Coach and Coordinator Podcast

On today's first in-season installment of the OC Office Hour Series, Keith sets the stage for the series in identifying some early season adjustments and work that can be don to keep your offense rolling. Shownotes: -Using Uptempo procedures even if you are a huddle team -Overtime procedures and understanding -The disaster plan -QB pocket movement -Finishing the play -Upcoming guests Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode we focus on 9 ideas that can help your team be successful this season. We share clips from past podcast and segments that can help any team in any situation. Culture: 1. Jeff Traylor, Head Coach UTSA - Can they? Will yhey? 2. Terry Joseph, Secondary Coach, Texas - They know & They want 3. Bill Snyder, Hall of Fame Coach - When a player's expectations are not met. Offense: 4. Phil Longo, Offensive Coordinator, North Carolina - Simple & Efficient 5. Geoff Dart, Head Coach, Mount Union - Players-Formations-Plays 6. Jim Collins, Head Coach, Wittenberg - Core Practice Values Defense: 7. Ron Roberts, Defensive Coordinator, Baylor - Negative Plays 8. Adam Fuller, Defensive Coordinator, Florida State - Teaching players how to watch film. 9. Robert Pomazak, Head Coach, St. Charles North - Virtual Game Planning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon Napolean Brandon Napoleon was named to FootballScoop's 2022 Minority Watch List/Rising Stars in coaching. In 2022 he became Sacred Heart’s cornerbacks coach after serving one year as a grad assistant at Buffalo. As a player, Napoleon spent two years at WVU before transferring to Northern Iowa. He also made a stop at Georgetown College, an NAIA school in Kentucky before finishing his collegiate career at Kansas Wesleyan.  On today’s podcast e shares what he learned in his journey as a player and how that has transitioned into the coaching profession and developing the Cornerback position. Shownotes: -Path through college as a player -What he learned and message to players thinking about the transfer portal -Mindset - hard hat mentality -Keeping things interesting in the meeting room -Attention to detail with film and walk thru -Intensifying the walk thru -A-B-C-D in individual period -Coaching the toughest aspect of Corner play - eye discipline -Watching both corners in practice and game -Evaluation and playing time -Tracking player production -Defining a loaf -Progression of adjustments -The winning edge - the juice Related: Matt Myers - Head Coach, Kansas Wesleyan https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-path-from-volunteer-to-head-coach-matt-myers-head-coach-kansas-wesleyan Matt Drinkall, TE Coach, Army https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/matt-drinkall-playlist Maurice Linguist, Head Coach, Buffalo https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/how-we-teach-and-implement-maurice-lindquist-head-coach-university-of-buffalo Keelon Brookins, CB Coach, Kent State https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coach-the-cb-coach-em-hard-love-em-harder-keelon-brookins-cb-coach-kent-state Deliberate Practice - Juice https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/deliberate-practice-juice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cody Alexander is the creator of MatchQuarters & the author of five books on defense. A former Texas HS Football Coach & FBS Defensive GA, Coach A. has a vast amount of experience at all levels of football. Before returning to the high school ranks, Coach A. was the Defensive Graduate Assistant at Baylor University under current North Texas Defensive Coordinator, Phil Bennett. During Coach’s tenure at Baylor, he assisted with the development of the corners. In addition, he was placed in charge of opponent breakdowns while overseeing and assisting with defensive recruiting, discovering All-Big 12 LB Eddie Lackey. While at Baylor, Coach A. was on staff for three bowl appearances (Fiesta, Holiday, & Alamo) and a Big XII Championship (2013). NFL Trends in 2022: -Two high defenses to stop McVay and KC type offenses -More Nickel -Shanahan tree of coaches building around outside zone -College offense trickling up to NFL -Wide zone with motion and condensed sets -How that’s changed how Kirby Smart runs defense -More sims and creepers on early down -Trends in offensive movement/sets - get reductions -Force a corner to make tackles -CB position in NFL -DIfference in college especially with ISU type systems -Trend in draft - get safeties, big nickel -Being sound against play action -What the Rams and Staley have done with two high -Taking away pre snap tells with two high shell -Taking advantage of the time QB has his back to (eyes off) the defense to sell wide zone play action 12:00 -The bell curve of QB talent -Make QB react to a static shell post snap -Handing Y Leak with weak rotation -Trends in pass rush -Zone-Match Fire Zone -Evolution of the Georgia Bulldogs -Games early down - Read-Pop -More five man pressures to create 1 on 1 and change the math College Trends: -Uptick in 5-1 (Penny) schemes against spread-zone offenses -The 4-Down is back -Odd spacing creepers and sims out of 4-down -More 1st down passing needs a better rush -Peso package (Wisconsin) -RPO answers from two-high (not necessarily quarters) -Bracket coverage trend - it unlocks your defense -Mitigating risk -Handling 12 and 21 -More hybrids -Trends in defending tempo -Dropping of field and boundary in call structure -BTF - Blitz the Formation -Making your athletes students of the game -Let go of the control -Verbal cues in teaching -Players need to know the why - coach needs to show how -Trends in teaching and practice formats -Small side games -More efficient practices -Feed the Cats High School Trends: - Three-High Safety - T on 7 has made more DB and WR - Fitting a school’s personnel needs - Trickle down of creepers and sims - Access to information - More diverse coverage structures Cody Alexander Websites: https://matchquarters.substack.com/ https://matchquarters.com/ Twitter: @The_Coach_A Related: Match Quarters and Hybrid Defenders: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/match-quarters-hybrid-defenders-cody-alexander Simulated Blitzes: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/systematic-blitzes-cody-alexander Self Scouting - Cody Alexander: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/self-scouting-cody-alexander Positionless Defense https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/positionless-defense-with-south-dakota-defensive-coordinator-travis-johansen Feed the Cats: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/creating-apex-predators-tony-holler-feed-the-cats-113021-657-am https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/feed-the-cats-tony-holler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays' podcast we are joined by the defensive coordinator of the USFL Michigan Panthers, Dan Carrel. After making his way through the ranks as an inter, GA, and position coach, Dan broke into the professional ranks with the Panthers. He joins us to discuss all aspects of teaching and leading a defense, and the details of coaching that make the schemes and diagrams come to life. Shownotes: -A start in coaching because of not being ready to be done with the game -Staying because of the relationships -Start at Ohio State as an intern with OL -Learning how to be a coach from Ed Wariner -Learning to coach defense from DJ Eliot and Mark Stoops -Taking a long staff meeting and boiling it down to what the players need to know -Learning “on edge” teaching from the OSU staff -Difference between a presenter and a teacher -The accountability of a coach -“Backward design” in teaching - start with the end in mind -Mindset - be ready when the time comes/out prepare the competition -Being a leader -Routine in putting together a game plan -Honing in on when to call it -Early in the week figure out what to call, later when to call it -A linear path from meeting to practice to game day -Pre meeting or material given before the meeting -Drills work what you just learned -Consistency in drill set-up but change how it’s used -Keeping language consistent -Trace, Gut, Crash -Setting things up with player learning as a priority -Advice to coming into a program as a coordinator -Approach to evaluating practice and game -Evaluating the defense - are we getting the right call vs. the right play? -The one hit run tape -Winning edge - the demands and expectations allowed by great relationships Twitter: @CoachKGrabowski @DanCarrel Related: Brian Hartline: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-difference-maker-series-coaching-mindset-brian-hartline-wrpassing-game-coordinator-ohio-state Creativity In Coordinating An Offense - Mike Willis, Offensive Coordinator, Princeton User-804678956 – Creativity-in-coordinating-an-offense-mike-willis-offensive-coordinator-princeton Coaching Is Teaching - Part 1 With Alex Mirabal, Offensive Line Coach, Miami User-804678956 – Coaching-is-teaching-part-1-with-alex-mirabal-offensive-line-coach-miami Coaching Is Teaching - Part 2 With Alex Mirabal, Offensive Line Coach, Miami User-804678956 – Coaching-is-teaching-part-2-with-alex-mirabal-offensive-line-coach-miami Coaching Is Teaching - Part 1 With Alex Mirabal, Offensive Line Coach, Miami User-804678956 – Coaching-is-teaching-part-1-with-alex-mirabal-offensive-line-coach-miami Dante Scarnecchia: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/practice-drills-and-work-ethic-dante-scarnecchia-ol-coach-for-34-years-for-the-new-england-patriots The Power of Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-power-of-reflection Darby House: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/making-it-about-the-kids-darby-house-head-coach-poteet-hs-tx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest on the podcast is Eddy Morrissey, Offensive Line