Coach and Coordinator Podcast

Andrew Jackson is in his second year as the Defensive Line Coach at West Virginia. Jackson came to Morgantown after serving as the Defensive Line Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for Defense at Old Dominion for the 2020 season. He enjoyed prior stops at James Madison as the Defensive Tackles Coach, Mississippi State as the Defensive Quality Control Coach, Fordham as the Defensive Line Coach, Penn State as a Graduate Assistant with the defensive line, as well as Stony Brook as a GA, and Assistant Defensive Line Coach.Coach Jackson joined the podcast at the NYSHSFCA Coaches Clinic to discuss his approach to coaching the defensive line.Show Notes: Start in coaching Influences Being real with your players Scientific approach to coaching Playing more guys in a game Not a cookie-cutter approach Understanding learning styles Matching personnel vs. each opponent Fitting the scheme to personnel The meeting room Watching practice and game film with players Growing the relationships outside of football Interactive walkthrough Five trash cans are not productive Doing the little things right as a young coach Gaining an appreciation for everyone’s role in a program Additional Content:Coach Jackson’s presentation at Lauren’s First & GoalSupport a great cause and learn from 120+ College and Pro Coaches: Lfgf2023.coachesclinic.comFollow on Twitter:@CoachJaxDL@CoachKGrabowski Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2022 AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year Joe Gerbino, Offensive Coordinator at Utica College, sat down with us at the New York State High School Football Association Clinic to discuss how they play as many players as they can on offense, building around skill sets, and building relationships.Show Notes: Becoming a coach Influences An “our” system “A hundred starters” Ivy League package When your best players are your best leaders Using a dynamic slot Challenges of playing a lot of players Determining who fits in personnel packages KYP - Know your personnel Sharing knowledge and developing professionally Absorb what applies  Winning edge - be elite at building relationships Related Content:Coach Gerbino’s Course - “Adding Variety of Offense: Red Zone, Empty, and Condensed Sets”NYHSFCA Channel on CoachTubeFollow Coach Gerbino and Keith Twitter:@CoachGerbino@CoachKGrabowskiListen to More Coach and Coordinator Podcast Episodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Head Coach Nate Milne has led the Muhlenberg football program to unprecedented heights since taking over following the 2017 season.Coach Milne has a record of 35-5 in his three seasons, leading the Mules to the Centennial Conference championship, the NCAA quarterfinals and a final ranking in the Division III top 10 all three years. Muhlenberg advanced to the national quarterfinals for the first time ever in 2018 and the NCAA semifinals for the first time in 2019. Milne was named Centennial Conference coach of the year all three seasons.Show Notes: Influences What he learned in approach to recruiting What his our niche? How do we find them? How do we land them? Why play action pass is an important component in conflicting defenders Having a play action pass for every run Advantages of play action for protection Keys to creating the structure Play faster than you do in the run Coaching point for the OL “The Soon to Be World Famous Freeze Technique” OL loophole in the rules Installing play action Using “same as” Being simple on a week-to-week basis Trip to Europe to build the team To develop as a young coach - coach more and coach other positions The winning edge - you can outwork your opponent The NYSHSFCA Channel on CoachTube:https://coachtube.com/newyork?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason is a great example of that…he’s a great teacher. He’s working multiple schemes. He was a head coach…it was probably one of the best interviews I’ve had in 5 years.” - -Tennessee Titans Head Coach Mike Vrabel on hiring Jason Houghtaling as the new offensive line coach.On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski speaks with Jason Houghtaling (Hoss), who was the head coach at Wagner at the time of this recording. He had prior stops as Wagner’s offensive Coordinator, Cornell’s offensive coordinator, Hudson Valley Community College Head Coach, and began his coaching career at Milford Academy (NY). Coach Hoss joined the podcast today to talk about his transition to head coach at Wagner and how he builds his program, coaching the offensive line, and more.Show Notes: Where the name Coach Hoss comes from When Hoss knew he wanted to be a coach How much his o-line mentality played into his coaching Transitioning from an assistant to Head Coach at the same school What they build their program on Building a staff that buys into the culture Developing players on and off the field What does Coach base his offense on Hardest defense to play against Developing his O-linemen Winning Edge Jason Houghtaling’s Teaching Wide Zone presentation from Lauren’s First and Goal:https://coachtube.com/course/football/jason-houghtaling-outside-zone-techniques/17422897?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763Lauren’s First and Goal Virtual Cliniclfgf2023.coachesclinic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's podcast, we sit down with Michael Toerper, head coach of Ithaca College. He discusses his start in coaching, influences, his pillars of coaching - attitude, prepartation, and teaching, and his passion for special teams. He also shares his keys to being able to have a successful year one as a head coach.This was recorded at the New York State High School Football Association Clinic at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York.Coach Toerper completed his first season as a head coach at Ithaca College. He was named as the 11th head coach of the Ithaca College football program on February 18, 2022.In his first season as head coach in 2022, Toerper guided the Bombers to one of their most historic seasons in program history. The Bombers finished 12-1 and reached the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals. IC secured its first undefeated regular season since 1986 and claimed its first outright Liberty League title with a 31-28 win over Union. The regular season was capped off with a 34-17 win over Cortland in the 63rd Cortaca Jug Game at Yankee Stadium, which was filled by 40,232 fans. Toerper would go on to be named AFCA Region 1 Coach of the Year, as well as D3football.com Region 2 Coach of the Year and the Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year. Sixteen players were named All-Liberty League, including the Offensive (A.J. Wingfield), Defensive (Matt DeSimpliciis) and Special Teams (Nicholas Bahamonde) Players of the Year. Toerper, who is no stranger to the IC program, served as the defensive coordinator for the Bombers from 2017-19. He then departed to become the safeties coach at Division I Holy Cross for the past two seasons and contributed to turning that Crusaders defense into one of the top units in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Davis is now the Head Coach for Western Illinois. This episode is a segment for his clinic talk at Lauren’s First and Goal. The clinic benefits so many families who need help while their child is treated for cancer, and it also benefits pediatric brain tumor research.Show Notes:-Everyone runs the same stuff for the most part-How can we do it better by focusing on details-Common language-Sinking towards mediocrity-Mission statement for your room - OEP-Sets a standard for the room and competition-Operations-Cadence and manipulate the snap count-Efficiency-Shooting for perfection and settling for excellence-Production-DSR Drive Success Rate-Getting a young QB started
-Qb coach needs to organize mind and sets the tempo-QB Manual-Meeting plans-Great note-taking instead of playbooks-Footwork is the clock-Organized cut-ups-The on field plan-If you want to be a great thrower you have to throw-Drills are based on two things pocket movement and ball location-Miss outside and live for another day - miss inside and it’s going the other way-All interior throws, numbers, and below-Getting the quarterback going with easy completions-minimal pre-snap recognition-Half field or access readsRelated Episode:https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/qb-development-efficient-game-planning-joe-davis-off-coord-at-the-university-of-albany-nyJoe Davis “Easy Completions for Your QB” course:https://coachtube.com/course/football/joe-davis-easy-completion-concepts-for-developing-young-quarterbacks/13522760?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763Joe Davis “All Position Screens” course:https://coachtube.com/course/football/joe-davis-all-position-screen-game/11754424?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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=6T63AagZT0GQLKUiCTFOAAThe entire presentation on CoachTube:https://coachtube.com/course/football/offensive-organization-qb-play/16253800?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, we focus on innovations in coaching that allow for coaches on both the college and high school side to provide verifiable data and measurables through technology and AI as well as being able to analyze and better determine the fit of a prospect in a program. On both the high school and college side, technology exists to help you better understand the talent in your pipeline.While at AFCA, Keith walked around and took a look at some of the most innovative products in the market. He identified a dozen that help make a coach more efficient, enhance player development, and ultimately add to the win column.We sat down with representatives from Catapult, Reel Analytics, and War Room to discuss the technology they developed.Please note that none of these companies paid to be on the podcast. This was purely Keith's research and time spent with them to learn more about what they do. Some of these you may have heard of, and some are brand new to the market, but all are innovative in their approach to helping you as a coach.All of them were asked four questions as you will hear:1. How does this make me more efficient as a coach
? 2. How does this help me develop my players
? 3. How does this help us win
? 4. What’s the feature that coaches like the most?The objective is that you get a feel for these companies and what they can do for you as a coach as well as your players to help create a better game.Show Notes:Catapult: Catapult has several products to provide coaches and programs solutions to build a better team. In this segment, former college coach and current Director of Scouting for the Carolinas, JP Gunter discusses their Thunder Cloud Recruit Service as well as the Catapult technology behind it.https://www.catapultsports.com/sports/american-footballTwitter:@CatapultSports@CoachJPGunterReel Anayltics: Reel Analytics is Verified In_Game athleticism data powered by AI. We were joined by Cory Yates, Co-Founder and CEO of Reel Analytics. Reel Analytics’ proprietary IGA Score is a measure of in-game athleticism derived from position-specific athleticism metrics extracted by their tracking technology. To train their scoring model, they measured the in-game athleticism of over 15,000 college and NFL players for current and historical context. Each metric is weighted, contextualized by percentile rankings, and scored.NFL scouts, NFL agents, and major college football programs integrate the IGA Score to add objectivity into their player evaluation process.Download a free sample report from their website.https://reel-analytics.net/Twitter:@RAanalytics@CoryRAanalyticsWar Room: We spent time with Moose Bingham, a former kicker for BYU and former college coach. He developed a solution that handles all aspects of developing a program as well as integrates with other software you may use.WARROOM Is the all in one software that helps to take your team to the next level. After being used by Major D1 Universities for almost a decade they are bringing our product to the High School ranks and allowing coaches to do what they love and spend more time with the players and game plans. The software includes unique features for recruiting like the trip planner and Recon which scrapes information from the internet as well as social media and through algorithms develops a player profile to better understand that player’s character and make-up.https://www.collegewarroom.com/https://www.prepwarroom.com/Twitter:@WarRoom_1coachandcoordinator.comTwitter: @CoachKGrabowski Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

J.P. Nerbun is the founder of TOC Culture System, a mentor, writer, coach, and sports consultant. He’s worked with numerous football teams in helping them install a culture system. Today he shares insight into some of the best practices in implementing a culture system, repeating buy-in, building relationships, doing accountability and discipline in a productive way, and player development plans.Show Notes:-Background-Book-Systems approach-What drives the system-Change starts with the coach working on himself/herself-Establish, support and enforce the culture-Culture is measured in two ways-Decentralize command-Establish connections and standards-Goal is to have high character, intrisincally motivated individuals-Tips on establishing and strengthening relationships with players-Mike Abrashoff-Listen first and speak last-Empathic listening and intentional one on ones-Leadership council with 1-4 ratio-Delegating to the units-Connecting team beyond position groups-Check-ins and conversations-Motivational interviewing-Put the player in the driver seat for their development-Developing engagement and buy-in=Non-negotiables-The standard review-The player development plan-The one-pager-Google Doc-Implementation intentions-Best practices in dealing with discipline-Fear-based approach doesn’t achieve long-term- Too much permissiveness - empathy without accountability-Consequence as alternative to punishment-Practice is a “get to” not a “got to”-Firm and demanding without being demeaning -Logical consequences-Competitive cauldron-Time spent with New England Patriots - Their intentionality-The Buffalo Bills - leadership council-The Winning Edgehttps://www.tocculture.comTwitter: @jpnerbunRelated Episode:It’s Your Ship - Leadership Lessons with Mike Abrashoff episode:https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/its-your-ship-leadership-lessons-from-mike-abrashoff-former-commander-of-the-uss-benfoldCoachTube Course: Playing Time Systems, Competitive Cauldron, Captain’s Councilhttps://coachtube.com/users/thriveonchallenge?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode which is the first of four in a series that we will share over the next two weeks, we focus on Coaching Innovations that help you teach your players in the classroom.While at AFCA, Keith walked around and took a look at some of the most innovative products in the market. He identified a dozen that help make a coach more efficient, enhance player development, and ultimately add to the win column.Please note that none of these companies paid to be on the podcast. This was purely Keith's research and time spent with them to learn more about what they do. Some of these you may have heard of, and some are brand new to the market, but all are innovative in their approach to helping you as a coach.  All of them were asked four questions as you will hear:1. How does this make me more efficient as a coach2. How does this help me develop my players3. How does this help us win4. What’s the feature that coaches like the mostThe objective is that you get a feel for these companies and what they can do for you as a coach as well as your players to help create a better game.Show Notes:Pro Quick Draw - they create a more integrated workflow for the coach. PJ Katz, the Offensive Coordinator for Brookwood High School in Georgia, shares the benefits of Pro Quick Draw in this segment.https://www.proquickdraw.com/Twitter @PQDSystemGo Army Edge - Brent Osbourne of Go Army Edge shares how the platform has evolved and what you can do with it for your position and units.https://www.goarmyedge.com/Twitter: @GoArmyEdgeJust Play Sports - Co-founder Austin Barone joins us to share the features of Just Play, a platform that integrates many aspects of a coach's workflow to create a teaching platform that enhances player learning. https://justplaysolutions.com/football/Twitter: @justplayfbOptimum Grading - Developed during the pandemic by then University of Illinois director of analytics and football technology Kingsley Osei. His innovative platform grew out of his understanding of the game and creating a better solution for grading that brings so much more to the player development side of grading. Here’s our conversation with Kingsley.https://optimumgrading.com/Twitter: @OGradinghttps://coachandcoordinator.com/Twitter: @CoachKGrabowski Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices