Engineering Your Culture: 5 Keys to Team Excellence
By Ralph Isernia, Head Football Coach, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute I would like to thank AFM for inviting me to share an article with the readers. It is extremely humbling after 27 years of coaching and 8 different teams, someone is…
3-3 Stack with a New Twist (Part II)
By Rick Streif, Head Coach Cathedral High School (IN) The next three positions are what make us different than most 3-3 teams. Our secondary plays a Cover 2 shell. The CBs alignment is based on formation. The CB will…
3-3 Stack with a New Twist (Part I)
By Rick Streif, Head Coach Cathedral High School (IN) Nine years ago, we were looking for a way to best use our returning talent. We had been a 4-3 Cover 4 team that had played very aggressively with lots…
Air Raid Offense – RPO’s to Enhance the Run and Quick Pass Game (Part II)
By Felton Huggins, Offensive Coordinator LaGrange College While we are predominantly reading the “Will” backer in our 2 x 2 Stick concept that is typically thrown into the boundary, the read changes to the “Mike” out of 3 x…
Air Raid Offense – RPO’s to Enhance the Run and Quick Pass Game (Part I)
By Felton Huggins, Offensive Coordinator LaGrange College This past offseason I was promoted from WR Coach/Passing Game Coordinator to QB Coach/Offensive Coordinator. I’m definitely a tried and true “Air Raider” having played for the legendary Hal Mumme in college, but…
The Hiram College Adjustment Passing Game (Part II)
By Henry Stanford, Head Coach and Adam Moses, Co-Offensive Coordinator Now, we take that same trail concept and we adjust the formation to a 3 x 2 set. With implementing the trail concept into this new formation (Example 2),…
The Hiram College Adjustment Passing Game (Part I)
Skip to Part 2 By Henry Stanford, Head Football Coach and Adam Moses, Co-Offensive Coordinator Over the years, teams have implemented various styles of passing. Some programs believe quick-short passing games that challenge defenses horizontally. Other programs believe in challenging…
Stealing Reps, Utilizing Quality Coaches, 21st Century Reality
The following article was written by David Buchanan, a high school head coach for over 25 years and a frequent contributor to AFM. This excerpt is from his book, ‘Black Shoes and White Shoestrings.’ You can reach Coach Buchanan at…
Blitzing the QB Run-Game with 2-High Safeties (Part II)
By Patrick Moynahan, Linebackers Coach Kenyon College Spy Match Coverage As previously stated we encountered issues with covering vertical route combinations with traditional 3-Deep, 3-Under zone coverages. To counteract these problems, we now play variations of our read quarters…
Blitzing the QB Run-Game with 2-High Safeties (Part I)
By Patrick Moynahan, Linebackers Coach Kenyon College At Kenyon College we try to counteract our light, but quick front seven going against larger offensive linemen by overload blitzing to the side of the back. Our favorite concept the past few…