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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER> Pete Jenkins </H1>
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What is your favorite food?
<BR><I>"Louisiana seafood gumbo." </I>
<BR>What is your favorite movie?
<BR><I>"Patton." </I>
<BR>What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
<BR><I>"Lifting weights, running." </I>
<BR>What's something you've always wanted to try, but never have?
<BR><I>"Fly a plane." </I>
<BR>If you could take a trip anywhere, where would it be and why?
<BR><I>"Germany because of its people and history." </I>
<BR>What are the last two books you've read?
<BR><I>"Bear and Helter Skelter." </I>
<BR>What is your idea of perfect happiness?
<BR><I>"Inner peace with one's self." </I>
<BR>What is your most treasured possession?
<BR><I>"Championship rings, bowl plaques, and memorabilia from players I've had <BR>the pleasure of working with." </I>
<BR>What do you consider your greatest achievement?
<BR><I>"Being a helpful person to some of the players I've worked with." </I>
<BR>Whom do you admire most? Why?
<BR><I>"Donna, my wife. She's honest, sincere, a great mother, a great teacher, compassionate, kind, capable and wonderful wife, as well as a loyal friend." </I>
<BR>Do you have children? What are their names and what do they do?
<BR><I>"Jeff works in advertising in Memphis, and Jennifer is a social worker at a <BR>children's home in Louisiana." </I>
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There's a saying that goes something like, "Football is a simple game for simple people." While most would argue that football, with all its complex formations and schemes, is far from simple, the adage is Auburn defensive line coach Pete Jenkins' philosophy on the game and on life. As the 1998 season marks his 19th consecutive year of coaching in the SEC, 10 years of which were spent at LSU, his way of seeing and doing things simply has worked.
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Born and raised in Macon, Ga, Jenkins had a successful high school career and was given the opportunity to play football at Western Carolina where he lettered in 1963 and 1964 at the noseguard position. Upon graduation in 1964, Jenkins attempted to join the Army so he could continue playing ball in the Army post team circuit. When old injuries prevented his enlistment, Jenkins decided that the next best way to stay involved with the game was to coach.
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"I truly missed football. I missed the comradeship of the teammates, the discipline factor that was involved with the football team, and I missed the Saturday afternoons," Jenkins explained. "Most of all, I missed the athletes who were the people I'd been involved with all my life. I missed the relationships which is what made me get into coaching."
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Jenkins began his coaching career as a "B" team coach at Warner-Robbins High School in 1964. By 1967, he had worked his way up to the head coaching position at Phenix City High School. It was there that he got his taste and subsequent fill of the head coach's job.
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"We had a big staff, I had a radio show, and I wasn't able to coach a position. I made up my mind at that time that it wasn't something that I wanted to do. What I missed was teaching. I missed the relationship with one group of kids that I was responsible for motivating. I realized that even though there would be less money, the interaction with the players suited my personality best," Jenkins said.
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In 1968, Jenkins moved up to the college ranks where he spent time at Troy State, North Alabama, South Carolina, Southern Mississippi and Oklahoma State before taking the defensive line job at Florida in 1979. After a year at Florida, he went to LSU. During the decade he spent in Baton Rouge, Jenkins had the opportunity to serve as both the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Beginning in 1991, Jenkins coached the defensive line at Mississippi State for five years before coming to Auburn in 1996.
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"The SEC is different. The field has expanded, and the game is much more wide open today than when I first came into the conference," Jenkins explained. "You see so many better skilled athletes at wide receiver and other positions. People throw the football so much better and so much more now. It's much to the liking of the fans. They like the blitzes and the long touchdown passes that weren't as much a part of the game twenty years ago."
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As the game has changed over the years, Jenkins has changed too.
"I've mellowed. I have some idea of what it's all about. I don't have all the answers, but I have a few of them. I have an idea of how to get a guy up, drills to do and points to make. I've tried to grow each year. It's a growing process forever," Jenkins said.
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While college head coaching and professional position coaching offers have come and gone, Jenkins prefers to stay at his current level. His goal has remained to make his players successful, both on the field and in life. For now, Pete Jenkins is content to continue doing what he's doing, adding a simple love for the game and its people to the college football world.

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	What is your favorite food?
