Norm Chow
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"Norman Yew Heen "Norm" Chow" is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Hawai?i at M?noa, a position he assumed in December 2011. Chow previously held the offensive coordinator position for the Utah Utes football/Utah Utes, UCLA Bruins football/UCLA Bruins, the National Football League/NFL's Tennessee Titans, USC Trojans football/USC Trojans, NC State Wolfpack football/NC State Wolfpack, and BYU Cougars football/BYU Cougars.

Chow won the 2002 Broyles Award as the nation's top collegiate assistant coach. He also was named the 2002 NCAA Division I-A Offensive Coordinator of the Year by American Football Monthly and was named the National Assistant Coach of the Year in 1999 by the American Football Foundation. He is well known for developing quarterbacks. During his time as an assistant football coach, Chow has helped coach 8 of the top 14 career passing-efficiency leaders and 13 quarterbacks who rank among the top 30 in NCAA history for single-season passing yardage. The list of players he coached includes Jim McMahon, Steve Young (American football)/Steve Young, and Philip Rivers, as well as Heisman Trophy winners Ty Detmer, Carson Palmer, and Matt Leinart.

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Steve will have more freedom to audible. Why not? The guy's been in the league 10 years.

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This guy's a little bit special. This guy's a little different.

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The game goes so fast. We essentially had the ball eight times. In college, you're looking at 12, 14, 16 times. Here, you absolutely cannot waste a play.

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Hey, I copied every play I ever learned from guys who are a lot smarter than I am.

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I told the guys (other assistants), 'If you think of something, write it down, because I'm not going to have enough time to talk about it,'.

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[Leinart acknowledged before summer camp began that he was] upset ... The good thing about this year is the coaches are younger and we can relate to them really well. These guys are younger, fiery and they want us to do well. I saw that in spring ball; we did not miss a beat.

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Believe me, Southern Cal is going to be just fine, and Matt's going to be just fine, ... I wasn't throwing any of those passes or making any of those catches. There's not going to be a drop-off. They're going to be just as good as ever.

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The guy's one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. To tie him up and say he just has to do what we expect him to do, hey, the defense may not be cooperating and there may be something better . . . why not? He's out there, he's a good athlete, and he understands what we're trying to get done.

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There will be some things that are different that all college coaches go through when they get to the NFL. Spurrier comes to mind, and some of the adjustments he was forced to make and was reluctant to make at various times,'' Aikman said.

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