Usa Football Coach And Coordinator Podcast

MTSU -DL is getting vertical -Creating pass rush on RPO -Penetration kills the play -Spilling the run -Safety fitting inside - opening the glance window -Double squeeze double out into trap coverage -3 Under - 2 Deep pressure -Building a library of critical situations -Defending 2-minute -The work you did in August won’t be enough in October -Working against specifics rather than generalities -There’s a lot less creativity in critical situations -The worse feeling you can have as a coach -Bringing a book/card to the sideline for when this situation is about to occur -Defending Hail Mary -Bat it down or catch it -Have a library for Hail Mary - ex. 4x1 Bunch, sprint to the boundary Option tips (ECU vs. Navy) 1. Force players need to be in a force position 2. Frontside LB aggressive - Backside LB be ready for Center cut 3. Any 3 Man surface - have to have a plan for G Lead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's installment of the OC Office Hour, Tony Franklin joins Keith to discuss what a coordinator should do at this point in the season to take a look at how things are going, admit mistakes, take ownership for adjustments, and plan for disasters. Related: Developing as an Offensive Coordinator https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/from-the-archives-tony-franklin-developing-as-an-offensive-coordinator Takeaways from OC Magic https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/takeaways-from-oc-magic-part2-jason-mohns-herb-hand-kirk-martin-and-tony-franklin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leadership Journey Show Notes In this episode from the archives of the Leadership Journey Keith and Brian talk to coaches about the gap between average and elite coaches. They go past the Xs and Os to find deeper reasoning of why so many coaches even with success miss the mark of elite. They express how having behavioral skills is what pushes coaches to the elite level and give examples of those who have succeeded in those skills. 01:03 James Franklin great to elite 02:05 What separates average from elite 03:55 Behavior skills 04:55 Job skills are for your effectiveness behavioral skills are for your excellence 06:05 An average coach can have a job 07:55 Ability to create discipline 08:50 Wins and losses count 10:15 The NFL’s elite 12:10 Its not the quick fixes 12:40 Who has the behavioral skills 13:35 Coaches get too locked in and lose it 14:10 Zero in on the behavior skills 17:00 Thinking command and control is the answer 17:50 What do you obtain from control 19:15 Trying to force discipline 20:40 Urgency

On this week's episode of The Mushroom Society Series, Kyle Caskey joins Keith and Bob Wylie to discuss blitz pick-up, help systems, coaching the offensive line and QB on protection, the player-coach relationship, and more. Bob and Kyle share stories from their NFL experiences in regard to the topics. Shownotes: -Sacks and hits matter more than pressures -Handling who calls the protection -Tampa Bay example of planning for exotics- -What’s the structure of the defense? -Abby calls on double A’s -Compartmentalizing -Three triggers we need to get tp -Oakland Raiders vs NY Jets - watching personnel to know the blitzes -Rex Ryan calling the defense -You gotta study the guy that’s calling the game -What’s the next thing they will do? -Over saturation of the game plan -Meeting with C-QB early in the week -Problems-Solutions handled by a compartmentalized approach -The protection meeting -The smarter the center, the easier to make changes -Matthew Stafford's story -Having a plan for help -Hue Jackson - the back r

In this episode of TeachTapes, Keith and guest Host Steve Hauser discuss the ideas of teaching security and teaching takeaways. Steve shares some of the innovative drills he's seen across the different levels of football as well as the situations in which those techniques take place in the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of the Defense with DC Series, Dan Carrel, DC, Michigan Panthers joins us again, this time to talk about self-scouting the defensive game plan. Shownotes: -Self-scout the game plan -Distributions, not just formations -work against motions early in the week -Trends -Birmingham example -Splits - What do they tell you? -Spacing -Use of practice video -Prepare the right way -Don't waste time or reps -Taking up the opposing coordinator's time -The game isn't played in a cut-up -"Mode" -Watching cut-ups vs. watching the game -Tightening up the game plan -Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication -Oregon vs. BYU -Starting over at a new program -Defending the option from a 4-down structure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest today on OC Office Hour is AJ Smith, OC for the XFL Team Houston. Coach Smith shares some things he's seeing this season in college football as well as the NFL and how it all relates historically. Shownotes: -Trends developing in the college game -All offenses are similar -No more naming offenses -11 Tempo RPO Offense -Historically how offenses change -Trends on defense - single high coverage -RPO of the Year -Then on run and play action -Wake Forest slow mesh pro -Reading opposite on RPO -Run-Pass-Guess -NFL trends -Pass to set up the run teams -Challenging with motion and shifts -Condensed formations - more gaps, more space to run to -Quarters vs Condensed -Vikings and Dolphins offenses -Spring league offense -Air Raid and Run and Shoot success - fewer plays, more reps -Tempo Video & VAR Systems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode Keith shares an idea for being more efficient with film grading as the season heads into the second half as well as keeping the focus on performance. The idea is from the late College Hall of Fame Coach John McKay's book "Football Coaching" where he shares ideas of RBI, Errors, and Hits borrowed from baseball. He also shares. segment from the COOL Clinic with legendary OL Coach Dante Scarnecchia where Coach uses the written test as a collaboration to get his OL communicating and working together while reviewing the game plan and making sure everyone is on the same page. Related: Ideas for Actionable Film Grading https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/ideas-for-actionable-film-grading Ideas for Awarding Helmet Decals https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/ideas-for-awarding-helmet-decals Special Teams Culture and Awards https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/win-more-games-by-creating-strong-special-teams-culture-with-awards-and-recognition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a

On this episode of the Mushroom Society with Bob Wylie, XFL Arlington Offensive Line Coach Jonathan Himebauch, fresh off coaching the Birmingham Stallions to a USFL Championship, joins us to discuss "5 as One." Building the OL room and culture throughout the season and as the pieces changes is a dynamic activity. Coach Wylie and Coach Himebauch share their experiences, examples, and stories of how it all comes together. Twitter: @theCoolCinic @COACH_HIMEY @5asONE Website: https://www.5asone.com/ Mushroom Society Series: The Transition from Camp to Season https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/mushroom-society-with-bob-wylie-week-0-transition-into-season Mike Pollack - Safety Through Superior Technique https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/mushroom-society-with-bob-wylie-safety-through-superior-techniqe-mike-pollak-9122-436-pm Related Episodes: Jonathan Himebauch - Coaching is Teaching https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/from-the-archives-jonathan-himebauch-tight-ends-coach-air-force-10920-745-am COOL C

TeachTapes 3 On this week’s TeachTapes we review Week 2 of the college season to learn from the plays and sprinkle in some thoughts on the NFL and HS football as well. We are joined throughout this in-season series by Steve Hauser, former FBS special teams assistant and creator of @TeachTapes on Twitter. Shownotes: -Next man up -Justin Reid kicking for KC -Joe Houston (NE Patriots) - 25 reps on video of NFL K on tackles -Expectation of the Kicker on KO -Coaching points for the Kicker to make the play -Coaching specialist on. Tackling and turnovers -Surprise onside UNLV vs. Cal https://twitter.com/unlvfootball/status/1568727599534477313?s=20&t=VD0TjhyRX9csroyMZ4P-mw -Technique to stay legal on the onside -Kicking from the 50 -Sniper onside -Sometimes you don’t lose the game before you can win it -Using the NFL start -Kevin Kelley alternative onside kicks -The helicopter -Know your opponent -Fair catching and fielding onside -Fake punts with OL on the punt team - Power -Punt safe is not safe -Blocked punts - T

