Usa Football Coach And Coordinator Podcast

Alex Golesh is the new Head Coach at South Florida. In 2022, he was the Offensive Coordinator of the University of Tennessee, leading the Vols offense to a #1 ranking in total offense with 538 yards per game and scoring offense with 47 points per game. He has taken his career from student assistant at Ohio State all the way to becoming an FBS head coach.  This episode is from our archives, first released in the early days of the podcast in 2016 while Coach Golesh was the Recruiting Coordinator and Tight Ends Coach at Iowa State. It showcases the philosophy, hard work, and dedication Coach Golesh has put into developing himself and his players. And it is a blueprint for how to rise in the coaching profession. Follow Alex Golesh on Twitter @CoachGolesh. Show Notes: (1:36) Coach Golesh’s First Meeting at South Florida >A Partnership >A Positive, Demanding Environment >No Shortcuts (4:16) Coaching Origins >Wanted to Teach >Enjoyed Being Around Young People >Fell in Love with Recruiting >Westerville Central High

On this season wrap-up episode of Teach Tapes, Steve Hauser looks back at key moments and themes from the 2022 season, what we discovered along the way, and the trends that made a difference and will be important to the future success of our players and programs. Show Notes: (1:16) Season Retrospective >Two Major Themes >The Blueprint >Situational Masters >There Are Reasons Things Happen and Reasons to Learn from Them (3:14) Explosives >Be Ready for Your Moment >”Love of the Game” Route >Play Action Fakes – Show, Snap, Setup >1 of 11 in All Aspects (4:56) Operational Penalties >Drills and Techniques >Details That Impact the Start or Finish of a Game (6:49) Ball Security + Takeaways >Fight Through Contact the Right Way >Wrist Above Elbow >Eagle Claw >The Ball Is the Most Important Thing in the Program >Body, Ball, Boundary (8:35) Walk the Field >Understanding Strategy within Context >Sequencing the Next Play >Backed Up >Open Field 1st and 10 >Winning 2nd Down >Coaching 3rd Down >The Scoring Zone (10:18) The “

NFL Agent Craig Domann joins us to discuss the pro mindset and how it is important at every level, as well as how it works into recruiting and many aspects of coaching. Show notes: -The drive to understand the pro mindset -Extracting and reverse engineering through interviews -Work to be your best version of you -Busts in the NFL - why so many -Projections and potential on physical -Expectations and entitlement -Identity story and channels -Intentions _Goal to get a schools or play ball -Recruiting and understanding intentions -Pro Mindset Math -How does he become combat ready? -Visualize -Be in the moment -North Star story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode we share some ideas on fixing issues before the become a big play, techniques on zero coverage, and how gap alignment affects things overall. Show notes: -Fixing issues before it’s a big play -In game coaching -Tackling in space -Coaching the hitch tackle -Eye discipline in man -Training your eyes -The oldest coaching point in man coverage -Corners in zero coverage -Gap alignment -Be zone aligned Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith and Steve finish their walk of the field in the Scoring Zone discussing each area and the strategy, schemes and techniques that help the offense and defense achieve their objectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Erik Korem, Founder and CEO of AIM7, joins the podcast again with some eye-opening data as well as simple, practical ways coaches can enhance performance while remaining physically and mentally healthy in a demanding profession. *AIM7 is coming to Coach and Coordinator Podcast* We are organizing a coaching group specifically for Coach and Coordinator Podcast listeners, using the AIM7 app to improve our physical and mental well-being to beat burnout and enhance performance as a coach. Join our host Keith Grabowski, who is leading this group, and benefit from the life- and career-changing lessons that AIM7 teaches its users. SIGN UP for this exclusive opportunity at https://www.aim7.com/coach-and-coordinator-podcast Show Notes: Stress Fallacies Don’t Manage Stress Build Capacity to Adapt to More Stress Stress Is the Gateway to Growth Mental and Physical Stress Is One Input The Price to Be Paid for Stress The Positive Impact of Starting Your Day with Sunlight Five Pillars to Build More Stress Capaci

On this episode of the Defense with DC, Keith and Dan discuss the importance of rivalries to our game as well as explore ideas on how to approach a game like this on defense and specifically take a look at OSU-Michigan defenses. Detailed show notes to follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Brian Kight joins the show to discuss all things culture. Kight, the CEO of DailyDiscipline.com, discusses why culture is so much more than posters on the wall and why coaches need to have a plan for establishing culture—the same way they have a plan for installing offenses and defenses. SHOW NOTES • 2:00 Who is coaching the coaches? • 3:38 Why business is the inverse of sports • 5:48 Why culture is more than just posters on the wall • 7:41 The three things that comprise culture • 11:03 "Core Values" and why they're harder to install than any offense • 13:10 Culture does not exist to make people feel good • 15:15 Need for a system for culture • 19:20 Coach quiz • 25:21 Getting started with building a culture system • 29:49 Why assistant coaches are critical to culture • 32:53 Not everyone will buy into your culture—and why that's OK • 36:38 No BCD: Blame, complain, defend • 40:40 The importance of responses (E + R = O) • 46:05 Establishing a performance pa

On this week's episode of TeachTapes we continue our walk down the field and discuss open field 3rd down with all of the variations, thinking about strategy and technique from both sides of the ball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of Defense with DC we put the focus on the three safety defense, taking a look specifically at TCU's play against Texas. We also give this week's option tips with ND against Navy as the examples. Shownotes: -Homer Smith on evolution of the game -The 3-safety defense in its early days -New Mexico "Lobo" with Brian Urlacher -Offense always has the pen last - patterns of change in football -Today's pass concepts negate a great rush -The guy who can make it right in the 3-Safety Defense -Flawed thought on thinking you can run against it -Run fits - dead key the guard -LB friendly -Why plays with pullers are not great answers -Run right at it -Texas use of unbalanced -Back end - TCU coverages -Why ISU created this structure -ND vs. Navy Option Tips -Caution in using multiple fronts -Using safeties vs. corners -Don't create vertical seams Save 25 % on Dan Carrel's course to analyze your defense after the season. "Make Sense of Your Self Scout": bit.ly/3UeqjC8 Learn more about your ad choi

After an illustrious 26-year head coaching career, Thom McDaniels is still impacting the next generation of football players and coaches. Some may mostly know him as the father of Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach Josh McDaniels and Houston Texans passing game coordinator/quarterback coach Ben McDaniels. But Thom McDaniels himself truly has had a Hall of Fame career. He earned the USA Today and Nike National Coach of the Year award in 1997. In that same season, Coach McDaniels led Canton (Ohio) McKinley to a state title and a national championship. Today Coach McDaniels joins us to discuss how we learned the game in the past can be applied today. Twitter: @TheCOOLClinic @thomas_tmcdwgh @CoachKGrabowski Related: Thom McDaniels - Why HS Football Matters https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/why-high-school-football-works-thom-mcdaniels-ohio-hs-hall-of-fam-coach Thom McDaniels - How to be a head coach Mushroom Society Series: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/mushroom-society C.O.O.L. Clinic Speakers Pla

On today's episode of the OC Office Hour Series, Keith shares Homer Smith's strategies for play calling. He wrote these in his book "Handbook for Coaching the Football Passing Attack" in 1970 but they are as applicable as ever today. Coach Smith ideas provide food for thought in how you approach calling plays and can provide some clarity in using the game plan you work all week long to prepare. Related: Be Your Own Futurist - The Game Continues to Change, Reflecting on Homer Smith's Thoughts https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/be-your-own-futurist-the-game-continues-to-change-reflecting-on-homer-smiths-thoughts-61022-857-am How to Train as a Play Caller - George Allen https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/how-to-train-as-a-play-caller-from-how-to-train-a-quarterback-by-george-allen-hall-of-fame-coach-122421-1211-pm OC Office Hour Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-oc-office-hour-series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The GoArmy Edge app can revolutionize the way you practice. On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski details how the app can be used for every position on the football field. 1:22 Usefulness of the Go Army Edge app 3:10 Offensive line 5:23 Quarterback 7:07 Receiver 7:40 Running back 9:48 Defensive backs 10:06 Linebackers 11:01 Defensive line 11:41 Special Teams 12:40 Simple use of the technology Related Content User-804678956 – The-edge-weed-1-prepare-to-adapt-and-adjust User-804678956 – Keith-grabowski-and-andy-ryland-discuss-the-goarmy-edge-app User-804678956 – Dynamic-presentations-and-virtual-reality-for-more-effective-coaching User-804678956 – Air-raid-analytics-and-virtual-reality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of Defense with DC, we discuss half-time adjustments, take a look at how Georgia defended Tennessee's high-powered offense, and discuss our weekly tips to defend the option. Shownotes: -Halftime adjustments format -Stealing time -Address problems with things that were practiced -Example- closing the middle of the field with fire zones -Example - open side run -No new coverages -Get the formational hit chart -Decision to make calls from the box or from the field - who best communicates with the players -Peel back the game plan -Creating formational blitzes -Having blitzes to attack certain things -Georgia coverage vs. Tennessee - taking away space -4is knocking the tackles back setting these from the inside out -Georgia’s man coverage -Hash divider rules -Option tips -Tight 9 to spill the G-Lead play -4is siting on horn blocks as a QB player - what does it open for the offense -Everything you do with your line and linebackers is being watched -Defending the zone dive play -Recognizing t

