13 Quotes by Dave Heeke

There is no question that Jay has been a winner. It's a tough league to be a coach in and very few programs stay on top when they get there.

We've been in conversations with (Boston College) about an opening weekend game. We are close but there are still some details to work out.

We're glad to have him here because he's one of the best coaches in the country. I'm committed to doing a multi-year deal with Tom; the search just delayed that.

I think the players play extremely hard for Jay and that isn't always easy when you are struggling.

Jay has shown he can win but he also understands that this program needs to be more consistent. We can't have the valleys - we need to stay more in the middle of the pack in our lean years. We need to be more competitive on a year to year basis.

Jay has proven he can coach at this level. What you will see with most MAC schools is that there will be good years followed by down years. That's something that will be taken into consideration. Jay is the only coach in the MAC to win two titles in the 2000s. We'll do what's best for the program.

Jay and I had a lengthy conversation and then I sat back and decided that Jay is the right guy for the program. I thought the players played extremely hard and I think they have a nucleus to be a very good team next year.

We are really excited about what might be the biggest football game in Kelly/Shorts history. With new lights, on a national television stage - what an opportunity to showcase Central Michigan University and the Mt. Pleasant community.

There have been times when television networks might have wanted to come to Mt. Pleasant but because there were no lights, it was tough to be flexible. This gives us the flexibility to be creative with our scheduling and also allows for us to move games if we have to during the season to later times for television purposes.