The Yearly Process of Putting Together an Offense - Nick Sheridan, OC/QB Coach, Alabama

Nick Sheridan reunited with Husky head coach Kalen DeBoer on the 2022 staff as Washington's tight ends coach.  When DeBoer moved on to Alabama, Sheridan followed and became the Offensive Coordinator for the 2024 season.

Sheridan, who was offensive coordinator at Indiana the previous two seasons, worked as tight ends coach under DeBoer at Indiana in 2019, when DeBoer was in charge of the Hoosiers' offense. 

A former walk-on quarterback, who eventually earned a scholarship, at Michigan (2006-2010), Sheridan began his college coaching career at Western Kentucky, first as a GA in 2011, then as quarterbacks coach the following year.  

After stops at South Florida and Tennessee, he was hired as quarterbacks coach at Indiana in 2017, when he was named one of the top-30 coaches under the age of 30 by 247Sports.com. In 2019, with DeBoer as offensive coordinator, Sheridan coached the tight ends. On today’s podcast which is a segment from the IHSFCA Clinic, Coach Sheridan shares his process of putting together an offense.  

Show Notes:

-What you do matters

-How you do it matters more 

-Create the vision: what do you want to see on tape 

-Sell the vision 

-Create belief so the players bring it to life 

-Expectations for staff and players 

-High standards dictate the way you operate 

-No excuses: Production vs. Performance 

-Pygmalion effect: your beliefs impact your actions 

-Have a strength coach mentality: get everyone as good as you can 

-Importance of a common language: critically think about the words you use when trying to teach the game 

-Base Fundamentals 

-Communication is critical 

-Simple is better 

-Commit to what you want to get good at 

-Scheme selection 

-Become an expert at what you do 

-Be unique and tough to defend 

-Adversity and prosperity: go back to the process  

Related Episode:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RE5r0OPB3gZje7DAhclII?si=6T63AagZT0GQLKUiCTFOAA

The entire presentation on CoachTube:

https://coachtube.com/course/football/offensive-organization-qb-play/16253800?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

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