Coach and Coordinator Podcast

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Ross Douglas, Cornerbacks Coach at the University of Richmond. Douglas just joined the staff at Richmond in the spring of 2021, having spent the previous three years as a defensive graduate assistant at Rutgers. Ross joins the podcast today to talk about how he has been adjusting to his new job as well as go into detail on his practices. 1:31 Coach’s journey 2:56 Biggest lessons coach has learned along the way 4:50 Building relationships with players 5:43 How he adjusted to being hired late in the process this past season 6:46 Challenging parts of adjusting quickly this past season 8:21 Putting this past season to bed and how they’re moving on 9:28 Creating competition throughout practice 11:05 Evaluating each practice 12:40 Dealing with players who are struggling 13:36 Keys to getting the corners to play at a high level 15:25 Training “Eye discipline” 16:21 Working eye discipline into a specific coverage 18:00 Where to stand as a coach and working drills 19:30 Evaluation of film 20:46 Continuing to build relationships 25:10 Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Washington State Co-Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach, Craig Stutzmann. Coach is going into just his second year at Washington State, but previously held the same role for the last 4 years at Hawai’i, where he helped bring the team to 3 bowl games. This past season Stutzmann was a finalist for the FootballScoop National Quarterback Coach of the Year award. Coach is big on the run and shoot offense and has continued to put up points wherever he goes. He joins the podcast today to talk about some of the things he learned during the Covid season and goes deep into many different aspects of his role as OC. 1:50 What were some new ideas that emerged from coaching during covid 6:15 How Zoom has made coaches more efficient 8:25 Adjusting back to a normal season and what you take with you from last season 11:12 How the staff works together 12:35 Best parts of going back to normal 14:13 As pass game coordinator, what’s the starting point for breaking down an opponent 17:36 Scouting how defenses are adjusting to motions 21:55 How you work in the concepts to combat “Problem coverages” 26:24 Best way to put together the whole gameplan and combine all the coaches ideas 30:15 Making sure everyone is on the same page and trying to filter ideas 34:15 Like it/Don’t like it list with Quarterbacks 40:47 Prioritizing the Call Sheet 43:40 Organizing the sheet with situations 45:55 Approach in between series 52:12 Evaluating your own staff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this quickcast 2020 Coach of the Year Jamey Chadwell, head coach of Coastal Carolina shares the elements of a winning program which help bring his team to a #14 ranking in 2020. Entire talk is available on CoachTube and supports the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association. You can find it here: https://bit.ly/2SyapIc Interview with Coastal Carolina offensive line coach Bill Durkin: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coach-player-relationship-and-coaching-the-oline-bill-durkin-ol-coach-coastal-carolina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's quickcast is from the Louisiana Football Coaches Association Clinic which Keith moderated. In this segment, Terry Joseph, Defensive Passing Game Coordinator and Secondary at the University of Texas shares the importance of trust with your players The entire talk covers: Building Relationships A Peer Evaluation Form A 33% Performance Chart and even has a section on career development! With all of that, there is even a Q&A section that is sure to answer any questions you may have! The entire talk is available here: https://bit.ly/3hWsxWR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This quickcast is from a clinic talk at the Southern California Football Coaches Association Clinic with Tom Allen, Head Football Coach at the University of Indiana. Coach Allen shares two concepts which have been highlighted by the media and are ones which drive the culture of his program - L.E.O. (Love Every One) and One Word. He explains how those were implemented and provides ideas to implement similar ideas in your program. The entire talk is available here: https://bit.ly/3vm5tVt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last year has presented many challenges. It's forced coaches to rethink their approach and learn new ways to do things. Head Coach at Iowas State, Matt Campbell share the Cyclones approach to the 2021 season which led to success on the field. This is form a segment at the Iowa Football Coaches Association Clinic. The entire talk is available on CoachTube.com Link: https://coachtube.com/course/football/matt-campbell-our-main-focus-and-10-steps-to-reach-our-full-potential/13964211?ambassador=0d90ee66aac64614b00ca7657 Get all the Iowa Football Coaches Association Clinic Talks here: https://coachtube.com/users/ifcafootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Quickcast is from a clinic talk which Keith moderated for Lauren's First & Goal. In this segment, Luke Fickell, head coach of Cincinnati, talks about being true to who they are and identifying and building their brand and culture on what they call "Clifton Style." In our copy and paste world it’s easy to get caught up trying to be something we are not. Coach Fickell took a deep look at who they were and built on it. Link to entire talk: https://coachtube.com/course/football/luke-fickell-cincinnati-football-clifton-style/14159604?ambassador=0d90ee66aac64614b00ca7657 Link to Lauren's First & Goal store: http://lfgf.org/Clinics-And-Courses/ Learn from the best and build your culture: https://coachtube.com/courses/football/program-development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, we have part 2 of a 2 part podcast with DJ Eliot, Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach at Kansas. Eliot is a seasoned defensive coach who has been at Kansas since 2019 and has had prior stops at Colorado, Kentucky, Florida State, Rice, Tulsa, Texas State, Miami, Houston and Wyoming. Eliot joins host Keith Grabowski today to talk about developing players, how he incorporates development into practice and how he weighs scheme vs technique. 0:40 Expectations for players in a walkthrough 3:52 Coaching the Coaches 7:27 Creating simulated pressures 12:17 Keys to success in Match Coverage 15:40 Difficult concepts to match up against 19:57 What other college coaches think about you 23:42 Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, we have part 1 of a 2 part podcast with DJ Eliot, Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach at Kansas. Eliot is a seasoned defensive coach who has been at Kansas since 2019 and has had prior stops at Colorado, Kentucky, Florida State, Rice, Tulsa, Texas State, Miami, Houston and Wyoming. Eliot joins host Keith Grabowski today to talk about developing players, how he incorporates development into practice and how he weighs scheme vs technique. 1:06 Coach’s Journey 2:32 Eliots mentors 5:21 Starting the process of developing a player 11:00 Scheme vs player development 15:51 Being efficient in his circuit drills 21:30 Most effective ways at doing walk thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, we fire up the defensive side of the ball with our first installment of our Deep Dive on Defense series. To get us started, we welcome back a friend of the podcast, Vince DiGaetano, Defensive QC at Fordham University. Coach Dig has extensive tackling knowledge from his years coaching the defensive side of the football. He has come up with multiple systems for analyzing and tracking tackling data that have helped his teams succeed in numerous different ways. Dig joins the podcast today to talk about the 3 C’s of Tackling. 2:08 Idea behind Coach Dig’s Tackle Studies 7:50 The 3 C’s of tackling according to 11:10 Point of Contact 17:11 Strike Zone 24:35 Chase 28:30 Creating value to asses points of contact 34:47 Translating these values into gameplans 44:52 Working different skills on air and building towards being able to get better values 47:35 Determining what a good final value depending on which level you are at Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices