Sentences with phrase «of running backs coach»

With the departure of running backs coach Kirby Wilson to the Cleveland Browns, the Minnesota Vikings have a vacancy on their coaching staff.

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Though he made just one catch against Illinois, Washington frequently lined up as a wideout; Missouri coaches believe their running back will emerge as one of Daniel's favorite targets this season.

Al Lavan, the Cowboys» running back coach, says that one of the big differences in Dorsett's rushing this year is that he now comprehends all the elements of the plays he runs — the blocking, the timing, the pursuit angles, the purpose of the plays — and can call these things up in midstride, without thinking.

Earnest Byner, the Baltimore Ravens» director of player development, had called down from the coaches» booth in the final minutes of the Ravens» 33 - 13 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 14 to help the running back keep his focus as he finished his 295 - yard, two - touchdown day.

«He's a legendary coach who has had a ton of success with running backs.

(Jamal Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens, with 2,066 rushing yards; Clinton Portis of the Denver Broncos, 1,591; and Priest Holmes of the Kansas City Chiefs, 1,420, were the running backs voted by their peers, the coaches and the fans to play for the AFC.)

It feels like if I didn't say anything — if I ran out of the room right then, sobbing — he'd just tidy up a few papers on his desk and go back about his job of being Barry Alvarez, the former Badgers head coach who took Wisconsin to three Rose Bowls after decades of irrelevance, then signed the check for his own bronze statue as the school's athletic director.

However, he hasn't routinely been coaching teams loaded with NFL receivers, linemen, and running backs who expect to just line up and beat most everyone on the schedule through straightforward plans of attack.

The Florida State coaching staff had so little faith that All - America running back Lorenzo Booker of St. Bonaventure High in Ventura, Calif., would choose the Seminoles over Notre Dame that none of them stayed in the office on Feb. 6 to wait and see if Booker faxed his letter of intent to Tallahassee.

Though Watson was a Heisman Trophy finalist and Swinney was named Coach of the Year, the sophomore running back was relegated to relative award anonymity as a second - team All - ACC honoree.

While head coach Dabo Swinney and quarterback Deshaun Watson draw the most headlines for Clemson, Wayne Gallman has quietly developed into one of the country's most dependable running backs.

He believed coach Mike Ditka had been swept up in the hoopla over Perry, who during the season had generated Kardashian-esque amounts of hype as an over-sized and very part - time running back.

Three - mile run at 6 a.m., weights at 6:30, shower, rush to the gym to teach, dash to the lecture hall to take the exercise - physiology and sports - administration classes, sprint back to the gym to coach a 2 1/2 - hour practice, hop in the car to go scout a local high school player, burn rubber back to the gym for two hours of basketball and sprints, shower again and hightail it home by midnight to study for the biomechanics midterm.

And now the former Uruguayan youth international has headed back for another crack at the whip in the hope of earning a deal with Neil Lennon's men after travelling to the club's Lennoxtown training base so Lennon and his coaching staff can run the rule over whether to sign him up.

Still, second - year coach Kim Helton's decision to scrap the run - and - shoot in favor of a two - back alignment should improve ball control (the team had the worst turnover ratio in the country last fall) and keep a most suspect defense off the field.

Yeah we ran Jamie out of town and did the same with PC because he wasn't exciting but he cleaned - up the program, brought respect back and oh he can coach.

Fisher is also bringing with him two more members of his FSU staff in Running Backs Coach Jay Graham and Wide Receivers Coach Dameyune Craig.

Luckily for Rodgers, his old offensive coordinator with Atlanta, Dirk Koetter, was now the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and he happened to be in need of a running back or two after losing Mike James for the season to an injury.

Davis's final run featured a trio of double - corked moves, ending with a switch double - back rodeo «that blew people's minds,» says U.S. snowboarding coach Mike Jankowski.

have made news a lot this offseason for the signings of former Eagle's quarterback Donovan McNabb and running back Brian Westbrook, Steeler's RB Willie Parker, Chief's Larry Johnson as well as new head coach, Mike Shannahan.

With Atlanta ahead by five runs entering the bottom of the fifth in a ball game last September at Fulton County Stadium, Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone strode across the dugout, patted pitcher Tom Glavine on the back and said, «That's enough.

He had been a fine running back and kick returner at the University of Kentucky but professional coaches turned him into a defensive back.

He takes pride in his football sons Kelly (the Jacksonville Jaguars running backs coach), Timmy (the University of Florida's running backs coach) and Courtney (the academic adviser at Arizona State).

The Eagles also no longer have running back Brian Westbrook, who like McNabb, is on the Redskins, but are still capable of running with LeSean McCoy and head coach Andy Reid's play calling.

Despite Taggart's minimal Pac - 12 experience — he was Stanford's running backs coach for two years and has otherwise spent his other 16 coaching years east of the Mississippi River — he was offered the job.

In 2007, he moved up the ladder as Gary Patterson's running backs coach at TCU for two years, then took on the role of offensive co-coordinator.

NCAA sanctions cost the 2004 Trojans their national championship trophies, Reggie Bush his Heisman, and running backs coach Todd McNair much of his career, in addition to hurting four years of USC football.

During McNair's time as running backs coach for the Trojans, the school found plenty of success running the ball with players such as Bush, LenDale White, Joe McKnight and Chauncey Washington.

Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves, whose career (as a running back) overlapped with Unitas's, said that while the substitution patterns are vastly different — the New England Patriots, for instance, used 18 defenders on one series against the Pittsburgh Steelers in their season opener — the sophistication of defenses is the real killer.

Michigan RB coach Tyrone Wheatley, while talking with the media on Wednesday, talked a little about what he liked about the team's current group of running backs.

I'm sure the coaches will address this in film, but there were a few times where our receivers still had the same pre-Willie mindset and were jogging back out to their positions instead of quickly running to get lined up to begin the play.

If you didn't turn it back in, your coach is looking at you like, bro, we're gonna run out of these VHS at some point.

Short passes often take the place of handoffs, and the latest coaching philosophy calls for a corps of running backs that are employed much like pitchers in a bullpen: Each has a role and they all share the load.

Reynard is close with a number of players on the varsity squad, having coached a few in other sports, but he keeps a keen eye on his son, Isaiah Rutherford — a two - way talent at defensive back and his dad's position, running back.

The Thundering Herd of co-head coaches Ed Lombardi and Dave Hoskins won the SJS D1 title with a 77 - 22 win over Atwater in which running back Lance Briggs scored six touchdowns.

«If I'd have bet somebody that a team I was coaching would be running a no - back set, I'd have made a lot of money.»

McDonald's development will be in the hands of Joe Scannella, who coached the running backs for Sam Rutigliano the last two years.

He brought his spread offense with him to the derision of the Big Ten, taking Purdue in and out of and back in the top 25 throughout his 12 - year run as the head coach of the Boilermakers.

Loria, the defensive coordinator, would have been a superb head coach, Dawson says, and a running back named Joe Hood would have made the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

After struggling out of the gate, they fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman and promoted running backs coach Anthony Lynn.

O'Maury Samuels, a four - star running back out of New Mexico, received a visit from new Michigan RB coach Jay Harbaugh...

After handing a game ball to running back Terrell Davis following the Denver Broncos» seventh straight win, a 37 - 24 thrashing of the Jacksonville Jaguars, coach Mike (the Mastermind) Shanahan turned to do his postgame radio show.

But it is not Faulk's mean streak that grabs one's attention when he runs; it is that burst — closing speed, college coaches call it — that prompted a lot of big - time schools to recruit Faulk as a defensive back.

They also reportedly had their running backs coach Kyle Caskey meet with Nall one - on - one, according to Danny Moran of Oregon Live.

Goodson likes Iowa because of his relationship with running backs coach Derrick Foster and how the offense could utilize him in space and as a receiver out of the backfield.

Football University running backs coach Lamont Jordan brings a decade of NFL experience to show young running backs what it takes to be a NFL back.

Other news included our retention of current wide receivers coach Zohn Burden as our new running backs coach.

The Cowboys lost 13 - 10, second game of the season, and legend will show rookie running back Derrick Lassic fumbling twice and defensive end Charles Haley slamming his helmet into a wall and coach Jimmy Johnson being almost unable to speak, stunned and angry at what had happened, and Jerry Jones blinking at last, heading toward the nearest bank machine with his card in hand.

Harbaugh's son Jay, who is the Wolverines» running backs coach, posted a picture of the visit on Instagram.