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Keenan Bailey

Keenan Bailey

American football coach

Aug 6, 2026

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Donovan Jackson) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 22m

speaker_56UNKNOWN
173:01
Keenan, in a time when transport is so big and a guy like G probably could have left multiple times if he wanted to, what does that do for the room to have a guy who's the leader? have just so steadfast and like, I want to stay here, I want to stay here and make an impact as he goes into the show.
173:14
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes that you hit the nail on the head, not just for G, but for the brotherhood.
173:18
And I know it sounds cliche, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhood.
173:23
Why do you think the entire defense came back for the brotherhood? We've got two goals here.
173:27
We haven't done them since G's been here.
173:29
He hasn't hit his two goals, so he stayed for the brotherhood.
173:32
So I think it speaks volumes for G as a leader in the room.
speaker_16UNKNOWN
173:52
Is it different trying to keep kids around maybe in the portal era at tight end?

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Press Conferences(Davison Igbinosun) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 0m

speaker_5UNKNOWN
158:19
to have a guy who's the leader? have just so steadfast and like, I want to stay here, I want to stay here and make an impact as he goes into this year?
158:24
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
158:26
You hit the nail on the head, not just for G, but for the brotherhood.
158:29
I know it sounds cliche, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhood.
158:34
Why do you think the entire defense came back for the brotherhood? We've got two goals here.
158:38
We haven't done them since G's been here.
158:40
He hasn't hit his two goals, so he stayed for the brotherhood.
speaker_4UNKNOWN
159:02
Is it different trying to keep kids around maybe in the portal era at tight end?

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Press Conferences(Dre'Mont Jones) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 20m

speaker_62UNKNOWN
177:47
Keenan, in a time when transport is so big and a guy like G probably could have left multiple times if he wanted to, what does that do for the room to have a guy who's a leader? have just so steadfast and like, I want to stay here, I want to stay here and make an impact as he goes into this year? Yeah,
178:00
I think it speaks volumes.
178:02
You hit the nail on the head, not just for G, but for the brotherhood.
178:05
I know it sounds cliche, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhood.
178:09
Why do you think the entire defense came back for the brotherhood? We've got two goals here.
178:13
We haven't done them since G's been here.
178:15
He hasn't hit his two goals, so he stayed for the brotherhood.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
178:38
Is it different trying to keep kids around maybe in the portal era at tight end?

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Press Conferences(Donovan Jackson) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 22m

speaker_60UNKNOWN
173:14
Keenan, in a time when the transport is so big and a guy like G probably could have left multiple times if he wanted to, what does that do for the room to have a guy who's the leader? have just so steadfast and like, I want to stay here, I want to stay here and make an impact as he goes into this year? Yeah,
173:28
I think it speaks volumes that you hit the nail on the head, not just for G, but for the brotherhood.
173:33
I know it sounds cliche, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhood.
173:37
Why do you think the entire defense came back for the brotherhood? We've got two goals here.
173:41
We haven't done them since G's been here.
173:43
He hasn't hit his two goals, so he stayed for the brotherhood.
173:46
So I think it speaks volumes for G as a leader in the room.
speaker_18UNKNOWN
174:05
Is it different trying to keep kids around maybe in the portal era at tight end?

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Dre'Mont Jones) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 20m

speaker_100UNKNOWN
179:28
I wanna stay here and make an impact" as he goes into his senior-
179:30
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
179:32
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
179:35
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhood.
179:39
It's why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
179:43
We got two goals here.
179:44
We haven't done them since Gee's been here.
speaker_99UNKNOWN
180:18
Right.

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Press Conferences(Davison Igbinosun) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 0m

speaker_94UNKNOWN
174:42
I wanna stay here and make an impact" as he goes into his senior year?
174:44
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
174:46
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
174:49
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kinda roll their eyes to brotherhood.
174:52
It's why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
174:56
We got two goals here.
174:57
We haven't done 'em since Gee's been here.
speaker_97UNKNOWN
175:31
Right.

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Press Conferences(Davison Igbinosun) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 0m

175:07
room to have a guy who's the leader? have just so steadfast and like, I want to stay here, I want to stay here and make an impact as he goes into this year? Yeah,
175:13
I think it speaks volumes.
175:15
You hit the nail on the head, not just for G, but for the brotherhood.
175:18
I know it sounds cliche, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhood.
175:22
Why do you think the entire defense came back for the brotherhood? We've got two goals here.
175:26
We haven't done them since G's been here.
175:28
He hasn't hit his two goals, so he stayed for the brotherhood.
speaker_11UNKNOWN
175:51
Is it different trying to keep kids around maybe in the portal era at tight end?

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Press Conference (Steve Sarkishian) August 69 Massive

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_32UNKNOWN
87:19
I wanna stay here and make an impact," as he goes into his senior-
87:21
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
87:23
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
87:26
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhoods.
87:30
Why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
87:33
We got two goals here.
87:34
We haven't done them since Gee's been here.
speaker_63UNKNOWN
88:13
Right

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Press Conference (Steve Sarkishian) August

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_42UNKNOWN
63:22
for your group has that changed compared to other years the urgency intensity
63:29
yeah i think uh you know Austin, that's a great question.
63:33
I hope not, right? I think the energy was still there with a guy like Cade.
63:37
Now, again, it might have been, like I said earlier, Austin, it might have been the 3,000-level course with Cade because he's ran that play for four years before I got him.
63:47
Right now it still might be the what do I got to do.
63:50
And, yeah, I mean, I hope the guys feel that the energy's picked up because the urgency has.
63:54
I mean, number eight's not in the room anymore.

10 MINS LATER

speaker_28UNKNOWN
74:10
Is it different trying to keep kids around maybe in the portal era at tight end?

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Press Conferences(Dre'Mont Jones) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 20m

speaker_116UNKNOWN
194:47
I wanna stay here and make an impact," as he goes into his senior-
194:49
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
194:51
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
194:54
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kinda roll their eyes to brotherhoods.
194:59
Why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
195:02
We got two goals here.
195:03
We haven't done 'em since Gee's been here.
speaker_116UNKNOWN
195:42
Right.

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Donovan Jackson) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 22m

speaker_100UNKNOWN
194:32
I wanna stay here and make an impact" as he goes into his senior-
194:34
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
194:35
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
194:38
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhoods.
194:43
Why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
194:46
We got two goals here.
194:47
We haven't done them since Gee's been here.
speaker_101UNKNOWN
195:21
Right.

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Davison Igbinosun) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 0m

speaker_92UNKNOWN
173:05
I wanna stay here and make an impact," as he goes into his senior-
173:07
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
173:09
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
173:12
And I know it sounds cliché and people read it on Twitter and kinda roll their eyes at brotherhoods.
173:17
Why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
173:20
We got two goals here.
173:21
We haven't done 'em since Gee's been here.
speaker_91UNKNOWN
173:55
Right.

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Dre'Mont Jones) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 20m

speaker_99UNKNOWN
177:47
Keenan, in a time when the transfer portal's so big, and a guy like Gee probably could've left multiple times if he wanted to, what does that do for the room to have a guy who's a leader have, be just so steadfast and like, "I wanna stay here, I wanna stay here and make an impact," as he goes through the season?
178:00
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
178:02
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
178:05
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kinda roll their eyes at brotherhood.
178:09
It's why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
178:12
We got two goals here, we haven't done 'em since Gee's been here.
178:15
He hasn't hit his two goals, so he stayed for the brotherhood.
speaker_100UNKNOWN
178:47
Right.

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Donovan Jackson) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 22m

speaker_101UNKNOWN
194:20
So in, in a time when transfer portal is so big, and a guy like Gee probably could've left multiple times if he wanted to, what does that do for the room, to have a guy who's a leader have... be just so steadfast and like, "I wanna stay here, I wanna stay here and make an impact," as he goes through this year?
194:34
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
194:35
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
194:38
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhood.
194:42
It's why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
194:46
We got two goals here.
194:47
We haven't done 'em since Gee's been here.
speaker_100UNKNOWN
195:21
Right.

