Coach and Coordinator Podcast

On today's podcast Keith Grabowski discusses ideas for developing senior leadership in your program. He gives examples from his experiences at the college and high school level. Shownotes: -Phases through off season -Leadership ladder -Standards for leaders/captains -Requirements for completing program -Connecting to teammates -Evaluation of leadership in program -Captain interviews -Ideas for developing vocal leadership -Connecting to other program stakeholders -Example captain interview questions Related episodes: "The Leadership Ladder": https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/quickcast-the-leadership-ladder Mike Kuchar - "Player Driven Leadership Program" https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/player-driven-culture-mike-kuchar-xo-labs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays' episode, Lazarus Morgan joins us to discuss how he helped develop the #5 defense in NCAA D3 in 2021 at SUNY Cortland. Coach Morgan also talks about his plan to lead his new program where he has become the head coach at Buffalo State University. Shownotes: -Start in coaching -It’s about developing people and relationships -Being patient for the right opportunity -Be yourself -Reset the culture -The players hold each other accountable on championship teams -It takes time -How the pandemic allowed the defense to come together -Unique aspects of SUNY Cortland defense -Zone blitzing -Game planning the zone blitz - what type of quarterback are we playing? -Practicing the pressure skills -Teaching the “Steal” technique -Teaching tackling with limitations -Live, thud and buzz practice tempos -Productive missed tackles -Advice to advance through the profession -Don’t lose sight of the fundamentals -Winning edge - play for each other Connect with Coach Morgan: @FB_Coach_Morgan NYSHSFCA Clinic/MegaTicket: nyshsfca2022.coachesclinic.com Related: Episode with Blaise Faggiano, Head Coach Utica https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/utica-college-head-coach-blaise-faggiano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features a section of new offensive coordinator at the University of Hawaii Ian Shoemaker. Coach Shoemaker has made a journey through small college football with his previous stop at the Eastern Washington University were he led one of the top offenses in the FCS. Coach Shoemaker was at the forefront of the uptempo and RPO trend and still utilizes those in his offenses today. In addition to the stressors like Tempo and RPO, Shoemaker layers in other stressors like formation into the boundary, stacks and bunches, compressions, and unbalanced. In this episode from his clinic talk at the Virtual Football Summit, he shared those ideas. Link to Coach Shoemaker's clinics: https://bit.ly/34nMq4e Previous episodes with Coach Shoemaker: Positional Flexibility and Using Drones: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/positional-flexibility-and-use-of-drones-ian-shoemaker-oc-eastern-washington?si=8225cbb1373947b6adee898ba27ecdf4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Pace, Tempo and Buckets of Decisions: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/pace-tempo-and-buckets-of-decision-ian-shoemaker-off-coordinator-at-eastern-washington-univ?si=0763c5ae764d43adb5f828a3d13046c7&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast we share coaching points from Kyle Flood, Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach at the University of Texas. These were from the Lauren's First and Goal Clinic and the COOL Clinic. Those clinics will be in March and May respectively. Shownotes: -Three coaching points for each position -What makes an effective blocker? -Inside Zone or Duo? -Coaching the OL on RPO and considerations for the future -Coaching points for insert zone frontside and backside nyshsfca2022.coachesclinic.com Kyle Flood Clinic Bundle: https://bit.ly/3rVsga1 Related: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/nyshsfca-kyle-flood-university-of-alabama-offensive-line-coach?si=900ab8bf64d24b5697a5dee30696aeb9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/winning-on-the-line-of-scrimmage-kyle-flood-ol-coach-alabama?si=49dc4431d56744f5bfdce9dfcae8cef1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Pete Shinnick, head coach at the University of West Florida. 2016 was the first season for the West Florida football program and the Argonauts compiled a 5-6 record, marking the most wins by a first year NCAA Division II program in over a decade. The following year, Shinnick led West Florida to play in the D-II National Championship. Shinnick has been awarded the 2017 AFCA Coach of the Year, the 2017 D2Football.com National Coach of the Year, and the AFCA Region 2 Coach of the year. On today’s episode, Shinnick and host Keith Grabowski talk about what he looks for in a player and creating unity among players and the coaching staff. Show Notes -Starting a football program -Shinnick’s background -Lessons Shinnick has learned throughout his career -Teaching players off the field -Flipped coaching -What Shinnick seeks in players -Pillars of West Florida’s culture -Creating unity among coaches and players -Translating culture to the field -Offense at West Florida -RPOs -Gap scheme -The winning edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is one of our most listened-to episodes from the first years of the podcast. The QB Collective's influence both in quarterback development and coaching education continues to grow, and you see its influence all over the game today. This episode tells the story of the QB Collective's beginning and the vision of Richmond Flowers III to grow something that positively impacts the game and the people who are a part of it. From the Archives: Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast guest is Richmond Flowers III, CEO and founder of QB Collective, which trains high school, college and NFL quarterbacks. Flowers coached four seasons as an offensive assistant for the Washington Redskins under head coach Mike Shanahan, a QB Collective staff member. Flowers – a wide receiver during his playing days – was drafted in 2001 by the Jacksonville Jaguars and spent three combined seasons on the Dallas Cowboys and Redskins practice squads. Flowers also played in NFL Europe, the Canadian Football League and Arena Football League. He played three years at Duke, before spending his last collegiate season at Tennessee-Chattanooga. On today’s show, Flowers and host Keith Grabowski talk about Flowers’ coaching experience and how it helped him create and develop QB Collective. Show Notes -What is QB Collective? -Instructors at QB Collective camps -Influence of his father in football -Why he picked Duke to play college football -Meeting Kyle Shanahan at Duke -Experience in the NFL and NFL Europe -Being out of position in the NFL -Takeaways from playing career -Time between playing and coaching football -Differences from playing and coaching -Learning while with the Redskins as a coach -A system to develop players and coaches -Favorite moments from QB Collective camps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s podcast Keith Grabowski is joined by Tim Sauer head coach at Jesup Community School (IA) in the “Your Call” series. Coach Sauer introduces his F.R.E.A.K acronym that helps control the culture climate in his program. Grabowski and Coach Sauer discuss why it was made and how it is used in his program. 