Coach and Coordinator Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Q&A With Hall Of Fame Coach Bill Snyder - Building A Winning Program Jun 01, 2020

Show notes

Legendary college football coach Bill Snyder joins host Keith Grabowski on the podcast today. Coach Snyder spent over 50 years roaming the sideline in some capacity, but he is most known for his time as the Head Coach at Kansas State, where he had two different tenures spanning 30 years.

During his time at Kansas State, Coach Snyder won Big Eight Conference Coach of the year three times and Big 12 Coach of the Year four times. Additionally, he boasted an overall record of 215-117-1 and won nine bowl games. He was inducted into the Kansas State Hall of Fame in 2008 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

Coach Snyder joins us today for a special Q&A with questions provided by coaches from across the country.

Show Notes:

1:01 What inspired Snyder to want to Coach

2:43 What stuck with Coach that he learned from his mentors

6:14 What kind of things Coach preached that became his culture

11:05 How Coach recruited kids that fit his culture

15:48 Importance of researching recruits through social media and other tools

18:00 Developing a culture at a school where there has been none previously

27:50 Main things Coach looks at when hiring new staff members

29:19 How Coach managed to prepare his staff to be coaches elsewhere while still maintaining continuity

32:32 What Coach would be looking for from his coaches during practice

35:46 Did Coach ever face a scenario where he had to talk one of his coaches out of leaving for a promotion at a different school?

38:37 Advice on developing culture within a specific positional group

42:29 Coach’s thoughts on bringing in transfers to a program

44:32 What stats Coach focused on that he thought gave them the winning edge

47:00 How Coach evolves his offense schematically and how he fits it to his personnel

48:26 What Coach focused on with his special teams units that made them such a success

51:41 How Coach balanced his own family and his players and coaches

53:26 What would Coach have done differently if he could go back and do his first ten years of coaching again?

56:55 What about the last ten years?

58:01 How to connect with a disgruntled player

1:01:38 The Winning Edge

You can follow Coach Snyder on Twitter @CoachBillSnyder.

Follow Keith Grabowski @CoachKGrabowski.

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Training the Whole Person - Chris Gizzi, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Green Bay Packers May 29, 2020

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Today on Coach and Coordinator Podcast, we welcome in the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the Green Bay Packers, Coach Chris Gizzi, onto the show. Coach Gizzi spent his five previous seasons on the Packers strength staff as a conditioning assistant. Prior to that, he worked on the University of North Carolina's staff as well. An undrafted free agent by the Denver Broncos in 1998, Coach Gizzi played linebacker at the Air Force Academy. In 2019, Gizzi was inducted into the Air Force Athletics Hall of Fame. Coach Gizzi finished his NFL career in 2001 with the Green Bay Packers.

On today's episode Coach Gizzi breaks down his career path and how to train the whole person for both physical and mental hurdles.

Show Notes:

3:27 First game after 9/11

5:28 Playing Career

9:06 Importance of a father figure

11:12 Factoring in wrestling

12:57 Multi-Sport athletes

15:14 Getting into strength and conditioning

18:20 Team Culture

22:12 Training the whole person

25:45 Locking in when you hit the field

28:06 Coach LaFleur

30:19 Tools for life

33:39 The winning edge

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Non-Traditional Route To FBS, Relationships, and Teaching - Will Windham, Safeties Coach, Kent State May 28, 2020

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On today’s podcast, Host Keith Grabowski is joined by Kent State Safeties Coach, Will Windham. Coach Windham is a master in relationship building and goes over how he develops and grows relationships with both players and coaches.

Show Notes:

1:28 Coach’s Journey

6:44 Coach’s relationships with Coaches he worked under during his journey and how they’ve affected him

11:24 Coach’s book and how it helped him get a job at Georgia

16:08 What approach Windham takes to analyzing his immense amount of data

20:55 How Coach has been adjusting to teaching during the quarantine

25:26 What Coach has learned during quarantine that he will carry forward with him when regular schedule resumes

28:39 How Coach builds relationships with his players

36:24 Be The Alpha

39:18 Winning Edge

40:40 Coach’s recruiting areas

41:32 Connect with Coach

Twitter:

@CoachWindham

@CoachKGrabowski

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Packaging Zone Blitzes - John Loose, Assistant Head Coach & LB Coach, Army West Point May 26, 2020

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Today on Coach and Coordinator Podcast, we welcome Army West Point's assistant head coach and linebackers coach, John Loose, onto the show. Coach Loose was promoted to assistant head coach after serving as the team's defensive coordinator in 2019. He will coach the outside linebackers in 2020 in addition to his assistant head coach duties. During this episode, learn how to prepare terminology for your team, different zone blitz packages, and more.

Show Notes:

2:42 Lauren's First and Goal Camp

4:52 Packaging the zone blitz

6:51 Most effective methods

8:45 Memorization

13:08 Fitting your terminology

16:06 Confusion with word association

17:10 Calling the coverage first

18:10 Players knowing their packages

20:56 Multiple blitz packages

22:58 Simplicity

27:15 2 Under, 4 Deep

31:26 Recruiting areas

You can follow Coach Loose on Twitter @CoachJohnLoose.

