Grant Teaff Quotes

You can make a move and sometimes triple and quadruple your salary. - Grant Teaff

What will come out of this is there will be uniform rules set. What'll most likely happen is that they'll put in a rule: Here's the standard. You either accept it or you don't accept it. And I think nationally they'll accept it. - Grant Teaff

What everyone had to remember was this was an experimental year. They allowed the conferences to sort of mix their own bowl of soup. - Grant Teaff

There are some outstandingly qualified minority coaches, and one of the reasons I spoke out is that the ones I came in contact with all wanted a I-A job, as do all of our 10,000 members. Reality says, jump in where you can be successful and see what happens. - Grant Teaff

The I-A coordinator jobs, in the last four or five years, primarily in the upper echelons, have escalated greatly (in salary). On the other hand, it's not all about the money. It's about opportunity. I don't think whether the salary is the same as a coordinator or not should deter people from considering it. - Grant Teaff

My best guess is we will probably take a serious look at it... It will be surveyed and discussed at the convention. - Grant Teaff

It never ceases to amaze me to see the contributions student-athletes make to their communities... Often times, these young men are better known for the good things they do on the field. The AFCA is proud to recognize these student-athletes for the good things they do in their communities. - Grant Teaff

It made it tough for everybody no matter where they were. One was a conference signing period and the other was the national signing period. Even after a kid had signed his letter-of-intent for the conference, schools could just wait around and start recruiting that player because they really only had one school to beat. It wasn't a binding letter like the national one. - Grant Teaff

I was head football coach at Baylor for 21 years. I've been out 12, and they've had four head coaches. There aren't going to be any more 21-year terms like I had, and Bobby [Bowden] and Lavell [Edwards] and [Joe] Paterno. - Grant Teaff

I think it proves what we thought it would all along, which is that the coaches who vote in the USA Today coaches' poll are thoughtful and committed to the balloting process. - Grant Teaff

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