00:47 Creating F.R.E.A.K 02:20 Process of creating F.R.E.A.K 03:10 Expectations in F.R.E.A.K Insert Chart 03:15 No Fluff 05:00 Respect 07:00 Enthusiasm 09:15 Always count on me 11:18 Keep swinging 12:55 Sharing F.R.E.A.K with the players 14:26 Integrating F.R.E.A.K into Jesup Football 15:40 Involving the staff to set the standard 16:37 Evolving F.R.E.A.K down the road 17:45 Connect with coach on Twitter: @timothyjsauer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Maiuri joins us on the podcast to discuss the Central football offense which was #1 in total offense (570.1 yards per game) and scoring (53.5 points per game) in 2021. . Originally from Sterling Heights, Michigan, Maiuri graduated from Lakeland College (Wis.) in 2006 and received Illini-Badger Conference player of the year honors in 2005. He led the Muskies to their first-ever playoff berth and was the league's offensive player of the year in 2004. Maiuri has been an assistant at Lakeland, Winona State, Adrian College, and a graduate assistant at Minnesota under Jerry Kill. Shownotes: -Start in coaching -Offensive philosophy and culture -Having undersized, athletic players -Schemes that fit well with undersized linemen -Balancing the use of tempo and motions and shifts -Player involvement in constructing the offense -Educated freedom -F.R.E.A.K.S -Decentralized decision making -QB and WR meeting time -More group and team during season than individual -Group and team periods used throughout the week -Communication in inside run -Pass concepts -Teaching four verticals -Practicing four verticals -Most effective plays in the Central passing game -The need for having Both RPO and play action -Technology and changes through COVID -Winning edge - coaching with love Twitter: @coachmaiuri Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having trained more than 60 Division 1 quarterbacks in the past several years, quarterback coach Will Hewlett has quickly become one of the country’s most sought after experts on the position. Hewlett is known for his focus on elite-level passing mechanics, helping quarterbacks improve speed of release, accuracy, and performance under pressure. “Traditionally, the quarterback has been one of the most under- coached positions on the team,” says Hewlett. “Playing QB can be both frustrating and rewarding. I love seeing the progression from a youth camper into an elite position player – physically and mentally.” Parents and coaches alike have seen the progress Coach Hewlett can bring about in a young QB – often referred to as the “difference maker”. Hewlett is constantly traveling throughout the country working with quarterback prospects from coast to coast. Hewlett says, “I love working with developing talents all over the country. To meet with a young player’s coaches, see the programs and even watch the progress unfold on Friday nights is as fulfilling to me as anything in my career.” Hewlett has consulted with NFL, UFL, and NCAA coaches and continues to work with quarterbacks in the SEC, ACC, Big 10 and other conferences. In addition, Coach Hewlett is a top-ranked speaker at the Glazier Clinics tour, the largest football coaching clinics with over 26,000 active members and has co-authored a top selling book on passing mechanics. Hewlett is the first Australian-born quarterback to play NCAA football. His playing career extended to the pro-ranks, with a stint in the Arena League. His college experience included the University of Nevada and the University of Dubuque. Shownotes: -Overview of Sports Illustrated article, QB creativity -Progression to teaching fluidity and athleticism -Allowing creativity and free play for QB self discovery -Inadvertently coaching creativity out if the QB -Patrick Mahomes comes along and things change -What if we encourage creativity? -Free play approach in training -Learning from movement specialists - Shawn Myszka -What happens when the line on the diagram ends? -Evolution in involving movement coaches - Kurt Hester -Recommendations for drilling and practice programming -Football is not an individual sport, timing is developed together -Teaching the QB to perform in chaos -Utilizing technology to train -QB coach as the artist -Aaron Rodgers foot pop -Learning through social media -The QB Collective Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's Coach and Coordinator Podcast, University of Chicago Offensive Coordinator Kyle Derickson joins us to discuss the Maroons' high powered offense which was #5 in NCAA D3 in both total yards (518 per game) and points (48 per game) as well as #1 on 3rd Down Conversions (56.6%) and #8 Red Zone Offense (88.9%). Coach Derickson discusses the philosophy behind their offense as well as how his football journey has taught him to be adaptable to the coaching situations he's been in. Show notes: -Learning on the defensive side of the ball -Being adaptable in new situations -From Zone/Play Action to Triple Option to Air Raid -Progression as a teacher of the game -Taking a piece of the last stop with you -Learning from coaching the Triple -Adapting terminology - one person vs. 55 people -Developing a philosophy of offense year to year -Taking control of the game through running the ball -Ball control to open explosives -Giving QB control of the game -Creating explosives by being simple -3rd down success -Red zone success -Stats that are most important: Touchdowns and Turnovers -Practicing situations -Call sheet organization and volume -Unique characteristic as an OC -The winning edge - be a part of something bigger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices