Usa Football Coach And Coordinator Podcast

Robert Pomazak, Head Coach at St. Charles North High School (IL) is our guest on today’s podcast. We discuss his approach in creating a program by design, and he reflects on his first decade as a head coach and what he has learned. His reflection has plenty of takeaways that any coach can learn from.    1. You don't know what you don't know. 2. The last 10% of leadership is up to the leader. 3. The many hats of the head coach. 4. Your persistence must be greater than any resistance. 5. You are your program, and your program is you; As you evolve, your program must evolve. 6. Head coaching is 365/24/7. 7. Mental conditioning is just as important as physical conditioning. 8. People over players always. 9. It will be hard. Get comfortable being uncomfortable. 10. I am proud of myself. Defensive Coordinator Professional Development Series: https://coachtube.com/bundles/2023-planning-organizing-improving-your-defense?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763 Coach Pomazak’s Courses: https://coachtube.com/users/robpomazak?a=dd

On today’s podcast, we share insight on building culture from our clinics and interviews with 7 coaches. I want to start by sharing a definition from Brian Kight who has appeared on this podcast often. Culture is the Belief and Behaviors that create the outcome. It’s the experience that can be felt by everyone involved. With that in mind, we focused on what these coaches share specifically in that regard.   Culture is a buzzword used not only in sports but at any place you have a team of people working together today. It seems that there are many intangible aspects of it, but as you will hear, the culture you create can be seen in the actions of the people in your organization both on and off the field. There is no single way to do it, but the outcome definitely can be seen and evaluated for its effectiveness and success, and that goes beyond the wins and championships. -We start with one of the best to ever do it, the head coach of Alabama, Nick Saban. It’s a process and he shares the keys to it in this Q&A

Thank you to all of the incredible guests that we’ve had on this podcast and in our clinics over these last six years, and especially thank you to you the listener. We appreciate you showing up and listening on a regular basis to learn from our guests and grow as a coach so that together we can unlock the full potential of this great game.  The eight coaches here are truly elite. They are the 10% coach - that part of any bell curve occupied by those who do it right with a standard of excellence above all others. From a statistical point of view, this group has a winning percentage of .818 and a cumulative record of 3,032 wins 663 losses and 10 ties, and together they’ve won 78 state championships to date. They have all won over 300 games and one is just 8 wins away from 500. Listening through each interview, their stories and outlooks on life and coaching are amazing and certainly an example to follow. Their passion for the game is unquestionable. We share insight from each of these coaches today, and you wil

From the archives. Update: Coach Spencer is now the head coach at North Central College and completed his first season in 2022 with a 15-0 record and a Division 3 National Championship. They also led the nation in Total Offense (541.5 ypg)and Scoring Offense (52.4 ppg). Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Keith Grabowski talks to Brad Spencer, offensive coordinator at North Central College in Illinois. North Central was an offensive power house at the Division III level this past season. Spencer's offense was ranked No. 1 in third down and red zone efficiency, top three in completion percentage and top 10 in total offense and scoring. Grabowski and Coach Spencer discuss the culture of North Central's offensive unit and Coach Spencer shares what he believes attributed to their success this past season. 01:45 Performing at high level 03:28 What made Coach Spencer want to be a football coach 06:07 Mistake as a young coach 09:02 Culture of the offense 12:38 Keys to success on third down 19:52 Third down c

Tempo offense has been in the mainstream of football thinking for about a quarter of a century now when guys like Randy Walker and Rich Rodriguez made it popular, but it still is, in many ways an underutilized and under-coached aspect of an offensive attack. Today’s "best of" episode shares the ideas of 11 coaches on maximizing the advantages of tempo by how it is structured, the plays run with it, how it’s game planned, the mechanics of playing fast and how it even can become engrained in culture. -Hawaii offensive coordinator Ian Shoemaker - tempo as a stressor to the defense  -Kansas Offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki - Using tempo to create multiplicity, game planning tempo, paying attention to what plays work most efficiently with a fast pace -New Wisconsin Offensive Coordinator Phil Longo points out that you can move as fast as the officials, so understanding what their pace is can allow you to build your procedures and call plays that can be executed within that 12 or so seconds that it takes for th

The game lost an incredible coach this week. Coach Mike Leach's passing has affected so many in the coaching profession. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Leach family, the Mississippi State football family, and to all those who feel the loss of a great man, Coach Mike Leach. Coach Leach’s passing has affected so many of us even those who actually never met him because he used the stage the game of football gave him to impact others. It goes without saying that he was a one-of-a-kind individual. There’s so much to learn from his approach to life and coaching the game. It’s easy to see the impact that a coach has. Coach Leach’s impact is on the grandest scale. He touched so many lives. He helped so many people. The game and the world are better for him having played his part. Thank you, Coach Leach. You will be missed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's "best of" episode, we share simple ideas from five coaches on how to build a strong player-coach relationship. These methods can be incorporated at any level and require only the focus and work of the coach to build the bonds that lead to individual, unit and team success. Show Notes: -Introduction of a coaches manual -Ola Adams, assistant DB coach, Denver Broncos - taking a walk -Bill Durkin, OL coach, Coastal Carolina - CPR time -Bob Wylie, OL Coach, XFL Vipers - Creating an environment for relationships -Terry Joseph, passing game coordinator, DB coach, Texas - communication and the message -Brian Polian, special teams coordinator, LSU - relationships are a two-way street Entire episodes: 15 Coaching Points for the Player-Coach Relationship 3 Down Creepers, Press Man and Walking to Build Relationships - Ola Adams https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/3-down-creepers-press-man-and-walking-to-build-relationships-ola-adams-dc-villanova-university Coach Player Relationship and Coaching the Oline-

On today’s “best of Coach and Coordinator” episode Keith share the insight of 10 coaches on teaching the game. Teaching and learning are something he continues to study because he feels it is such an important part of our profession and it is what makes all of our schemes and diagrams come to life or as Coach Bob Wylie has reminded us plenty of times on the podcast - as the great Paul Brown used to say - it’s about getting it from the chalkboard to the grass. Show Notes: -Joe Paterno's philosophy -Temple Defensive Coordinator DJ Eliot and the race against time  -Cleveland Browns Passing Game Coordinator and DB Coach Jeff Howard on seeing it from the player perspective -USFL Michigan Panthers Defensive Coordinator Dan Carrel on creating a backward design -USFL Pittsburgh Maulers Offensive Coordinator John Tomlinson on Visual Repetitiveness -Miami Hurricanes Offensive Line Coach Alex Mirabal - It starts with a lesson plan -Legendary NFL Special Teams Coach Mike Westhoff - talk to them in a manner in which you

On today's podcast, Tennessee Martin Offensive Line Coach Matt Jones joins Keith to discuss the different components that go into creating consistent performance from year-to-year. Coach Jones has had nine all-conference performers over the last two years and he attributes it to an environment of player-led learning that he has created. He explains his methods for coaching consistent performers. Shownotes: -Creating momentum fro the previous season -Why your player need to take advantage of time off to improve football IQ
-Prescribing teach tapes -Methods for building football IQ -Using small segments of time -Asking questions to get them thinking -Learning from players t the higher level -The Socratic method -Player ownership of the calls -Educated freedom -Ownership in learning and solving problems -Asking questions vs. telling them what to do -Putting ego aside to get a job done -Be goal oriented but understand the process to get it done -Joe Thomas - best coaches don’t force a player to be a cookie cutte

At this time of year we like to put together some best of episodes where we take segments from episodes in our library and put them together in an episode thematically which shares multiple perspective, insight and thought on a specific topic. We have some of those headed your way, but as I was reviewing this particular episode from three years ago, I couldn’t stop listening, because the conversation was timeless and applies across coaching. I really enjoyed going back through this one and there were so many points made that I took notes on again. The title may have drawn you into thinking that this is about an uptempo style of play, and in many ways it is. We talk about the balance between simplicity and having all the answers, but more importantly, we dig into teaching your players to play fast within whatever offense or style of play you are running. So here’s my conversation with 12x state champion and an excellent student of the game especially as it relates to teaching it, offensive coordinator at St. X

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