Chron: Peveto leads NSU into familiar territory
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:09 amBrad Peveto makes his head coaching debut at UH
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Peveto leads NSU into familiar territory
Demons coach was an assistant for 4 years at UH
By STEVE CAMPBELL Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Sept. 2, 2009, 9:48PM
The Northwestern State Demons aren't offering empty promises to be worth watching this football season. The Demons are making a “Peveto Promiseâ€: Any season ticket-holders dissatisfied with their purchase after the first two home games can get a refund.
“We just kind of want to put our money where our mouth is,†said Bradley Dale Peveto, an Orangefield native who played at SMU.
Peveto makes his college head-coaching debut Saturday night at Robertson Stadium, where the Demons face the Houston Cougars. The Demons' marketing campaign may bear the Peveto name, but he does point out the fine print.
“We didn't say the first game, now,†Peveto said. “We left the Cougars out of that one.â€
Cougar ties
Peveto, 46, has more than a nodding acquaintance with the UH program. He was an assistant at UH from 1999 to 2002, working under three athletic directors (Chet Gladchuk, Larry Leckonby, Dave Maggard) and two head football coaches (Kim Helton, Dana Dimel).
Peveto was a secondary coach under Helton in 1999, helping UH go 7-4. The arrival of Dimel after that season generated records of 3-8, 0-11 and 5-7, at which point Maggard cleaned house and hired Art Briles.
“We went 7-4 my first year and fought hard the next three,†said Peveto, the defensive co-coordinator in his final two seasons at UH. “I felt like it was part of a rebuilding process. I look back and don't question anything: We were doing the right things. Some of my favorite memories of my career will be the four years at the University of Houston.â€
One of his running buddies during the UH years — literally — was head trainer Mike O'Shea. Five times a week, they'd wind through campus on 3-mile runs.
“He did a great job with our players,†O'Shea said. “He was a high-energy guy who had a lot of enthusiasm about him. â€
That energy has been in evidence since Peveto took the NSU job after the 2008 season. Coming off a four-year stint at LSU, where he was a linebackers coach/special teams coordinator on the 2007 national championship team, Peveto hustled up a recruiting class that got the attention of the Southland Conference.
Rivals.com ranked the 2009 NSU recruiting class No. 1 in the nation among Football Championship Subdivision Schools. Peveto also landed transfers from the likes of Texas Tech (receiver Adrian Reese), Nebraska (running back Quintin Castile of La Porte), West Virginia (defensive tackle D.J. Shaw), Louisville (quarterback Tyler Wolfe) and Washington (linebacker Bradley Roussel).
Do the right thing
“The thing we're trying to do at Northwestern State is do things right,†Peveto said. “I'm more concerned right now with our process as a team — going to class, taking care of business on and off the field, doing right socially. If we do the little things right day by day and try to get better each day, each week, we're going to be a good football team.
“We're not where we need to be yet. But I like the progress we're making.â€
As the NSU defensive coordinator from 1996-98, Peveto was the architect of the “Purple Swarm†— a moniker that is still part of the Demons lexicon. UH coach Kevin Sumlin is quick to point out the Demons also have 16 starters from a team that went 7-5 last season.
“I've known Bradley Dale Peveto for a long time,†Sumlin said. “He's a coach with a tremendous amount of pride. Knowing him, we had better be ready for everything.â€
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/spo ... 00058.html
Peveto leads NSU into familiar territory
Demons coach was an assistant for 4 years at UH
By STEVE CAMPBELL Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Sept. 2, 2009, 9:48PM
The Northwestern State Demons aren't offering empty promises to be worth watching this football season. The Demons are making a “Peveto Promiseâ€: Any season ticket-holders dissatisfied with their purchase after the first two home games can get a refund.
“We just kind of want to put our money where our mouth is,†said Bradley Dale Peveto, an Orangefield native who played at SMU.
Peveto makes his college head-coaching debut Saturday night at Robertson Stadium, where the Demons face the Houston Cougars. The Demons' marketing campaign may bear the Peveto name, but he does point out the fine print.
“We didn't say the first game, now,†Peveto said. “We left the Cougars out of that one.â€
Cougar ties
Peveto, 46, has more than a nodding acquaintance with the UH program. He was an assistant at UH from 1999 to 2002, working under three athletic directors (Chet Gladchuk, Larry Leckonby, Dave Maggard) and two head football coaches (Kim Helton, Dana Dimel).
Peveto was a secondary coach under Helton in 1999, helping UH go 7-4. The arrival of Dimel after that season generated records of 3-8, 0-11 and 5-7, at which point Maggard cleaned house and hired Art Briles.
“We went 7-4 my first year and fought hard the next three,†said Peveto, the defensive co-coordinator in his final two seasons at UH. “I felt like it was part of a rebuilding process. I look back and don't question anything: We were doing the right things. Some of my favorite memories of my career will be the four years at the University of Houston.â€
One of his running buddies during the UH years — literally — was head trainer Mike O'Shea. Five times a week, they'd wind through campus on 3-mile runs.
“He did a great job with our players,†O'Shea said. “He was a high-energy guy who had a lot of enthusiasm about him. â€
That energy has been in evidence since Peveto took the NSU job after the 2008 season. Coming off a four-year stint at LSU, where he was a linebackers coach/special teams coordinator on the 2007 national championship team, Peveto hustled up a recruiting class that got the attention of the Southland Conference.
Rivals.com ranked the 2009 NSU recruiting class No. 1 in the nation among Football Championship Subdivision Schools. Peveto also landed transfers from the likes of Texas Tech (receiver Adrian Reese), Nebraska (running back Quintin Castile of La Porte), West Virginia (defensive tackle D.J. Shaw), Louisville (quarterback Tyler Wolfe) and Washington (linebacker Bradley Roussel).
Do the right thing
“The thing we're trying to do at Northwestern State is do things right,†Peveto said. “I'm more concerned right now with our process as a team — going to class, taking care of business on and off the field, doing right socially. If we do the little things right day by day and try to get better each day, each week, we're going to be a good football team.
“We're not where we need to be yet. But I like the progress we're making.â€
As the NSU defensive coordinator from 1996-98, Peveto was the architect of the “Purple Swarm†— a moniker that is still part of the Demons lexicon. UH coach Kevin Sumlin is quick to point out the Demons also have 16 starters from a team that went 7-5 last season.
“I've known Bradley Dale Peveto for a long time,†Sumlin said. “He's a coach with a tremendous amount of pride. Knowing him, we had better be ready for everything.â€
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