Coach and Coordinator Podcast

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"What We Learned From The Pandemic" - Matt Campbell, Head Coach, Iowa State May 24, 2021

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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

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Quickcast - Clifton Style, Luke Fickell, Head Coach, University Of Cincinnati May 20, 2021

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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

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Player Development and the Race Against Time (Part 2)- DJ Eliot, Defensive Coordinator, Kansas May 19, 2021

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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

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Player Development and the Race Against Time- DJ Eliot, Defensive Coordinator, Kansas May 18, 2021

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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

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Deep Dive on Defense, Team Tackling- Vince Digaetano, Defensive QC at Fordham May 14, 2021

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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

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Importance of the Basics (Part 2)- Mike Cummings, Offensive Line Coach, Central Michigan May 13, 2021

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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

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Importance of the Basics- Mike Cummings, Offensive Line Coach, Central Michigan May 12, 2021

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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

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All In On Offense- Short Yardage/Goal Line Heavy Sets- Sanders Davis, Rice May 06, 2021

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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

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Developing A Passing Attack for a Young QB- John Tomlinson, Running Backs Coach, Brevard College May 05, 2021

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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

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Cool Clinic Preview - Joe Thomas And Bob Wylie May 04, 2021

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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/

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