Coach and Coordinator Podcast

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Mike Cummings, Offensive Line Coach at Central Michigan. Cummings is entering his fourth season in his current position having come over from VMI. Coach has a variety of experience which includes additional stops at Marshall, Connecticut, Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan, to name a few. Coach Cummings joins the podcast today for Part 2 of his talk about the Importance of Basics. 2:22 How the basics come into play on an everyday level 11:20 Post snap decisions 14:50 Coaching up the 1 on 1’s 22:38 Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Mike Cummings, Offensive Line Coach at Central Michigan. Cummings is entering his fourth season in his current position having come over from VMI. Coach has a variety of experience which includes additional stops at Marshall, Connecticut, Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan, to name a few. Coach Cummings joins the podcast today for Part 1 of his talk about the Importance of Basics. 1:40 Coach’s Journey 2:56 Takeaways that have helped shape coach 9:20 Understanding what motivates any given player 15:54 Process of building the offensive line 23:51 Helping players solve problems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, we ramp back up our All In On Offense series as host Keith Grabowski is joined by Rice Offensive Line Coach, Sanders Davis. Coach took over the Rice offensive line in 2020, having previously spent time on staff as a GA. Prior to his time at Rice, Davis spent 5 years at Catholic High School, where he served as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach. Davis joins the podcast to talk about his heavy goalline sets and how they fit in today’s spread world. 2:22 What his goal line package looks like on a base level 4:28 Why his team likes to use these unique sets 7:42 Accounting for how teams will defend these heavy sets in the world of spread offenses 11:07 When do you install this and how do to make it easy for the QB 12:33 How many concepts they run out of these heavy sets and how they use them from game to game 14:10 When they put these plays in during the week and practicing them 16:30 How they deal with practicing the physical nature of these plays 17:55 How they adjust their stance and splits for heavy concepts 22:07 Coaching cues for getting the younger linemen up to speed 24:12 Targets for lineman's hands 31:10 What techniques the defense use to stop them and how to counter 34:04 Coaching the puller 38:50 Teaching the combos 41:48 Mindset and physical traits for the runningbacks 46:00 How they protect the flanks 48:28 Approach to running pass plays out of these formations 52:01 Getting creative with personnel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by John Tomlinson, Running Backs Coach and Director of Player Development at Brevard College. Coach Tomlinson has over 20 years of coaching experience at all different levels of football. Tomlinson had multiple stops in the NFL including with the Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns and Las Vegas Raiders. Additionally, Coach Tomlinson has written a book titled 4th & Inches: A Football Coach’s Season Devotional and has multiple courses available on Coach Tube. He joins the podcast today to talk about how he asses young quarterbacks, shapes his offense around them along with multiple other things. 2:23 Assessing a young quarterback 6:54 Importance of showing players that you put in the work 11:03 How the detail of the NFL helped him prepare at lower levels 14:47 What methods Coach takes in learning how his players learn 20:06 Tailoring concepts to fit players identities 28:52 Understanding the why to everything as a young QB 34:10 Screen Pass Options 38:55 Resources Coach has put together 45:10 Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast is a sneak preview of the upcoming C.O.O.L. Clinic - the premier clinic for offensive line coaches. In this segment from Joe Thomas's Q&A with Bob Wylie, Joe Thomas answers questions from Bob Wylie: -You’ve seen a number of young OL come and go throughout your time, what attributes do you see in young players that make you realize they have a chance to be successful in the league? -What are separates the great coaches from the others? -What’s the best advice you’ve been given & what advice do you give to younger players? -What ways to you have to help the OT’s in loud stadiums and on silent counts? -What silent count operations did you feel worked the best? -What was your weekly game prep like for film evaluation? -How did you prepare and what was your mindset when facing elite pass rushers? -What do you think is the most important aspect of pass protection? This is just 25 minutes of the nearly 2 hours he did for the clinic. Use this link or the code COOL20 at checkout to save 20% on your ticket: https://cool.coachesclinic.com/tickets/?coupon=COOL20 See the line-up and topics: https://cool.coachesclinic.