	<BR><I>"Louisiana seafood gumbo." </I>
	<BR>What is your favorite movie?
	<BR><I>"Patton." </I>
	<BR>What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
	<BR><I>"Lifting weights, running." </I>
	<BR>What's something you've always wanted to try, but never have?
	<BR><I>"Fly a plane." </I>
	<BR>If you could take a trip anywhere, where would it be and why?
	<BR><I>"Germany because of its people and history." </I>
	<BR>What are the last two books you've read?
	<BR><I>"Bear and Helter Skelter." </I>
	<BR>What is your idea of perfect happiness?
	<BR><I>"Inner peace with one's self." </I>
	<BR>What is your most treasured possession?
	<BR><I>"Championship rings, bowl plaques, and memorabilia from players I've had <BR>the pleasure of working with." </I>
	<BR>What do you consider your greatest achievement?
	<BR><I>"Being a helpful person to some of the players I've worked with." </I>
	<BR>Whom do you admire most? Why?
	<BR><I>"Donna, my wife. She's honest, sincere, a great mother, a great teacher, compassionate, kind, capable and wonderful wife, as well as a loyal friend." </I>
	<BR>Do you have children? What are their names and what do they do?
	<BR><I>"Jeff works in advertising in Memphis, and Jennifer is a social worker at a <BR>children's home in Louisiana." </I>
	<P>
	There's a saying that goes something like, "Football is a simple game for simple people." While most would argue that football, with all its complex formations and schemes, is far from simple, the adage is Auburn defensive line coach Pete Jenkins' philosophy on the game and on life. As the 1998 season marks his 19th consecutive year of coaching in the SEC, 10 years of which were spent at LSU, his way of seeing and doing things simply has worked.
	<P>
	Born and raised in Macon, Ga, Jenkins had a successful high school career and was given the opportunity to play football at Western Carolina where he lettered in 1963 and 1964 at the noseguard position. Upon graduation in 1964, Jenkins attempted to join the Army so he could continue playing ball in the Army post team circuit. When old injuries prevented his enlistment, Jenkins decided that the next best way to stay involved with the game was to coach.
	<P>
	"I truly missed football. I missed the comradeship of the teammates, the discipline factor that was involved with the football team, and I missed the Saturday afternoons," Jenkins explained. "Most of all, I missed the athletes who were the people I'd been involved with all my life. I missed the relationships which is what made me get into coaching."
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	Jenkins began his coaching career as a "B" team coach at Warner-Robbins High School in 1964. By 1967, he had worked his way up to the head coaching position at Phenix City High School. It was there that he got his taste and subsequent fill of the head coach's job.
	<P>
	"We had a big staff, I had a radio show, and I wasn't able to coach a position. I made up my mind at that time that it wasn't something that I wanted to do. What I missed was teaching. I missed the relationship with one group of kids that I was responsible for motivating. I realized that even though there would be less money, the interaction with the players suited my personality best," Jenkins said.
	<P>
	In 1968, Jenkins moved up to the college ranks where he spent time at Troy State, North Alabama, South Carolina, Southern Mississippi and Oklahoma State before taking the defensive line job at Florida in 1979. After a year at Florida, he went to LSU. During the decade he spent in Baton Rouge, Jenkins had the opportunity to serve as both the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Beginning in 1991, Jenkins coached the defensive line at Mississippi State for five years before coming to Auburn in 1996.
	<P>
	"The SEC is different. The field has expanded, and the game is much more wide open today than when I first came into the conference," Jenkins explained. "You see so many better skilled athletes at wide receiver and other positions. People throw the football so much better and so much more now. It's much to the liking of the fans. They like the blitzes and the long touchdown passes that weren't as much a part of the game twenty years ago."
	<P>
	As the game has changed over the years, Jenkins has changed too.
	"I've mellowed. I have some idea of what it's all about. I don't have all the answers, but I have a few of them. I have an idea of how to get a guy up, drills to do and points to make. I've tried to grow each year. It's a growing process forever," Jenkins said.
	<P>
	While college head coaching and professional position coaching offers have come and gone, Jenkins prefers to stay at his current level. His goal has remained to make his players successful, both on the field and in life. For now, Pete Jenkins is content to continue doing what he's doing, adding a simple love for the game and its people to the college football world.

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