Coach at Marshall. Coach Morrissey shares his teaching concept of using the meeting room as the lab and getting players to feel the fundamentals. He explains the lifestyle of "Five Strong" and shares how he sets up drills and evaluates players. Shownotes: -Started with idea of being a HS coach\ -Don Brown hired as HC at Plymouth -A desire to mentor and teach -Learning from mentors - accountability -Being honest -You have to be able to feel the fundamentals -Efficiently coaching through technology -Turn the film room into a lab -Repetition - teaching players to feel the fundamentals -Breaking it down in the meeting -Making meetings interactive -Maximizing space for demo/interactive -It’s great if you know it but you are judged on whether your players know it -Evaluating players - practice and game -What he looks for in an OL -Twitch and mentality -What he looks for in a prospect -Mindset - coaching it -Demand without being demeaning -5 strong as a way of life -A teacher is a leader -You can’t demand respect -Hard coaching -What makes a good drill? -Using walk through -Consistent drills - film should bring it back to the drills -Coaching cues and understanding which to use -Each guys is a little different - EDD plus language focus make it prescriptive -The winning edge - Five Strong Twitter: @CoachEMorrissey Related: Creativity In Coordinating An Offense - Mike Willis, Offensive Coordinator, Princeton https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/creativity-in-coordinating-an-offense-mike-willis-offensive-coordinator-princeton Coaching Is Teaching - Part 1 With Alex Mirabal, Offensive Line Coach, Miami https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coaching-is-teaching-part-1-with-alex-mirabal-offensive-line-coach-miami Coaching Is Teaching - Part 2 With Alex Mirabal, Offensive Line Coach, Miami https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coaching-is-teaching-part-2-with-alex-mirabal-offensive-line-coach-miami Coaching Is Teaching - Part 1 With Alex Mirabal, Offensive Line Coach, Miami https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coaching-is-teaching-part-1-with-alex-mirabal-offensive-line-coach-miami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabwoski welcomes Miami Hurricane Specials Teams Coach, Marwan Maalouf. In 2000, Maalouf started his coaching career at Baldwin Wallace University and has since gone on to coach in various special teams roles for the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, MInnesota Vikings and now the Miami Hurricane. Coach joins the podcast today to talk about his journey as well as how he builds his special teams units. 1:45 Lessons Coach learned early in his career 5:45 Team and Community being guiding principles in his career 7:32 How Coach caught on with the Cleveland Browns 13:25 What being around good coaches meant to Maalouf 19:41 What mindset coach brought when he got his own room 29:24 Developing the culture of special teams in a program 32:29 Keeping players engaged in special teams 40:18 Finding players to fit specific special teams roles 46:40 Specific drills to evaluate different special teams positions 50:53 Keys to being efficient in camp in order to be ready for week 1 55:45 Evaluation of players from week to week in season 59:25 Keeping communication open with the rest of the staff on gameday 1:03:04 The Winning Edge Related: John Snell, Assistant AD, former HC Baldwin Wallace: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/learn-this-offseason-by-holding-a-coaches-summit-john-snell-baldwin-wallace Jim Meyer, Retired Defensive Coordinator, Baldwin Wallace: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/there-are-people-behind-the-xs-os-jim-meyer-retired-college-and-high-school-coach Jim Hilvert, Head Coach, Baldwin Wallace: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/handling-pre-game-in-game-adjustments-half-time-jim-hilvert-hc-baldwin-wallace-university Ron Lewis. WR Coach, Baldwin Wallace: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/ron-lewis-baldwin-wallace-university-ohio Rich Massaro, Player Personnel, Buffalo (Baldwin Wallace Alum): Joe Kasper, Assistant, Philadelphia Eagles (Baldwin Wallace Alum): https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coaching-mindset-joe-kasper-assistant-qb-coach-duke-university Mickey Mental, Offensive Coordinator, (Baldwin Wallace Alum): https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/from-intern-to-head-coach-mickey-mental-head-coach-at-notre-dame-college Tony Neymeiyer, Offensive Coordinator, St. Thomas University (former Baldwin Wallace OL Coach): https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/start-up-coach-tony-neymeiyer-offensive-line-coach-at-st-thomas-university-fl Kyle Ohradzansky, Offensive Coordinator, Shippensburg (Baldwin Wallace Alum): https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/quarterback-preparation-kyle-ohradzanksy-passing-game-coordinator-at-the-university-of-findlay