Ike Hilliard

Isaac Jason Hilliard (born April 5, 1976) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is currently the Co-offensive coordinator/Wide receivers coach for California. He played primarily with the New York Giants. Quotes My shoulder still isn't happy based on that one, I had a little nerve damage, It's on You Tube, you can see it if you want. Maybe (he got hit hard so often) because I didn't know what the hell I was doing out there, And now I can actually figure it out and tell somebody how to do it without getting beat up. But you know what, I feel good, actually. I made it out upright, which is the key. It is an unforgiving game. Everyone plays hurt. I took my share of bumps and bruises but I was blessed enough to come away and feel okay. I must say, it's absolutely crazy, I mean, physically, beating the crap out of myself for all those years. And now I'm out here every day, continuing to smell the grass. I think I'm either wired a little different or I actually love this game. The amount of time we spend away from our families, trying to put the best product on the field, you have to love what you do. No question about it. When it comes to the game of football, I love it. The name of the team or anything like that isn't important, Jay Gruden, he was gracious about allowing me to work with the Tuskers offense by way of coach Jim Haslett. Those guys gave me my first opportunity to taste what it's like to coach. I worked on a volunteer basis throughout the year. I absolutely enjoyed the grassroots football of it, in terms of the guys you worked with and how they were so receptive to what we were trying to get done there. I actually had the opportunity to be the wide receivers coach the following year (when Gruden, now the offensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals, replaced Haslett as the head coach). I just try to give those guys an option or two to be hopefully successful playing the game, I got a chance to do that with the UFL. I'm grateful for those guys getting my start down here. It was obviously a special day for all of us there, You look up and it's 14-0 before the Vikings' offense even touched the ball. It was a situation where everyone seemed like we could do no wrong. Everybody got a little bit. I got a couple, Amani (Toomer) got one, Joe Jurevicius got one, (Greg) Comella got one, I can go on and on, Kerry threw it all over the park, the defense pitched a shutout against that offense. It was a day I'll never forget. Ike Hilliard had Coaching Itch, October 28 2011 External links Category:American football players from the United States Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:American football coaches Category:African Americans Category:People from Louisiana