Coach and Coordinator Podcast

On today's episode of the Defense with DC Series, Dan Carrel, DC, Michigan Panthers joins us again, this time to talk about self-scouting the defensive game plan. Shownotes: -Self-scout the game plan -Distributions, not just formations -work against motions early in the week -Trends -Birmingham example -Splits - What do they tell you? -Spacing -Use of practice video -Prepare the right way -Don't waste time or reps -Taking up the opposing coordinator's time -The game isn't played in a cut-up -"Mode" -Watching cut-ups vs. watching the game -Tightening up the game plan -Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication -Oregon vs. BYU -Starting over at a new program -Defending the option from a 4-down structure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest today on OC Office Hour is AJ Smith, OC for the XFL Team Houston. Coach Smith shares some things he's seeing this season in college football as well as the NFL and how it all relates historically. Shownotes: -Trends developing in the college game -All offenses are similar -No more naming offenses -11 Tempo RPO Offense -Historically how offenses change -Trends on defense - single high coverage -RPO of the Year -Then on run and play action -Wake Forest slow mesh pro -Reading opposite on RPO -Run-Pass-Guess -NFL trends -Pass to set up the run teams -Challenging with motion and shifts -Condensed formations - more gaps, more space to run to -Quarters vs Condensed -Vikings and Dolphins offenses -Spring league offense -Air Raid and Run and Shoot success - fewer plays, more reps -Tempo Video & VAR Systems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode Keith shares an idea for being more efficient with film grading as the season heads into the second half as well as keeping the focus on performance. The idea is from the late College Hall of Fame Coach John McKay's book "Football Coaching" where he shares ideas of RBI, Errors, and Hits borrowed from baseball. He also shares. segment from the COOL Clinic with legendary OL Coach Dante Scarnecchia where Coach uses the written test as a collaboration to get his OL communicating and working together while reviewing the game plan and making sure everyone is on the same page. Related: Ideas for Actionable Film Grading https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/ideas-for-actionable-film-grading Ideas for Awarding Helmet Decals https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/ideas-for-awarding-helmet-decals Special Teams Culture and Awards https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/win-more-games-by-creating-strong-special-teams-culture-with-awards-and-recognition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Mushroom Society with Bob Wylie, XFL Arlington Offensive Line Coach Jonathan Himebauch, fresh off coaching the Birmingham Stallions to a USFL Championship, joins us to discuss "5 as One." Building the OL room and culture throughout the season and as the pieces changes is a dynamic activity. Coach Wylie and Coach Himebauch share their experiences, examples, and stories of how it all comes together. Twitter: @theCoolCinic @COACH_HIMEY @5asONE Website: https://www.5asone.com/ Mushroom Society Series: The Transition from Camp to Season https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/mushroom-society-with-bob-wylie-week-0-transition-into-season Mike Pollack - Safety Through Superior Technique https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/mushroom-society-with-bob-wylie-safety-through-superior-techniqe-mike-pollak-9122-436-pm Related Episodes: Jonathan Himebauch - Coaching is Teaching https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/from-the-archives-jonathan-himebauch-tight-ends-coach-air-force-10920-745-am COOL Clinic Speakers Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-c-o-o-l-clinic-speakers Related Resources: The Cool Clinic Channel on CoachTube: https://coachtube.com/coolclinic Coach Himebauch Channel on CoachTube: https://coachtube.com/coach_himey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TeachTapes 3 On this week’s TeachTapes we review Week 2 of the college season to learn from the plays and sprinkle in some thoughts on the NFL and HS football as well. We are joined throughout this in-season series by Steve Hauser, former FBS special teams assistant and creator of @TeachTapes on Twitter. Shownotes: -Next man up -Justin Reid kicking for KC -Joe Houston (NE Patriots) - 25 reps on video of NFL K on tackles -Expectation of the Kicker on KO -Coaching points for the Kicker to make the play -Coaching specialist on. Tackling and turnovers -Surprise onside UNLV vs. Cal https://twitter.com/unlvfootball/status/1568727599534477313?s=20&t=VD0TjhyRX9csroyMZ4P-mw -Technique to stay legal on the onside -Kicking from the 50 -Sniper onside -Sometimes you don’t lose the game before you can win it -Using the NFL start -Kevin Kelley alternative onside kicks -The helicopter -Know your opponent -Fair catching and fielding onside -Fake punts with OL on the punt team - Power -Punt safe is not safe -Blocked punts - Tenn vs. Pitt -Trim the fat off the backside edge -Step and replace/chase the hip -Temple - 3 blocks all off the backside edge -One Hand or Two on block? -Shooting the hands late -Match the hand to the foot -Don’t have the specialist be the one to put his foot out -Shaving cream on the ball -Coaching points for explosive punt returns -Playing the right one hop -Example Auburn vs. San Jose State -Every second at the LOS is 10 yards on the return -Be a “lobster” -The slingshot -Houston vs. Texas Tech -Teaching Punt Gunners to create big plays -Example - Arkansas State Ohio State TeachTapes Clip of the Week: Be ready for your opportunity https://twitter.com/TeachTapes/status/1567900069650628611?s=20&t=VD0TjhyRX9csroyMZ4P-mw Related: Teach Tapes Week 0 - Last Minute Prep for Season https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/teachtapes-week-1-last-minute-prep-for-the-season Teach Tapes Week 1 - Mayhem Moments https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/teachtapes-mayhem-moments Teach Tapes Week 2 - Take Care of Technique https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/teach-tapes-week-2-take-care-of-technique Related Resources: Brian Mason - Punt Block - Chaos Kills https://coachtube.com/course/football/brian-mason-chaos-kills-punt-block-fundamentals-and-schemes/14017320 Stacy Collins - Penn State https://coachtube.com/course/football/penn-state-punt-block-return-philosophy-with-stacey-collins/16684926 Kevin Kelley - Onside Kicks https://coachtube.com/course/football/coach-kevin-kelleys-onside-kicks-pulaski-academy/3184489 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Defense with DC, Keith and Dan Carrel, DC for the USFL Michigan Panthers discuss teachable moments and takeaways from the Texas-Alabama game as well as the weekly tips to defend the option. Shownotes: -Crack replace -Swarm drill -40’s quarters/zero -Add blitzes vs max pro (7-man pro) -Maintain coverage lanes -Add 6 man pressures and peel -Off the ball blitzers need to see and replace the edge (maintain leverage rusher) -Ways to drill -Safeties in coverage - Dead Quarter -Quarters - dead quarter - how well you coach safeties -Powerful position - quarters with no vertical -Don’t play poach (3 vert) - mini concepts all the time -Houston all-time interception leader Adrian McDonald Option tips - 2 high solutions: -Colorado vs air force -2 high structure/2 high problems -LB to alley -Horn block to safety -Need backer force with safety inside -AF presents most problems - most formations to adjust to -Building scheme what’s gonna come Related: Defense With DC - Pass Lane System, 3rd Down Sims, Option Force https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/defense-with-dc-pass-lane-system-3rd-down-sims-option-force?si=5523a216d9344997bfb10646cac455e6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Defense With DC - Tackling, Disguise, Quarters, Defending Option https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/defense-withe-dc-tackling-disguise-quarters-defedning-option?si=140ae228910a410588f4c34126a3883e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Defense With DC - Week 0 - Removing The Unknowns https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/defense-with-dc-week-0-removing-the-unknowns?si=16143e8aeaab48a689b0335e3bebe271&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Out Prepare The Competition - Dan Carrel, Defensive Coordinator Of The USFL Michigan Panthers https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/out-prepare-the-competition-dan-carrel-defensive-coordinator-of-the-usfl-michigan-panthers?si=101659380c7447dbba35fe761a2954e4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Related Resource: Terry Joseph - Defensive Pass Game Coordinator, Texas https://coachtube.com/course/football/secondary-game-planning/12776987 Jim Knowles - Defensive Coordinator, Ohio State https://coachtube.com/course/football/jim-knowles-ohio-state-playing-offense-on-defense/13635179 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s installment of OC Office Hour, John Tomlinson, Offensive Coordinator for the USFL’s Pittsburgh Maulers, discusses all the ingredients required for a quarterback-friendly offense, the development of the number two, impactful meetings, self-scouting, and when to break tendencies. “Is he making cookies? Or is he making mud pies? We give him the ingredients. We want to see what he comes up with.” – John Tomlinson John Tomlinson brings 26 years of coaching experience to the podcast, from high school to the NFL. Notable stops on his résumé include the Las Vegas Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, and North Carolina Central University. His inventory of experiences has created a roadmap and a language for communicating with quarterbacks and elevating their performances. Coach Tomlinson currently coordinates the offense and coaches the quarterbacks for the Pittsburgh Maulers of the USFL. Follow John Tomlinson on Twitter @TomlinsonCoach. “You’re only as good as your number two. At some point, he’s going to play.” – John Tomlinson Show Notes: (2:24) Defining a QB-Friendly Offense (6:50) Understanding What the QB Can Do Well >Have the QB’s call practice periods >Generate a Like It/Love It/ Hot Love List >Communicate Openly and Invite Feedback Both Ways (10:02) Preparing the Next Man Up: You Are Only as Good as Your #2 >Put Your #2 in Situations During Practice >Give Your #2 Enough Reps >Let Your QB’s Call the Plays >Conduct Post-Practice Conversations (18:40) Learning the Things that Get Your QB in Rhythm >Quick Game >RPO >Case Study: Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison (23:22) Having the QB Run a Player-Only Meeting >Does He Really Know It? >If He Can Teach It, He’s Mastered It (25:52) Keeping Shifts and Motions Static (at first) for #2 >Layer in All the Same Shifts and Motions for #2 (after some time) (27:30) Case Study: USC Offense (30:09) Having Receivers on the Same Page >Make It Visual – They Have to See It >Adjustments for Compressed Formations (32:28) Understanding Why, Where, and Pass Protection (36:13) Self-Scouting >Trust the Analytics >Listen to your DC >Go Good on Good in Practice – That’s Your Laboratory (39:38) Breaking Tendencies >Prepare with the End in Mind >Commit Weekly – The Timing Depends on the Opponent “If you can’t block it, you can’t run it.” – John Tomlinson Additional Coach and Coordinator Episodes: Eric Marty: https://coachandcoordinator.com/podcast/oc-office-hour-with-eric-marty-testing-the-discipline-of-the-defense/ Tom Lombardo: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/state-champions-tom-lombardo Andrew Coverdale: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/12x-state-champion-gives-insight-into-being-a-coordinator-andrew-coverdale-st-xavier-oh Additional John Tomlinson Resource: Building a Passing Attack for a Young Quarterback: https://coachtube.com/users/football_3188 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Westhoff’s career in the NFL spanned thirty-two seasons with Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, and New Orleans Saints. He is considered to be the foremost expert on special teams in NFL. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said of Coach Westhoff, "We called Mike Westhoff the mad scientist. He changed the game." Coach Westhoff was an innovator who was constantly figuring out new ways to develop players' individual skills and the schemes he put them in. All of it started though with him having to figure it out. He joins us in part two of a two-part series to discuss players like Taysom Hill, finding advantages, musts for game planning, the role of assistant head coach, the future of the game, and more. -Taysom Hill - from never dressing to getting a game ball -Teaching - talk to them in a manner in which you see them becoming -These students need to be “A” students and you better figure out a way to make it happen -A job worth having is a job worth doing well -Don't be afraid to change - Bear Bryant -Charting punt snap locations -Punt Block vs. the Bears -2 things to look at when designing a game plan -Deion Sanders -Where are they very weak? Where are they very strong? -Evolution as the assistant head coach -Rex Ryan -Four down territory -Understanding officiating and clock management -Dealing with fewer variables with which you can win -The future of the game - keeping special teams in the game and exciting Related: Part 1 with Mike Westhoff https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/figure-it-out-mike-westhoff-retired-nfl-special-teams-coach-part-1?si=b51e4e1d97274227bb62723c127bcea5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Alex Mirabal https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coaching-is-teaching-part-3-with-alex-mirabal-offensive-line-coach-miami Special Teams Coach Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/special-teams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Westhoff’s career in the NFL spanned thirty-two seasons with Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, and New Orleans Saints. He is considered to be the foremost expert on special teams in NFL. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said of Coach Westhoff, "We called Mike Westhoff the mad scientist. He changed the game." Coach Westhoff was an innovator who was constantly figuring out new ways to develop players' individual skills and the schemes he put them in. All of it started though with him having to figure it out. He joins us in part one of a two-part series to discuss his influences, what he learned over his career, how he developed his philosophies, and the detail he put into coaching the game. -The influence of Don Shula -The impact of his father and high school coach -The opportunity of Frank Cush -Seeing through the glasses of a coach -The high bar set by Don Shula -Learning the game -How criticizing can ruin a player -Finding a place in the game -The role of the coach in making the game safe -Changes in the rules - 22 plays a game down to 7 -The decrease in special teams plays in a game -Building off a simple scheme -Being creative -Figuring out the philosophies of each unit -Three parts to the game - Jimmy Johnson -Figure out what you have -Being aggressive and physical -The fastest 12 minutes in football -An exactness to everything Twitter: @STCoachMike Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/Figure-Out-Thirty-Two-Year-Revolutionizing-Footballs/dp/1637552718 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Hauser, former Iowa State and Oklahoma State Special Teams Assistant is back for another week of our in-season series "Teach Tapes" where we point out where technique is good or could be better and offer tips and drills to work on these techniques. Week 1 offered plenty of teachable moments with 26 punts blocked, 23 FG/PAT blocks/misses, and 20 muffed punts in FBS games. Only a handful happened because of being out schemed. The rest can be improved with attention to correcting technique, and Steve and Keith discuss ideas for improvement. Shownotes: -Statistics on week 1 -Stance on punt -Walk up by punter and snap -Sugar huddle example -Punting from own end zone -PAT/FG blocks -Shoring up weak points - the “go at guy” -Inside jumps - 3 over 2 -Muffed punts -Pacman Jones -Double bounces -Punt catch technique coaching points -Drills for developing a punt returner -Musical chairs with jugs machine -Eric Mele punt coverage drill -Kick off/Kick Return -Miami KOR -K State KOR -Alabama and Ohio State kick off -UNC knowing when not to score -Teachable moments “no mas” -Excessive celebration -Get back on the ride Teach Tapes Clip of the Week: https://twitter.com/TeachTapes/status/1567166261448134657 Marwan Malouf - Miami Special Teams: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/building-a-special-teams-culture-marwan-maalouf-assistant-coach-miami Eric Mele - Mississippi State: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/special-teams-air-raid-running-backs-eric-mele-running-backs-coach-at-mississippi-state-univer Week 0 Teach Tapes - Last Minute Prep: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/teachtapes-week-1-last-minute-prep-for-the-season Week 1 Teach Tapes - Mayhem Moments: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/teachtapes-mayhem-moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices