Today on Coach and Coordinator Podcast, we welcome in Joey Didier. He is currently the co-defensive coordinator, defensive backs coach, and co-recruiting coordinator at the University of Saint Francis (Indiana). On this episode, tune in and learn how you can incorporate new schemes and concepts into your defense by utilizing your players strengths. Instead of changing every signal, play-call, and language of the defense, you can instead evolve your defense to fit new concepts.

Show Notes:

3:11 Player led schematics

5:46 Tools to evaluate new scheme

8:48 Translating onto the field

11:34 Evolving the structure of your scheme

14:!5 Applying new scheme to practices

16:30 Managing reps during practice

19:24 Crossovers creating chemistry

21:06 Analyzing trends

23:03 Accounting for new offensive trends

24:22 Match-zone concepts

27:07 Defending route combinations

30:27 Preparing during game week

33:04 Recruiting areas

You can follow Coach Didier on Twitter @CoachJoeyDidier.

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Evolving a Defense - Joey Didier, Co-Defensive Coordinator, University of St. Francis