LEARN MORE about Lauren's First and Goal at LFGF.org.

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Remote Learning & The Four Quadrant Plan - Robert Pomazak, Head Coach, St. Charles North High School (IL) May 25, 2020

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On this episode of Coach and Coordinator Podcast, we welcome back Robert Pomazak, the head coach of St. Charles North High School. Coach Pomazak has contributed to USA Football and the podcast continually, and during this episode, he offers his insight into remote learning for your team.

With players and coaches being separated, Coach Pomazak has developed a "Four Quarters" online system to educate his team while they are at home. Tune in and learn how you can organize your team's offseason film review, workouts, and personal growth all online.

Show Notes:

2:47 The Four Quadrant Plan

5:44 Developing the remote program

7:00 Information in each quadrant

10:50 Parameters for participation

13:15 Lessening the burden

14:43 Getting ready for the season

27:48 Staying connected

20:44 Player feedback

22:37 Future of remote learning

You can follow Coach Pomazak on Twitter @CoachPomazak.

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The Importance of the High School Coach in Building a K-12 Football Program - Mike Elder, Head Coach, Avon High School (OH) May 22, 2020

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Today’s guest is a former All-American at Mount Union and the head coach at Avon HS in Ohio, Mike Elder. Over the last decade, his varsity program is 115-14 and much of that is attributed to the work they have put in to building their youth football program.

In Avon, Ohio, football is thriving at every level through the leadership of Mike Elder. He sees himself as the CEO of football from kindergarten through varsity. The approach taken in Avon shows how multiple game types, including flag, limited contact, modified games progressing to 11-man football, provide a model that is fun and fulfilling and increases participation and retention.

Learn how Avon has implemented the Football Development Model in their community.

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Branding Your Program with TikTok - Marco Regalado, LB Coach, STC, PSJA Memorial High School (TX) May 21, 2020

Show notes

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski looks at different ways to brand your program using the new social media tool Tik Tok. Joining Grabowkski is Coach Marco Regalado, special teams and linebackers coach at Par San Juan Alamo Memorial High School, who has figured out ways to take Tik Tok to the next level.

Show Notes:

1:13 How Coach came up with the idea to use Tik Tok as a tool

2:37 Mechanics of Tik Tok

5:18 Which groups coach has represented on Tik Tok

11:00 Coach’s most viewed videos

13:30 New ideas for topics

15:42 How Coach thinks Tik Tok will be used going forward with recruiting and other aspects of coaching

18:49 Specifics on how it could be used as a tool for athletes getting their film out to coaches

21:45 How Tik Tok can be used to help brand your program

25:02 End of practice Coaches

27:22 Connect with Coach

28:11 Coach Regalado’s audio from his post practice coach clip

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Building Your Position Room - Brennan Marion, WR Coach, University of Hawaii May 19, 2020

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On today’s episode of Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Hawaii Wide Receivers coach, Brandon Marion. Coach joins the podcast today to talk about how he builds and maintains his WR room, as well as how he has consistently been able to develop the underdogs.

Show Notes:

1:12 Marion’s thoughts on giving back to High School Coaches

2:01 Which positions Marion has coached and how its helped him

3:08 How playing WR helps coach run his WR room

5:08 Go-go offense

7:43 Key aspects when putting together a system to fit your players

9:49 Keys to base installation and how it helps later in the year

11:43 Keys to seeking out mismatches vs players and schemes

13:47 Unique aspects to Marions position groups

17:00 Most important traits to playing WR for Coach Marion

20:08 Being efficient while still keeping guys fresh during the week

22:10 Keys to getting WR’s willing to block

24:25 Developing an underdog

28:30 Connect with Coach

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Sacks and Takeaways - Todd Drury, Head Coach, Missouri S&T May 18, 2020

Show notes

On this episode of Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Keith Grabowski is joined by Missouri S&T head coach Todd Drury. Coach Drury shares his perspective on creating takeaways on defense and on how to generate sacks.

Show Notes:

3:05 Sacks and takeaways

4:36 Takeaways

9:57 Practicing turnovers

16:23 Gameplanning to create turnovers

18:56 Sacks

30:48 Varying things for the quarterback

34:25 Taking advantage of numbers

36:07 Recruiting advantage

You can follow Coach Drury on Twitter @ToddDrury.

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Utilizing Your Skills as a Coordinator - Tommy Zagorski, Offensive Coordinator, the University of Akron May 17, 2020

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Today on Coach and Coordinator Podcast, we welcome back the offensive coordinator at the University of Akron, Tommy Zagorski. Entering his second year on the job at Akron, Coach Zagorski is using the time we all have at home to broaden his knowledge of the game. Whether it is learning new passing concepts, organizing practices, or learning how to better utilize your tight ends, Coach Zagorski is working to grow as a coach this offseason.

Show Notes:

3:07 Expectations entering year two

6:19 Developing as a professional

9:34 Becoming the best that we can be

14:04 Organizing practices and scripting

17:26 What it means to coordinate

18:39 Being play-caller but not the QB coach

22:40 Learning more about the passing game

29:41 Facing the 4i

33:59 Play-action game

37:05 Dynamic tight ends

41:41 Recruiting areas