Coach and Coordinator Podcast

Coach DJ Eliot joins us on the first episode of our Defensive Series. Coach Eliot has 20+ years of coaching experience in the collegiate rankings. Coach Eliot’s pedigree includes coaching stops at Kansas, Florida State, Miami, Colorado and Kentucky, as well as time with proven winners and program builders Jimbo Fisher and Mark Stoops. Additionally, Coach Eliot is among a select group of defensive thought-leaders that regularly clinic around the principles of the 3-4 defense. Today we talk about: -The Evolution of Georgia and Alabama Defenses -The Dave Aranda/Vic Fangio tree -Stems, how to do them , calling them, practicing them -Creepers and common offensive answers -Suggestions for offenses on how to best handle creepers -RPO and how a defensive coordinator looks at them -Complimentary football between offense and defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio high school football coaching veteran Mark Solis is today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast. Now the head coach at Olentangy High School in Lewis Center, Ohio, Solis sits down with host Keith Grabowski to discuss maintaining a work-life balance for his coaching staff. He also breaks down his philosophy behind building a Football Operations team. Show notes - Weight room philosophy during the season - Giving the coaching staff weekends off - Continuity is important in building a successful program - Building a football operations team - The winning edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's edition of our Adjustments Series we focus on how to stress an opponent in multiple ways. The strategy discussed will be explained from both an offensive and defensive perspective. Offense: -Stressing a single defender -Expand and contract formation philosophy -Unusual fomartions Defense: -Stressing a line -Bringing pressure from unexpected places -Stemming the front Special teams: -Adding reverse at teams that place the ball consistently on their kicks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Rowe is today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast. A college football assistant-turned high school head coach, Rowe currently serves as the head coach at ROCORI High School in Minnesota, where he’s earned a berth to the state playoffs each of the last three seasons. Rowe opens up about character, pregame speeches and adding trick plays in today’s podcast. Show notes -Teaching character throughout the season -Players response to character building - Tying character into game day -Rowe’s pregame speech philosophy -Creating competition during practice -Taking pressure off the team -Halftime adjustments -Adding trick plays Coach Rocori on CoachTube: https://bit.ly/3oom6Pz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, The Game Plan, features former coach Terry Shea, who does consulting work for future NFL Draft prospects. He’s served as the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams. The Game Plan is a weekly in-season feature that shares thematic ideas that can help coaches and teams once the season begins. Today’s focus will be on how to handle distractions that occur during the season. -Dealing with the media -Setting media rules for players -Initiating contact with the media -Handling Homecoming week events -Rivalry games -What to do when a key player gets injured Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Mike Emendorfer joins the show. Emendorfer is the head coach at Wisconsin-Platteville, where he's coached for the past 19 years, breaking numerous offensive records in the process. Emendorfer's teams at Wisconsin-Platteville routinely appear in national rankings and he's taken home Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors twice. Show notes -How Emendorfer adds wrinkles to the game-plan -Creativity sparked by opponents’ film - Weighing pros and cons when adding concepts to playbook - Method for beginning a game -Breaking down game-day communication -Keeping simple concepts -Changes made in practice throughout the season -How to mentally prepare players -The winning edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of "In the NZone" Coach Mazzone comes to us from Hamburg, Germany where he is coaching an all star game. We discuss the trend of the nub tight end, why it is being utilized more and some advantages that it gives. We delve into speed option and its re-emergence as a way to attack modern defenses, and discuss Steve Sarkisian's use of a reverse out from the QB in the pistol. Then Coach Mazzone hands off to former LSU, NFL QB and MLB player Josh Booty to discuss the best way to handle the quarterback. he discusses playing for Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher and how he liked to be dealt with. We talk about getting a young QB to settle down and get opportunities to work different things in game situations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode in our Adjustment Series we focus on the goal line and short yardage. This is an important area because either points are being scored, chains are moving, or the ball is being turned over on downs. On the offensive side we focus on: -An alternative short yardage strategy https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/alternative-short-yardage-strategy/ -49er's creative QB sneak -The pin and pull or "truck" play -Rice's unique strategy and technique for Goal Line https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/all-in-on-offense-short-yardagegoal-line-heavy-sets-sanders-davis-rice On the Defensive side we focus on: -gapping out the offensive line -short yardage techniques -defeating the "dive" on the perimeter strategy -avoiding picks On Special Teams we focus on: -short yardage fakes to up-backs -adjustments to do it from shield -being prepared for it on defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we focus on how we can do little things to take care of ourselves and our players in-season. With the grind of the season, stress and physical requirements of our job can wear us down. The 2007 and 2011 New York Giants under Coach Tom Coughlin made yoga a part of their routine, as did the 2015 Seattle Seahawks under Coach Pete Carroll. ESPN The Magazine wrote an article about it. At the time that was outside the box thinking. And since then just about every NFL team and most FBS programs have jumped on board in making yoga a part of their in-season routine. It’s even made its way to the high school level. Gwen Lawrence has two Super Bowl rings as the yoga instructor for the Giants for 16 seasons. Now she works in certifying instructors across the country to work with athletes. She joins us to discuss simple things we can do to keep ourselves performing optimally. -Working with Tom Coughlin -Start and introduction to the Giants by Frank Gifford -Players response to being introduced to yoga -Simple breathing exercises to relieve stress -Simple ways to be more mindful -Taking care of aches and pains -Better sleep -Yoga as an after game day routine -Position specific moves for your players -"No Sweat" practices Coach Wellness Kit on CoachTube: https://bit.ly/3i6EJn6 Power Yoga fo Sport - Full Football Edition https://coachtube.com/course/football/power-yoga-for-sports-training https://bit.ly/3i7ovu2 Bundle both and save: https://bit.ly/3COVBXk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, The Game Plan, features former coach Terry Shea, who does consulting work for future NFL Draft prospects. He’s served as the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams. The Game Plan is a weekly in-season feature that shares thematic ideas that can help coaches and teams once the season begins. -What to look for in the self scout -When it’s OK to break your tendencies -Looking at your game schedule to decide when to add a wrinkle -Focusing on what you do best when adding personnel -Adding screen concepts -Making sure the QB understands the wrinkle -Don’t add a wrinkle if safeties can’t adjust -Using movement to add a wrinkle -How to game plan movement -Main things to look at when adding a wrinkle midseason Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices