“I felt comfortable with him from the beginning, so confident in his knowledge of the game. Even then, you knew he was going to be an excellent coach. He had a passion for it. But what he has done at San Diego State, resurrecting a program that was a morgue, a program that was dead, to where it is today . . . He has shown the world what an excellent coach he truly is. To create what he has in this city – people have no idea how difficult it is.”