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski welcomes Clint Schumacher who is a football coach, lawyer and author of the new book Second Wind. Schumacher has had many experiences coaching football and in life that led to him trying to develop kids to become more resilient and learning how to teach those traits. Schumacher joins the podcast to talk about some of those skills as well as his book and the inspiration behind it. 2:08 Coach’s journey 3:32 Idea behind thee book Coach wrote, Second Wind 7:33 Teaching players to be resilient in different situations 9:44 Building these resilient concepts year round in players 11:31 Grated cheese and video games 15:15 The process of putting together his book 19:09 How Second Wind became the name of Coach’s book 24:20 Different experiences Coach has had the he outlines in his book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Senior Special Teams Analyst at West Virginia, Tyler Hancock. Hancock has been at WVU since 2019 in his current role. Prior to his time at WVU, he spent time as the Quality Control Coach at Maryland as well as some time at Kentucky and Kentucky Wesleyan. Coach Hancock joined the podcast today to talk about his transition to the role of a Senior Analyst and how it differs from some of his previous roles. 1:10 Coach’s Journey 3:28 Transition to the role of analyst 4:42 What a typical week looks like in terms of workflow for an analyst 7:08 Organization of the Coaching staff at WVU 9:43 How the whole staff helps on special teams 12:10 Where the opportunities lie in special teams 13:43 How much evaluation of special teamers falls upon him 15:20 How the details he encounters can be used on smaller staffs 17:55 Getting everything in during practice 20:00 Organization of scout teams 21:52 Opportunities for younger coaches 23:20 Developing yourself as a coach 24:42 Coach’s role in culture building 26:34 Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Bill Durkin, Offensive Line Coach at Coastal Carolina. Durkin has been at Coastal since thee 2014 campaign and has had the privilege of coaching the Running Backs, Tight Ends, Tackles and now Offensive Line during his tenure. The Coastal Carolina offensive attack has gained praise nationwide over the last few years and Durkin has played a large role in their success. Coach joined the podcast today to talk about his relationship with players as well as some basic offensive and offensive line concepts. 1:20 Durkin’s coaching journey 3:35 Key lessons Coach learned in his journey that have helped shape his philosophy 5:38 Their CPR philosophy 8:30 How effective CPR has been 10:30 Biggest aspects that have led to their success offensively 15:18 Finding a balance between keeping it simple for your guys but hard for the defense 17:30 Approach to indy sessions 21:36 Approach to film sessions 25:28 Coach’s signature play 27:30 Advice to people coming into coaching 30:18 Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Jim Ballard, College Football Hall of Famer and founder of the Jim Ballard Quarterback Academy. He also had a long professional career across a variety of leagues. Ballard played in the NFL, CFL, NFL Europe and Arena Football from 1994 to 2003. Some of the teams included the Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, Scottish Claymores, Toronto Argonauts and the Indiana Firebirds. Ballard had his most success during his collegiate career at Mount Union College, an NCAA Division III school in Alliance, Ohio. Including being induced to the College Football Hall of Fame for his play at Mount Union, Ballard was also an All-American while in college. Ballard started his college career at D-III Wilmington (Ohio) College for one season before transferring to Mount Union. Across his career, Ballard broke 17 D-III passing records and was named all-conference all three seasons. In addition to being an all-American, Ballard was also awarded the Gagliardi Trophy for the Division III college football player of the year in 1993. Today, Ballard works with developing high school quarterbacks at the Jim Ballard Quarterback Academy. On today’s podcast, Ballard and host Keith Grabowski talk about Ballard’s Quarterback Academy, the challenges of coordinating with high school coaches and parents, and how Mount Union prepared him to teach young athletes. Show Notes 1:16 Mentoring local quarterbacks into college 2:36 Working alongside high school coaches 3:53 Beginnings of the quarterback development camp 6:16 Developing players going to Mount Union 7:55 Being flexible in teaching how to be a quarterback 10:50 Increasing Football IQ of the quarterback 12:29 Advice to parents of players going through the academy 14:54 Helping athletes gain exposure through camps 16:32 What to show on highlight tapes for quarterbacks 18:50 Having a strong base when throwing the ball 20:51 Being a leader in the huddle and knowing everyone’s role 22:25 Building confidence into leadership 23:42 The Roll Pass at Mount Union 25:15 Simulating the RPO 26:52 How can coaches develop players in-season 28:35 Providing 1-on-1 teaching with the quarterbacks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Rice Offensive Line Coach, Sanders Davis. Coach took over the Rice offensive line in 2020, having previously spent time on staff as a GA. Prior to his time at Rice, Davis spent 5 years at Catholic High School, where he served as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach. Davis joins the podcast for the second part of this interview to talk about his power run game. 1:32 Key Coaching Points on his version of power 17:08 Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices