Marcus Freeman argues that the primary objective of a head coach should be to develop student-athletes into better football players and better men through genuine care.

“It's because I truly want to make sure that the young people you coach are better football players and better men because they chose to play football at a place you're the leader of. Like that's that's why I do what I do.”

A head coach must prioritize supporting their players during difficult moments.

“instead of you know, feeling it and being in your own feelings, I think you have to really think about your guys.”

A head coach must believe in pouring into players to help them become the men they are supposed to become.

“The thing that he talked about is how much he pour. And he does. I mean, everything he said, he does. He pours into players. I believe in that. I believe in making these guys men that they're supposed to become.”

Riley believes that a coach must be demanding and push players to their physical limits to achieve excellence.

“All I ever took was their effort. I took their heart. I took a lot of times their mind. You know, I took everything that I could [snorts] in the name of winning for them for me because I thought it would be in the best interest of everybody if it was that hard.”

A head coach must maintain a professional distance from players and set a standard, which is different from being a position coach.

“You can't be buddy buddy really with anybody. Yeah. Right. And so it's going to take him a year or two to kind of find his footing there and you know hopefully they continue to win this next year as that happens. But he's going to have to figure that part of it out cuz he's got to set the standard f”