Coach and Coordinator Podcast

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Creating A Better Safer Game, Part 1 - Scott Peters, Assistant OL Coach, Clevland Browns Feb 11, 2022

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This episode is from the launch of the podcast at the end of 2016. Scott Peters is now the assistantships offensive line coach under Bill Callahan for the Cleveland Browns. Together they developed the #1 rated run blocking and pass blocking offensive line as rated by Pro Football Focus for the 2020 season. This show is one that presents solutions to the major threat facing our game. Peters provides specific answers in how we can save the game at every level, and it starts with a thorough examination of the “why” behind the way the game is taught. The information he provides in this episode will open your eyes and spur thinking on how every single coach is responsible for contributing to creating a strong future for the game of football. Former Arizona Cardinals player Scott Peters is on a quest developing a nonprofit business that makes football safer for professional and young athletes more successful in blocking and defeating blocks with his innovative hand combat and leverage concepts. Scott’s new techniques are sought out by most NFL and Major College Programs, and they teach simple, powerful ways to neutralize blocks. Safe Football LLC (now Tip of the Spear Football) was launched by Peters, who said he had a history of concussions throughout his professional and college playing days, including one sustained without any helmet contact. Because there is no helmet that will resolve the injury issue and the safest football involves simply not playing, Peters is out to show the techniques he developed that he believes will make the sport safer by using a combination of mixed martial arts and biomechanics. “It’s about achieving vertical lift with the hands instead of horizontal contact,” said Peters, who holds a communications bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University. “It allows someone smaller to overpower someone larger using tapping and lifting techniques. It takes away their power. You’re operating with perfect alignment and compromising their spine and shoulder movements. It’s as safe as it’s going to get.” With approximately 3 million youth playing football, and a major push by colleges and the NFL to implement various efforts to reduce concussions, the nonprofit has a ready-made market for its offerings. The business is a spinoff of Peters’ Fight Ready MMA gym in Scottsdale. The former ASU player set up shop in the Valley and is looking to branch out beyond the fighting skills. “I like to say, ‘Save the brain. Save the game,’” said Peters, who sits on concussion analysis panels. “There are better ways to do things.” Shownotes: -Experience in football and sports growing up -College experience -NFL is more of an audition than development -Jim McNally -Injuries lead to Brazilian jujitsu -Enlightened by martial arts -MMA -Back to the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals -Retirement and more MMA -Competing in MMA Combine training -Martial arts to optimize football performance -Training to get better keeps you safe -The beginning of Safe Football -University of Washington collaboration =Taking head out of contact, playing with hands and winning -Implementing drills into s&c -Focusing on m=better methodology -Helmet is like an airbag -7 key traits of high risk drills -Safety through skill development -Remove the head as a tool for contact -When is the appropriate time to start playing football -It’s not a concussion issue its an information issue -The HS coach is most important in this -Applicability to all schemes -BLAST -Arch Strength -Use your hips -Punch bowl/med ball -Base -Long -Ascend -Stay Square -Triangulate Tip of the Spear Football: https://tipofthespearfootball.com/

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Building A Position Culture - Artistotle Thompson, RB Coach, Cal Feb 10, 2022

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Aristotle Thompson On today’s podcast from 2021 Lauren’s First and Goal Clinic, running backs coach at Cal Aristotle Thompson shares how he creates the culture in his position room. Aristotle Thompson is in his second season as the running backs coach at Cal in 2021 after spending the previous 11 campaigns in the same role at Cal Poly. Thompson and Cal head coach Justin Wilcox worked together previously at Boise State, first in 2001 when Thompson was an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Broncos and Wilcox was a graduate assistant in his first season in the coaching profession. The two teamed up again during the 2007 and 2008 seasons with Thompson the assistant director of football operations and Wilcox the defensive coordinator. The Broncos were 30-7 during their three seasons together in Boise and played in bowl games each of the final two years. Thompson was a four-year letterwinner as a running back at Boise State (1997-2000), helping the Broncos to their first two Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conference championships with Big West titles in 1999 and 2000. Boise State also won the Humanitarian Bowl both seasons with victories over Louisville (1999) and UTEP (2000). Show notes: -Building your position -Learning about the culture from past players/alum -The ball is the program -Being great - simplify -Trust -Meetings with the OL/RB together -Accountability -Find guys who want to play championship football -Commitment - play for one another -Be all-in -Give your players the tool to be all-in -Control your own destiny -No excuses; no complaining -Position culture -Get involved with special teams -Leadership -Create your opportunity -Do work -Toughness 2022 Lauren’s First and Goal Clinic to benefit pediatric brain tumor research and cancer services: https://lfgf2022.coachesclinic.com Running Backs Coach Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/running-backs-coaches Related: Coaching the Builds Relationships Pt1 - Bob Wylie: https://bit.ly/3JjBXWM Part 2: https://bit.ly/3LhDmPs Link to the Aristotle Thompson’s entire clinic talk: https://bit.ly/3uG7Nc7

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The Power Of Reflection Feb 09, 2022

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On today's episode Keith shares his thoughts on the power of reflection and how being a reflective coach allows you to grow and develop professionally throughout your career. “We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience.” - John Dewey Shownotes: -What is the importance of reflection? -What is a reflective coach? -Benefits of reflection -Ideas for reflection

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Building Transformational Relationships- Be Yourself - Darius Safford - DB Coach, Kennesaw State Feb 07, 2022

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On today's podcast Darius Safford, Defensive Back Coach at Kennesaw State, joins us to discuss growing in the profession, building transformational relationships, and keys to defensive backs play. Show Notes: -Falling in love with coaching -Bringing your best everyday -An approach to build transformational relationships -4 Core of Defensive Build -Keys to Press Man -Route recognition -Keeping hands out -Being a great teacher -Becoming a successful coach: genuine, transparent, challenging -The winning edge: Be yourself Twitter: @CoachSafford Coach Safford's Clinic on Press Quarters and Trap Coverage: https://bit.ly/3rwvL7X Related: Will Hall, HC Southern Miss - Qb Training https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/qb-installation-with-will-hall-head-coach-southern-miss

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Coaching the Details of Defense - John Steger, Associate Head Coach, Minnesota - Duluth Feb 04, 2022

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From the Archives (2017): Today’s guest on this NCAA Leaders edition of the Coach and Coordinator podcast is John Steger, Defensive Coordinator at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Steger helped lead Minnesota-Duluth to finish No. 1 in NCAA Division II in fumble recoveries and No. 2 in turnover margin and third-down and red zone defense. On today’s podcast, Steger talks about developing yourself as a coach and his defensive strategies. Show Notes 1:20 Steger talks about his coaching background 2:30 Important things to remember when developing yourself as a coach 4:55 How the evolution of the game has affected coaching 6:45 Culture of the coaching staff 8:45 Know your system better than your opponent 10:45 Developing a culture within your unit 13:30 Understanding how kids learn best 18:30 Steger talks about his defense 20:40 Key strategy for stopping today’s dynamic offenses 24:35 Number of calls Steger brings into a game 28:10 Emphasizing turnovers in practice 34:25 The winning edge

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Developing Senior Leadership Feb 03, 2022

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On today's podcast Keith Grabowski discusses ideas for developing senior leadership in your program. He gives examples from his experiences at the college and high school level. Shownotes: -Phases through off season -Leadership ladder -Standards for leaders/captains -Requirements for completing program -Connecting to teammates -Evaluation of leadership in program -Captain interviews -Ideas for developing vocal leadership -Connecting to other program stakeholders -Example captain interview questions Related episodes: "The Leadership Ladder": https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/quickcast-the-leadership-ladder Mike Kuchar - "Player Driven Leadership Program" https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/player-driven-culture-mike-kuchar-xo-labs

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NCAA Leaders - Developing A Defense & People - Lazarus Morgan, Head Coach, Buffalo State University Feb 01, 2022

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On todays' episode, Lazarus Morgan joins us to discuss how he helped develop the #5 defense in NCAA D3 in 2021 at SUNY Cortland. Coach Morgan also talks about his plan to lead his new program where he has become the head coach at Buffalo State University. Shownotes: -Start in coaching -It’s about developing people and relationships -Being patient for the right opportunity -Be yourself -Reset the culture -The players hold each other accountable on championship teams -It takes time -How the pandemic allowed the defense to come together -Unique aspects of SUNY Cortland defense -Zone blitzing -Game planning the zone blitz - what type of quarterback are we playing? -Practicing the pressure skills -Teaching the “Steal” technique -Teaching tackling with limitations -Live, thud and buzz practice tempos -Productive missed tackles -Advice to advance through the profession -Don’t lose sight of the fundamentals -Winning edge - play for each other Connect with Coach Morgan: @FB_Coach_Morgan NYSHSFCA Clinic/MegaTicket: nyshsfca2022.coachesclinic.com Related: Episode with Blaise Faggiano, Head Coach Utica https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/utica-college-head-coach-blaise-faggiano

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Layering Stressors to the Defense - Ian Shoemaker, Offensive Coordinator, University of Hawaii Jan 31, 2022

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This episode features a section of new offensive coordinator at the University of Hawaii Ian Shoemaker. Coach Shoemaker has made a journey through small college football with his previous stop at the Eastern Washington University were he led one of the top offenses in the FCS. Coach Shoemaker was at the forefront of the uptempo and RPO trend and still utilizes those in his offenses today. In addition to the stressors like Tempo and RPO, Shoemaker layers in other stressors like formation into the boundary, stacks and bunches, compressions, and unbalanced. In this episode from his clinic talk at the Virtual Football Summit, he shared those ideas. Link to Coach Shoemaker's clinics: https://bit.ly/34nMq4e Previous episodes with Coach Shoemaker: Positional Flexibility and Using Drones: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/positional-flexibility-and-use-of-drones-ian-shoemaker-oc-eastern-washington?si=8225cbb1373947b6adee898ba27ecdf4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Pace, Tempo and Buckets of Decisions: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/pace-tempo-and-buckets-of-decision-ian-shoemaker-off-coordinator-at-eastern-washington-univ?si=0763c5ae764d43adb5f828a3d13046c7&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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Focusing Coaching Progressions And Coaching Points On Trending Ideas - Kyle Flood, Univ. of Texas Jan 27, 2022

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In this podcast we share coaching points from Kyle Flood, Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach at the University of Texas. These were from the Lauren's First and Goal Clinic and the COOL Clinic. Those clinics will be in March and May respectively. Shownotes: -Three coaching points for each position -What makes an effective blocker? -Inside Zone or Duo? -Coaching the OL on RPO and considerations for the future -Coaching points for insert zone frontside and backside nyshsfca2022.coachesclinic.com Kyle Flood Clinic Bundle: https://bit.ly/3rVsga1 Related: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/nyshsfca-kyle-flood-university-of-alabama-offensive-line-coach?si=900ab8bf64d24b5697a5dee30696aeb9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/winning-on-the-line-of-scrimmage-kyle-flood-ol-coach-alabama?si=49dc4431d56744f5bfdce9dfcae8cef1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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What West Florida Head Coach Pete Shinnick Seeks In Players, How He Builds Team Unity Jan 27, 2022

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Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Pete Shinnick, head coach at the University of West Florida. 2016 was the first season for the West Florida football program and the Argonauts compiled a 5-6 record, marking the most wins by a first year NCAA Division II program in over a decade. The following year, Shinnick led West Florida to play in the D-II National Championship. Shinnick has been awarded the 2017 AFCA Coach of the Year, the 2017 D2Football.com National Coach of the Year, and the AFCA Region 2 Coach of the year. On today’s episode, Shinnick and host Keith Grabowski talk about what he looks for in a player and creating unity among players and the coaching staff. Show Notes -Starting a football program -Shinnick’s background -Lessons Shinnick has learned throughout his career -Teaching players off the field -Flipped coaching -What Shinnick seeks in players -Pillars of West Florida’s culture -Creating unity among coaches and players -Translating culture to the field -Offense at West Florida -RPOs -Gap scheme -The winning edge

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