A Simple RPO (Part I)
A Simple RPO (Part I) By Matt Kalb, Offensive Coordinator McMurry University Being a “Pro-style” offense, I was slow to the RPO trend. We’ve always used WR screens (we call them ‘Keys’, taken from Coach Noel Mazzone) in conjunction with…
Pass Rushing Mentality, Run Stopping Reality
Pass Rushing Mentality, Run Stopping Reality By Derelle Hankins, Defensive Line Coach Marian University “Play the run on the way to the QB!” That is our philosophy as a defensive line unit. Our defense is confident enough in our ability…
Building Championship-Level Football Players (Part II)
By CJ Richardson, M.Ed., M.A., CSCS, USAW-1 Director of Sports Performance & Assistant Football Coach Sul Ross State University Build Psychological Toughness You cannot separate the physical aspect of performance from the mental. The elite performers master the art of…
Building Championship-Level Football Players (Part I)
By CJ Richardson, M.Ed., M.A., CSCS, USAW-1 Director of Sports Performance & Assistant Football Coach Sul Ross State University Every football strength and conditioning coach has similar goals during the off-season program. No matter whom you ask, the priorities are…
THE PURPLE PACT PROGRAM (Part II)
With this amount of funding, Coach Marcucio knew there was only one thing to do and that was to use it for the benefit of the Westhill student-athletes (and eventually all student extracurricular activities and sports boys or girls)…
The Purple “PACT” (Players Academic Counseling and Tutoring Program – Part I)
An Introduction of the Formation of an Academic School Based Program for Student Athletes at Westhill High School (CT). It is based on the principals that were developed by:Dr. Al Petitpas of Springfield College and authored by Coach Frank Marcucio….
Q and A with Coach James Vint
Coach James Vint, an assistant coach at Estacado High School In Lubbock, Texas has authored a new book that is available in hard cover or paperback entitled, “Installing Explosive RPO Concepts Into Any Offense.” We recently completed a Q…
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…