focused not just on football, but on developing people the right way.
anyone clearly impressed plays running walks
But I think anyone that plays him walks away clearly impressed with his toughness, with his speed, with just his all-around running ability.
coach knows
I don't think coach Willingham knows what a hint is.
dame good talk touch wonderful
The Notre Dame episode, I won't touch that, ... I don't talk about it. It's a wonderful place and we did some good things there. I didn't do all I wanted to do.
defense heart loss soul
That is a very costly loss for this team. He is the heart and soul -- not just our defense -- but our team.
great lived
It's a great rivalry, but I didn't think we lived up to our end of it.
along both rare run skill time
It's a rare skill to do both of those well and to know the right time to run and the right time to throw. But I think he's come along very well in that area.
break football losing mindset suffered team
It's not just this loss. This football team has suffered a lot of losses. At some point, we've got to break that trend. It's not just about losing games. It's about the mindset that accompanies that. We've got to break it.
alone conference sitting start team whether win
That is something that every Pac-10 team should start with, whether you are the last-place team or the first-place team. That's why you are in the conference ù to get to that pinnacle. We'd like to be one of those teams, so this is an important game. And by its place on the schedule, if you can win it, then you are sitting there alone for a little while.
meaningful others
I've done this before, ... But it's meaningful because there will be many others that will make something of it.
light matter
not discouraged, but disappointed. ... As a matter of fact, there is still a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to find a way to get to it.
attitude chances creating focus game help home plane team time travel walk whether
Any time that you can have that me-against-the-world attitude and sometimes when you travel that's the attitude that you develop, because you're on the plane and it's just you and your teammates, you walk into the stadium, and there's not a lot of help around what you're creating really is a focus. And any time you can get your team really to focus on that game your chances go up that things go well for you. That's whether home or away, but usually at home there are more distractions.
practiced regain second
There's always going to be that. He hasn't even practiced with the (first or second units). Hopefully, he'll regain it quickly.
closely needs situation sure
I think we're going to look very closely at our situation to make sure we have things in the right order. I think we've got to make sure we've got that situation where it needs to be.