On this week’s episode of TeachTapes, Keith and co-host Steve Hauser continue to walk the field this time taking a look at all of the open field second down situations, tendencies that develop and the skills and techniques that can be developed to increase success on this down. Shownotes: -The most forgotten down -Styles make fights -The Big12 for examples -Difference in halves for 2nd down -Baylor on 2nd down -Rod Marinelli standards -Carry out fakes to get information backside -Your identity shows up on 2nd down -Complements and dressing up 2nd down -Matt Ryan boot drill -Shane Day drill -Goal line reps -Flood drill -Quick game - when the eyes are going to pop -Tight ends -Getting angles back -Dynamic use of the running back -2nd and extra long (11+) -Shallow screen and stick draw -Ryan Walters - How did they get to 2nd and 10? -Patterns or tendencies won 2nd and 10 -2nd and on track plus consideration for time and score differential -2nd and short “waste down” -The importance of receiver blocking Relate

On this week’s installment of the Mushroom Society Series, Keith and co-hots Bob Wylie are joined by Dante Scarnecchia to discuss aspects of what was an incredibly successful career. His 34 tenure with the New England Patriots was the longest in the NFL. He was a part of 10 of the organization’s 11 Super Bowl appearances. Coach Scarnecchia was a part of five Super Bowl Championships. In this episode the coaches discuss the keys to a successful career, working in an elite organization, and more. Shownotes: -The decision to become a football coach happened early -How coaching defensive backs helped development as a coach -Taking the defensive quality control job for Bill Parcells -Key to longevity in the profession -Advice to young coaches always looking for the next job -Staying physically fit -Keeping great players from leveling off -Takeaways from working in an elite organization -Advice to having a successful working relationship with Bill Belichick (or any strong head coach) -Most effective way to mak

On this week's episode of Defense with DC, Dan Carrel, USFL Michigan Panthers Defensive Coordinator takes a look at the Missouri defense against South Carolina and Temple defense vs. Navy to point out ideas and concepts we can learn from. Shownotes: -Coaching up early game calls -Staying ahead of the game -Thinking about how else they can run their plays -Adjustment to motion -Motion may tie into gap schemes -Spinning to motion in Nickel -Adjusting to motion in Base -Make it simple for your guys but complex for them -Variations of Cover 3 -Finding places where it is advantageous to be different -Making the Game Plan as simple as possible -Defending bunch -Teaching run fits as crack replace -Playing bunch release routes - box concept -Defending the double out Option tips: -Guy who is your tackler - how fast can he trigger -Changing up to cloud to keep safety out -Playing a shade to steal a gap Save 25 % on Dan Carrel's course to analyze your defense after the season. "Make Sense of Your Self Scout": https:

Brian Kight and Keith Grabowski team up for this special Leadership Journey edition of the Coach and Coordinator podcast. Keith and Brian Kight discuss the challenges of adversity in today’s podcast. Show notes :55 Opportunity and adversity :3:25 Adversity is different for everyone 7:52 Coaching staff will face different types of adversity 10:23 Processing and training for adversity 13:40 Formula for success: E+R=O 15:05 Examples of adversity training 17:32 Putting pressure on variable moments 22:12 Skills needed to overcome adversity 24:35 Detach from the event of adversity 27:19 Maintaining a healthy perspective Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast 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 implement and defend trick plays in a game. Show notes 1:32 How trick plays give you an edge in a game 3:15 Communicating special plays to your team 7:05 Shea’s tips for practicing trick plays 11:20 Creating a trick play with the right personnel 14:18 When to call the play 19:14 Using a special play after a turnover 21:35 How to defend special plays 26:55 Discipline defense and overtime periods 27:39 Favorite trick plays Related Episodes: Planning, Practicing, and Calling Trick Plays https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/planning-practicing-and-calling-trick-plays Building Char

On this week's installment of the TeachTapes Series, Keith and Stev discuss open field first and ten and how game plans, practice plans, individual periods and play calling are built around this situation. Teach Tapes First Down -The opportunities of first and ten -Beginning to write the narrative and set things up -Alabama ans Mississippi State -Ole Miss and LSU -Using Tempo on first down -Tempo to eliminate DL get off -First down vs. known passing situations -How do you keep a defense on its heels? -Using Tempo and Counters to Tempo on first down -Feeling confidence in a drive and as a play caller -Lane Kiffin trick with tempo -Complements to base plays -Maximizing yardage on first down -Five yard intent and running towards the ticks -George Kittle clip - finishing along the sideline -Ginats and Rams drill -Its what happens when the lines on the diagram run out -Eagles defensive drill off of fast screens -Speed beats power, angles beats speed, and over the top beats angles -Manny Diaz - most TFLs are roll