"Wyatt James Copeland, Jr." was an American football player and college athletics administrator. He played as an offensive lineman for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Copeland was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1945 and attended the University of Virginia. He was drafted in the tenth round by the Cleveland Browns in the 1967 NFL Draft.

Copeland later served as the athletic director at the College of William & Mary, the University of Utah, the University of Virginia and Southern Methodist University (SMU).

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The more I [thought about] retirement, the better I felt. I don't think I will ever have another job as such, but I've been working since I was 14 years old. It will give me a chance to do other things.

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We did it more for marketing than for political correctness. We thought that 'Tribe' had a better feel to it, in terms of our teams and team concept.

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Our goal is to win championships at SMU. Our strong finish to the 2005 season only strengthened my belief that Phil Bennett is the man who will lead us to Conference USA titles and bowl games in the years to come.

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In a lot of ways it is. We've tried to change as much of the support structure as we can and were still working on things. Somewhere along the line, you have to start winning and this was a good win for us.

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The few incidents described in recent media reports are not the sum of the alleged violations in the program. Those incidents would not, in themselves, warrant significant action on the part of the university.

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It's natural at my age that people will speculate on when I will retire. I'm not going to make any public statements on when I will retire until I meet with the president.

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In my mind and the committee's mind, Jimmy Tubbs became the standard that I judged all the other people against.

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I don't think anybody feels pressured.

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