Three Heisman Trophy winners in five years… USC’s Pete Carroll has had three of his players – Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart, and Reggie Bush – win football’s ultimate individual prize in his five seasons with the Trojans. He also has two National Championships, a 34 game winning streak (broken in last year’s BCS Championship with Texas) and an overall 54-10 record. Considered one of the outstanding defensive minds in football, Carroll has a combined 31 years of both pro and college coaching experience. Q. In your own words, explain your defensive philosophy of football? Eric Firestone, Assistant Coach, Talladega High School (AL). AFM subscriber since 2004. Our defensive philosophy is about getting the ball. Everything we call and design on defense is to get the ball, whether our opponent is throwing it or running it. We design things to get close to the football, rip it
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