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· collected 2026-09-15 · by Maura Carey The Associated Press
Georgia Tech football coach Brent Key addresses his team's 0-2 start following losses to Colorado and Tennessee, urging players to focus on improvement rather than past results. Despite recent struggles, including five consecutive losses dating back to last season, Key remains committed to his coaching philosophy and maintains confidence in new quarterback Alberto Mendoza. Emphasizing the need for resilience, Key sees each week as a fresh opportunity to redefine the team's identity and performance.
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In early September, Georgia Tech football started with two losses, first losing 14-13 to Colorado and then 45-24 to No. 15 Tennessee. Despite this poor start, coach Brent Key urged his team to focus on upcoming games rather than past results. Emphasizing adaptability, Key stated, “The identity that you have at the beginning of the season doesn’t mean it’s the identity you’re going to have for the full season,” ahead of their next match against in-state rival Mercer. This approach reflects his previous experience when an 8-0 start turned into a disappointing finish, illustrating the volatility of team performance throughout a season.
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Georgia Tech coach Brent Key is learning to embrace the challenge after an 0-2 start to the season.
asserted
Key → learn → season
Georgia Tech lost 14-13 to Colorado in its opener after allowing a game-winning touchdown drive in the final minute.
asserted
Tech → lose → minute
One week later, the Yellow Jackets fell 45-24 to No. 15 Tennessee.
asserted
Jackets → fall → Tennessee
Yet Key insists he’s less focused on an 0-2 record and more motivated for a 1-0 week.
asserted
he → insist → week
“The identity that you have at the beginning of the season doesn’t mean it’s the identity you’re going to have for the full season,” Key said Tuesday ahead of hosting in-state Football Championship Subdivision opponent Mercer.
asserted
Key → have → Mercer
That’s something he knows all too well.
asserted
he → ’ → ?
But after losing four of the final five games, the narrative soon changed from a gritty Yellow Jackets team with attainable playoff hopes to a middle-ground Atlantic Coast Conference squad with a Pop-Tarts Bowl ceiling.
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narrative → lose → ceiling
Key has now lost five straight, or six of the last seven games, dating to last season.
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Key → lose → season
But now is not the time to change coaching philosophies, he said, not after leading Georgia Tech to three straight winning seasons.
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he → change → seasons
“Embrace the challenge,” Key said.
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Key → embrace → challenge
“Every week’s a challenge.
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week → ’ → ?
I really look at it like that.
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I → look → that
Every week’s a challenge.
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week → ’ → ?
Every season’s a challenge because it’s a new season, it’s a new group of players.”
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it → ’ → players
A new quarterback is an adjustment for Key after having Haynes King under center for the past four years.
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quarterback → have → years
King was a dynamic runner who threw for 2,951 yards and 14 touchdowns last season while leading the team with 953 rushing yards and a conference-high 15 rushing scores.
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who → throw → yards
Following a quarterback the program built its identity around is a tall task, but Key maintains confidence in Mendoza as he finds his footing.
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he → follow → footing
Key knows the on-field product isn’t going to look the same year in and year out, especially with a roster that has 62% turnover.
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that → know → turnover
He also knows Georgia Tech football quite well after starting as an offensive lineman for the Yellow Jackets from 1997-2000 — and that a Week 1 loss to Colorado wasn’t consistent with it.
asserted
loss → know → it
“We have a full season in front of us,” he said.
asserted
he → have → us
“Are people happy since we lost two games?
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we → lose → games
We had a competitive football game, and a game we gave away that we did not play Georgia Tech football in at the end of the day.
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we → have → day
Mercer is Georgia Tech’s last nonconference opponent until its annual matchup with Georgia to wrap up the regular season.
asserted
Mercer → wrap → season
“You learn from the previous game, whether you win or lose, the mistakes you make, the things you don’t do well, the bad calls, whatever it is.
asserted
it → learn → game
Same with the good things that did take place,” Key said.
asserted
Key → take → place
“I live in a week-by-week scenario with that.
asserted
I → live → that
That’s the mindset that the entire program has to have.”
asserted
program → ’ → that
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