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Press Conferences(Davison Igbinosun) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 0m

speaker_29UNKNOWN
172:54
Keenan in a time when the transport is so big and a guy like G probably could have left multiple times if he wanted to what does that do for the room to have a guy who's the leader have just so steadfast and like I want to stay here I want to stay here and make an impact as he goes yeah
173:07
I think it speaks volumes you hit the nail on the head not just for G but for the brotherhood I know it sounds cliche, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at Brotherhood.
173:17
Why do you think the entire defense came back for the Brotherhood? We've got two goals here.
173:21
We haven't done them since G's been here.
173:23
He hasn't hit his two goals, so he stayed for the Brotherhood.
173:25
So I think it speaks volumes for G as a leader in the room.
173:28
But also, I mean, you look around our roster, how many guys could have either left for other opportunities in the portal or in the NFL.
speaker_6UNKNOWN
173:45
Is it different trying to keep kids around maybe in the portal era at tight end?

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Press Conferences(Donovan Jackson) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 22m

speaker_105UNKNOWN
193:06
Do you still work with them from afar? How does that kind of look right now?
193:10
Yeah, we can.
193:10
I mean, with, uh, Max and Toe, it's FaceTimes, and it's encouraging them to get here and watch practice so that when they get here right after graduation, um, we can hit the ground running.
193:19
But yeah, as much prep work as we can do on the front end with, you know, sending them tip sheets and, and that sort of thing.
193:23
With technology nowadays, like, I mean, COVID we had to do it, so yeah, we can get to work right now.
speaker_108UNKNOWN
193:42
Yeah.
193:42
And I mean, that guy, he's, we worked every, we see each other every day for the last eight years, and luckily I worked four years with him.
193:48
So that's so organic.

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Press Conferences(Davison Igbinosun) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 0m

speaker_103UNKNOWN
181:05
Yeah.
181:05
And I mean, that guy, he, we worked every, we see each other every day for the last eight years, and luckily I worked four years with him, so that's so organic.
181:12
Hart and I just kind of bounce each other, uh, thoughts off each other.
181:15
We can read each other's minds by now, I think.
181:16
That's how close we are.
181:17
So, uh, it's really organic in there, and then Coach Keyes does a great job of kind of setting the direction, uh, giving us some, uh, expertise, and we just kind of have a flow off each other.
speaker_104UNKNOWN
181:54
I wanna stay here and make an impact" as he goes into his senior-
181:56
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Dre'Mont Jones) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 20m

speaker_97UNKNOWN
177:47
So in, in a time when transfer portal's so big, and a guy like Gee probably could've left multiple times if he wanted to, what does that do for the room to have a guy who's a leader have, be just so steadfast and like, "I wanna stay here, I wanna stay here and make an impact," as he goes through the season?
178:00
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
178:02
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
178:05
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kinda roll their eyes at brotherhood.
178:09
It's why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
178:12
We got two goals here, we haven't done 'em since Gee's been here.
178:15
He hasn't hit his two goals, so he stayed for the brotherhood.
speaker_98UNKNOWN
178:47
Right.

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Davison Igbinosun) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 0m

speaker_102UNKNOWN
178:58
I wanna stay here and make an impact," as he goes into his senior year?
178:59
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
179:01
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
179:04
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhood.
179:08
It's why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
179:12
We got two goals here.
179:13
We haven't done them since Gee's been here.
speaker_101UNKNOWN
179:47
Right.

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences (Jason Moore) August 6 Elite

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_100UNKNOWN
178:10
Keenan, when you look at the, I guess, relative inexperience for your group, does that change the way you coach compared to other years? The urgency, intensity, the toughness you're talking about?
178:21
Yeah, I think, uh, you know, Austin, that's a great question.
178:26
I hope not, right? I think, I think the energy was still there with a guy like Cade.
178:30
Now, again, it might have been, like I said earlier, Austin, it might have been, you know, the, the 3,000 level course with, with Cade because he's ran that play for four years before I got him.
178:40
Um, right now it, it, it still might be the what do I gotta do? Um, and yeah, I mean, I hope the guys feel like the energy's picked up 'cause the urgency has.
178:47
I mean, eight, number eight's not in the room anymore.
178:49
Great.

10 MINS LATER

speaker_103UNKNOWN
189:12
Right.

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Press Conference (Jason Moore) August 6 Elite

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_102UNKNOWN
177:22
Will, when it comes to
177:23
You're looking at Kansas State as far as the straight power five avenues.
177:26
You both discussed kind of your junior year and your sophomore year and how much you struggled at certain points, called on certain games.
177:32
Um, I kind of wanted to look back at the situation in 2022 when you were the Adrian and then June and just, you know, obviously you get hurt early season and come back at one.
177:42
Just how did you stay ready and prepared? Because, you know, you end up getting carried off the field in a wheelchair and all this stuff.
177:48
How'd you stay ready and prepared in those moments, and how do you think maybe going through some of that adversity and being the backup and being trusted and then sorry to list again, prepare you to take on the challenge of 2024? Be understanding a new twist or why he called it how we did.
178:02
Um, and it's been great for the tight ends.
178:10
Keenan, when you look at the, I guess, relative inexperience for your group, does that change the way you coach compared to other years, the urgency, intensity, the toughness you're talking about?

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences (Jason Moore) August

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_116UNKNOWN
197:57
Keenan, when you look at the, I guess, relative inexperience for your group, has that changed the way you coach compared to other years, the urgency, intensity, the toughness you're talking about?
198:08
Yeah, I think, uh, you know, Austin, that's a great question.
198:13
I hope not, right? I think, I think the energy was still there with a guy like Cade.
198:17
Now, again, it might've been, like I said earlier, Austin, it might've been, you know, the, the 3,000 level course with, with Cade because he's ran that play for four years before I got him.
198:26
Um, right now it, it, it still might be the, "What do I gotta do?" Um, and yeah, I mean, I hope the guys feel like the energy's picked up 'cause the urgency has.
198:34
I mean, eight, number eight's not in the room anymore.
198:36
Great.
speaker_115UNKNOWN
199:39
Uh, does, does having Chip kinda get you guys back to where you guys were with Kevin? I know that the room as an offensive staff, you guys were kinda young last year, and now to have Chip with that experience, is that kinda like what you guys had with Kevin?

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Press Conference (Jason Moore) August

Aug 6 · 5h 24m

speaker_41UNKNOWN
191:23
I wanna stay here and make an impact," as he goes into his senior-
191:25
Yeah.
191:25
I think it speaks volumes.
191:27
You hit the nail on the head, not just for G., but for the brotherhood.
191:30
And I know it sounds cliché and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes at brotherhoods.
191:34
Why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
191:38
We got two goals here.
speaker_108UNKNOWN
192:13
Right.

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Dre'Mont Jones) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 20m

speaker_96UNKNOWN
177:58
I wanna stay here and make an impact," as he goes through the season?
178:00
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
178:02
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
178:05
And I know it sounds cliché, and people read it on Twitter and kinda roll their eyes at brotherhood.
178:09
It's why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
178:12
We got two goals here.
178:13
We haven't done 'em since Gee's been here.
speaker_42UNKNOWN
178:47
Right.

Unknown podcast

Press Conferences(Donovan Jackson) Elite Edition August 6

Aug 6 · 5h 22m

speaker_100UNKNOWN
181:05
I wanna stay here and make an impact" as he goes into his senior year?
181:07
Yeah, I think it speaks volumes.
181:08
You hit the nail on the head, not just for Gee, but for the brotherhood.
181:11
And I know it sounds cliche, and people read it on Twitter and kind of roll their eyes to brotherhood.
181:16
It's why do you think h- the entire defense came back? For the brotherhood.
181:19
We got two goals here.
181:20
We haven't done them since Gee's been here.
speaker_102UNKNOWN
181:54
Right.

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