On this week’s episode of Defense with DC, Keith and Dan Carrel, DC for the USFL Michigan Panthers discuss teachable moments and takeaways from the Texas-Alabama game as well as the weekly tips to defend the option. Shownotes: -Crack replace -Swarm drill -40’s quarters/zero -Add blitzes vs max pro (7-man pro) -Maintain coverage lanes -Add 6 man pressures and peel -Off the ball blitzers need to see and replace the edge (maintain leverage rusher) -Ways to drill -Safeties in coverage - Dead Quarter -Quarters - dead quarter - how well you coach safeties -Powerful position - quarters with no vertical -Don’t play poach (3 vert) - mini concepts all the time -Houston all-time interception leader Adrian McDonald Option tips - 2 high solutions: -Colorado vs air force -2 high structure/2 high problems -LB to alley -Horn block to safety -Need backer force with safety inside -AF presents most problems - most formations to adjust to -Building scheme what’s gonna come Related: Defense With DC - Pass Lane System, 3rd D

On this week’s installment of OC Office Hour, John Tomlinson, Offensive Coordinator for the USFL’s Pittsburgh Maulers, discusses all the ingredients required for a quarterback-friendly offense, the development of the number two, impactful meetings, self-scouting, and when to break tendencies. “Is he making cookies? Or is he making mud pies? We give him the ingredients. We want to see what he comes up with.” – John Tomlinson John Tomlinson brings 26 years of coaching experience to the podcast, from high school to the NFL. Notable stops on his résumé include the Las Vegas Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, and North Carolina Central University. His inventory of experiences has created a roadmap and a language for communicating with quarterbacks and elevating their performances. Coach Tomlinson currently coordinates the offense and coaches the quarterbacks for the Pittsburgh Maulers of the USFL. Follow John Tomlinson on Twitter @TomlinsonCoach. “You’re only as good as your number two. At some poi

Mike Westhoff’s career in the NFL spanned thirty-two seasons with Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, and New Orleans Saints. He is considered to be the foremost expert on special teams in NFL. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said of Coach Westhoff, "We called Mike Westhoff the mad scientist. He changed the game." Coach Westhoff was an innovator who was constantly figuring out new ways to develop players' individual skills and the schemes he put them in. All of it started though with him having to figure it out. He joins us in part two of a two-part series to discuss players like Taysom Hill, finding advantages, musts for game planning, the role of assistant head coach, the future of the game, and more. -Taysom Hill - from never dressing to getting a game ball -Teaching - talk to them in a manner in which you see them becoming -These students need to be “A” students and you better figure out a way to make it happen -A job worth having is a job worth doing well -Don't be afraid t

Mike Westhoff’s career in the NFL spanned thirty-two seasons with Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, and New Orleans Saints. He is considered to be the foremost expert on special teams in NFL. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said of Coach Westhoff, "We called Mike Westhoff the mad scientist. He changed the game." Coach Westhoff was an innovator who was constantly figuring out new ways to develop players' individual skills and the schemes he put them in. All of it started though with him having to figure it out. He joins us in part one of a two-part series to discuss his influences, what he learned over his career, how he developed his philosophies, and the detail he put into coaching the game. -The influence of Don Shula -The impact of his father and high school coach -The opportunity of Frank Cush -Seeing through the glasses of a coach -The high bar set by Don Shula -Learning the game -How criticizing can ruin a player -Finding a place in the game -The role of the coach in mak

Steve Hauser, former Iowa State and Oklahoma State Special Teams Assistant is back for another week of our in-season series "Teach Tapes" where we point out where technique is good or could be better and offer tips and drills to work on these techniques. Week 1 offered plenty of teachable moments with 26 punts blocked, 23 FG/PAT blocks/misses, and 20 muffed punts in FBS games. Only a handful happened because of being out schemed. The rest can be improved with attention to correcting technique, and Steve and Keith discuss ideas for improvement. Shownotes: -Statistics on week 1 -Stance on punt -Walk up by punter and snap -Sugar huddle example -Punting from own end zone -PAT/FG blocks -Shoring up weak points - the “go at guy” -Inside jumps - 3 over 2 -Muffed punts -Pacman Jones -Double bounces -Punt catch technique coaching points -Drills for developing a punt returner -Musical chairs with jugs machine -Eric Mele punt coverage drill -Kick off/Kick Return -Miami KOR -K State KOR -Alabama and Ohio State kick o

USFL Michigan Panthers Defensive Coordinator Dan Carrel is back for another week of talking defense and sharing ideas to make your defense better in-season. This week we pull ideas from OSU-Michigan and Delaware-Navy. Shownotes: -Intsalling a pass rush lanes system -7 possible lanes -How to practice and game plan lanes -OSU sims and disguise on 3rd down -Delaware vs. Navy option offense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Keith is joined on our OC Office Hour by Eric Marty, Offensive Coordinator of the USFL Michigan Panthers. Shownotes: -The smooth operator QB -Attributes of a smooth operator at QB -Getting a talented #2 ready -Don’t know what you have until the lights come on -Value of playing multiple QB early -Building confidence in him as a play caller - Help him get the ball out -Factoring I what your OL is capable of -QB/OL friendly concepts -Tony DeMeo Quick/Naked -Screens & screen and go -Test defense’s discipline early -Coaching the go runner -Using unusual formations -starting with the knowns -Strategy of when to use unusual formations in a game -3rd and short -22 Personnel fly -Creating misdirection with motion -Mark Speckman -Pin & Pull -Thoughts on run game to relieve pressure on your OL early season -2 minute -Repping two min -Last play snap on whistle Eric Marty Resources: https://bit.ly/3Bg7M1D Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leadership Journey Next Man Up Show Notes: This week on the leadership journey series Keith and Brian talk about the idea of the next man up. They talk about the importance of how you get there. What kind of preparation do you need for that to be true for your team? They use E+R= O (Events+Respones+Outcome) on how coaches and players are to be scaled in their possibility to be the next man up. Explaining ideas of how to give and receive feedback so the players can know where they’re at and where they need to be. 02:44 You can’t give what you don’t have 03:05 Teaching E+R=O 04:00 Coaches help level players up 05:40 You have to train like a starter every day 07:00 Use E+R=O where you are 07:45 Train what if your number never gets called 09:39 Bill Walsh contingency plans idea 11:00 There’s a team and there’s an individual 13:10 Roles must be clarified and their importance 14:45 Show your skillset 15:25 Discipline is the shortcut 18:00 You can’t be totally prepared 19:00 Getting into the mechanics of E+R=O 19:30

Today we have a guest joining us and our topic, in general, is safety through superior performance. Mike Pollak was a 2nd Round NFL Draft pick out of Arizona State and played Guard and Center for 7 seasons in the NFL (Colts, Panthers & Bengals). After retiring from the NFL in 2015, Mike started his coaching career at Corona del Sol in Tempe, AZ as the Offensive Line coach and was promoted to Offensive Coordinator in 2016. Mike turned down a head coaching position to pursue this new adventure with Tip of the Spear Football in 2016. He goes around the country now teaching players of all levels this technique. Much of what he has learned has been from Scott Peters who now is Bill Callahan’s assistant for the Cleveland Browns. Coach Callahan and Coach Peters were speakers at the 2022 COOL CLinic and definitely impressed with their presentation on their striking system and outside zone technique. Today we are going to talk about some ideas that are important to keep an eye on during the season as well as how

Teach Tapes - Week 1 - Mayhem Moments Coach Steve Hauser joins us for the Week 1 episode of the Teach Tapes series designed to give you tips, ideas, and adjustments focused on special teams and offense and defense. This week’s topic is “mayhem moments,” and how to create and limit them. We talk about games from the past week as examples of how to develop and limit game-changing plays. Shownotes: -Create or limit Mayhem -Nebraska's onside kick scheme -How a call like this is made -Fake punts -Schemed up weekly or set plan -Using to counter deficiencies in the scheme - ”Woody” punt fake -Iron Bowl punt situation to end the game - ”hiding” personnel -Being sure the situation is right/calling it off -Jared Goff's example -Northwestern QB sneak -Covering a pooch kick -Return/Cover responsibilities and thoughts on a fair catch - ”Clear” call by returner -Watching the coaches on the sideline for a tell -Florida-Miami game example -Have a “plan B” ready -Teach Tapes Clip of the Week: Tips and overthrows -Simulatin