Mike Stachiotti. S&C Coach, Pitt (Baldwin Wallace Alum): User-804678956 – Developing-the-full-athlete-michael-stacchiotti-univ-of-pittsburghs-head-strength-cond-coach Kory Allen, Offensive Coordinator, U Findlay (former Baldwin Wallace OL Coach): https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/being-the-offensive-coordinator-and-ol-coach-kory-allen-university-of-findlay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keelon Brookins joined the Kent State coaching staff  as cornerbacks coach in January of 2022. Brookins came to Kent State from the University of Northern Iowa where he coached the defensive backs from 2019-2021. Brookins oversaw a unit that was top-20 in the FCS in interceptions and defensive pass efficiency. Prior to his time at UNI, Brookins coached at the University of Central Missouri, where he was a graduate assistant and coached cornerbacks and played collegiately for Wisconsin as well as Northern Iowa as a graduate transfer and earned a spot on the All-Newcomer team for the Missouri Valley Conference. Today Coach Brookins joins us to discuss how he coaches the cornerbacks from building relationship to game day adjustments and everything in between. Shownotes: -Finding a new love for the game -Coach them hard love them harder -Keep learning as a coach for those you impact everyday -Learning how each kid needs to be coached -Reintroduce yourself after the recruiting process -People don’t see the love them harder part -It’s all about the relationships -Have fun - be remembered -Being a leader -Start with quote of the day -Interactive meeting room -Limiting it to 5 or 6 techniques -individual period -Slow is smooth-smooth is fast -Game week individual -Peaking on game day -Handling game day communication -Adjustments in game -Understanding what techniques to use -Rotation/reps -Grading alignment., assignment, technique and production -The overall culture -Recommendation to young coach The winning edge - being detailed Twitter: @Coach_Brookins Related: Sean Lewis: Home Team: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/from-the-archives-sean-lewis-head-coach-kent-state Flash Fast Culture: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/flash-fast-culture-and-daily-habits-sean-lewis-head-coach-kent-state-81021-1012-am Andy Sowder, OC, Kent State: Red zone, Goal Line and Screens: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/screens-redzone-goal-line-game-planning-andy-sowder-offensive-coordinator-at-kent-state-univ Game Day Coordination of an Offense: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/game-day-coordination-of-an-offense-andy-sowder-oc-kent-state-university Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is CJ Wilson, Grapevine Faith Head Football Coach, NFL veteran, Baylor All-American, Baylor Legend, 2-time Amazon Best Selling Author, 2021 Christian Literary Award Winner. He’s also a Dave Campbell Texas Football 40 under 40 Coach. After an illustrious career for Baylor, where he was the Thorpe Award winner, an All-American, and a Baylor Hall of Fame, he played for the Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys. He joins us today to discuss how he builds his program around the players and focuses on uplifting everyone in the program, player and coach alike, torch their full potential. Shownotes: -Push from his wife to get into coaching -Learning from John Fox, Rob, Ryan, Tony Dungy and others -Becoming a player-coach for John Fox -Our players are our scheme -Giving coaches freedom -Daily format for camp -Class room sessions - be safe for learning -Giving players ownership in the teaching environment -Effective use of practice time -More Indy time for the OL! -Be a flexible coach in understanding practice needs -Complementary football in planning a game week -Evaluation - what can they do? -The winning edge - give them love Twitter: @cwil327 Email: Cj.wilson@grapevinefaith.com Coach Wilson’s book: https://www.wilsonbiblelibrary.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Sterling Doty, Head Coach of Stephenville High School in Texas, a 2021 State Champion joins us to discuss his year-round plan for player improvement, building leaders, and coaching the offensive line. Shownotes: -Learning from Art Briles, Mike Copeland and others -Championships are won January thru august -Culture wins over equal or better talent -Defining championship effort and execution -Play for Dem Boys - Passion, Discipline, Belief -Details of coaching -Creating a player led team -Everybody has a chance to be a leader -Off season competition team -Highlight certain player groups -player draft of teams -New meaning in August -Progression through camp -Teaching situational football -Coaching the OL “The Wall” -Using special teams time for more Indy -Helping a struggling OL get on track -Winning edge - energy and enthusiasm Twitter: coachdoty_shs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices