Sentences with phrase «running backs coach in»

He even hired Shipp as his running backs coach in 2014, just to complete the circle.

Lynn was Del Rio's running backs coach in Jacksonville in 2003 and «04.

He was content to stay at Eastern Illinois for 25 years like his predecessor, Bob Spoo, who gave Babers his first full - time job as a running backs coach in 1987.

Not exact matches

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.

A standout inside linebacker and running back in high school and college in the 1970s, Speckman has successfully moved up the coaching ranks after long runs at Golden Valley - Merced, Merced, Gilroy and Livingston.

However, with another capable passer on the team, a wise coach asked if Mixon would rotate in at running back.

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.

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.

Before that, he coached Oklahoma for five seasons, presiding over an Elite Eight run led by Blake Griffin back in 2009.

He called former NFL coach Bill Parcells for counsel (he was running backs coach for Parcells in Dallas in 2005 and 2006).

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.

San Diego Chargers head coach Norv Turner is optimistic about getting running back Ryan Mathews back in action.

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.

The Beavers will keep things close again with running back J.J. Young, who coach Jerry Pettibone, an assistant at Oklahoma in the»70s, says is as good as former Sooner Billy Sims.

And nobody in this conference has nailed succession plans like Toledo has, be it at head coach, quarterback (Terrance Owens to Phillip Ely to Woodside), running back (Adonis Thomas to David Fluellen to Kareem Hunt to Swanson), etc..

If Maurice Clarett had paid attention to how Denver coach Mike Shanahan handles running backs, the 2005 third - rounder might still be in the NFL.

Michigan starting quarterback Devin Gardner was heading to Louisiana sitting in coach, when former Ohio State Heisman Trophy winning running back Eddie George sat down next to him.

After being the Oakland Raiders head coach in 2011, Jackson was the Bengals» secondary coach in 2012 and the running backs» coach in 2013.

The Williams thumbnail: Kicked off UConn's team in 2013 for stealing a teammate's credit card and using it... enrolled in a tiny Brooklyn college trying to get his football career back... enrolled at Utah in 2015... Quit Utah's team in September 2016, telling head coach Kyle Whittingham he couldn't deal with the mental pressure he was going through... Returned to the team at the coaches» request a month later when three backs got injured... After a month away from any physical activity, he ran for 179 yards against Oregon State, and then, in his second game, he set the Rose Bowl stadium record for a college running back, rushing for 332 yards and four touchdowns in a Utah win over UCLA.

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.

Leipold did, however, reassign Kotelnicki's duties, moving him from quarterbacks to running backs and bringing in a new / old assistant to oversee QBs: Jim Zebrowski, another former UWW coordinator who left Whitewater to become QBs coach at NIU, then Minnesota.

Coach Sean Payton did it in New Orleans in 2006 with running back Reggie Bush at No. 2.

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 coached the Panthers running backs in their only other Super Bowl appearance in 2004.

A coach named Denzil Hollis, who still lives in Foley but today is battling Alzheimer's disease, watched Stabler run a punt back 60 yards for a touchdown during a junior varsity game.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — They have rushed for at least 100 yards in 31 consecutive games, but Carolina Panthers running backs coach Jim Skipper vows he is not savoring every yard.

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).

His father, Lee, was an all - conference fullback for legendary GSU head coach Eddie Robinson; Fobbs himself came to GSU to play running back in 1992 and ended up a two - time Robinson captain.

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.

«He has incredible God - given talent in what he sees and how he runs,» Pittsburg running backs coach Mike Orlando says.

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.

Pessimistically speaking, We just can't beat the others in the long run, they have more committed and success driven players and coaches (unlike wenger) Optimistically speaking, If arsenal can keep up a good performance till January, let's say we beat all the small teams and and draw against other big teams (plus one or two wins or losses), come January if cazorla comes back (and stays injury free) and wenger gets a winger then we could actually have a chance

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.

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.

«I've never seen such a change in a personin such a short time,» says running backs coach Billy Hite.

«Imagine him as a coach,» says Thor Ramsey, a self - described bust as a walk - on running back at Texas Christian in the late»80s and now a comedian with a largely Christian following.

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.

In 2008 legendary coach Bob Ladouceur hired Nathan as the running backs» coach for the De La Salle High School Spartans.

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.

Over that time, he worked as a running back coach and special teams coordinator in addition to his assistant head coaching responsibilities.

Bull Cyclone did sometimes run scrimmages in the pond, except the only gator certified to have been in it was an itty - bitty one the coach's family had brought back from Florida as a souvenir.

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.

While Jim Harbaugh has mention in the past that De'Veon Smith is the team's starting RB heading to fall practice, the Michigan coach made sure to mention that running back Ty Isaac could make an impact next year.

Michigan's Jim Harbaugh and RB coach Tyrone Wheatley were in Alabama this evening checking in with running back commit Kingston Davis...