WWSB-TV SPORTS ANCHOR JAMES HILL AAC SOUTH FLORIDA 48 BETHUNE-COOKEMAN 3 F COACH ALEX GOLESH 8-31-24

coach offense defense and special teams uh a good victory tonight at home just to set the standard in the tone for the season um tell us a little bit about special teams what you like to see going forward you want consistent consistent effort on every single unit you know for us going into this game the the biggest emphasis special teams wise was you're going to start the season off one way or the other with the special teams play set the tone for the entire season whether it's kickoff or kickoff return um you know the other part of it was we want consistency in terms of technique effort and I think we got that tonight um you know I told the guys last night I told him again today Elite teams play elite special teams that's where you see it because that's where you see your depth that's where you see your your detail and I thought did a really really solid job um thought we punted well certainly kicked kicked off well uh it's awesome to see jquan Smith go make a tackle inside the 15 yard line there on the kickoff um I thought it was really really solid again you're at home it's week one it's easy as you go through the season that's where you test your depth on teams um and right now we're knock on wood relatively healthy to where you can you can not have to use just a ton of starters on on a ton of the units where as you go through the season you're going to have to rely on some starters and we got a bunch of starters that have bought into playing on teams and it's been been awesome to watch so but that's a sign of of elite football teams is your special teams and I thought tonight was a really good start for that