Coach Kalb on Using Technology to Practice Fast
How do you practice fast? Make sure your Scouts keep up! Whether you play at a hair-on-fire pace or simply like to get the most reps out of a practice period, nothing drives offensive coordinator nuts like waiting on the…
A Simple RPO (Part II)
A Simple RPO (Part II) By Matt Kalb, Offensive Coordinator McMurry University We will do this (RPO with our slot receiver) out of either Trips Open (10-personnel) or X-Trips (11-personnel with trips away from the TE). The #3 receiver will…
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…
Getting Outside with the Inside Zone
One thing I’ve noticed over the last few years is that it is becoming increasingly harder to get outside with the Outside Zone/Toss Sweep play. I’m not talking about the stretch play that often cuts inside the end man and…
QB Medicine Ball Warm-up
A few years ago I heard Michigan State QB Coach Dave Warner speak at the Glazier Clinic in Chicago. As with all the MSU staffers, Coach Warner gave a tremendous talk about the many concepts the Spartans run and some insight…
Weekly Preparation
Sometimes it feels like there can never be enough time in the week to properly prepare your offense for the upcoming opponent. With game tape exchanges made easier through internet trading, our conference like many others has opted to exchange…
Double Screen for the Red Zone
One of our best red zone plays over the past four years has been our double screen. This past season, whenever we got inside the ten-yard line, our players not only wanted it to be called, they expected it; and,…
My Best All-Purpose Run Play
My #1 all-everything Run play is QB Power Read with Fly Sweep Mesh. This is a version of the play that Jordan Lynch (NIU) has used to get him to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist, and it has…
Selecting a Game Call Sheet Format
When I first became an offensive coordinator, one of the biggest challenges I faced had nothing to do with which personnel I wanted to use, what plays I would call, or even what the opponent looked like. Rather, it was…
The 4 to 5-Day Installation Plan
There has been a lot of discussion lately about quicker installation plans for camp as opposed to slow schedules that allow for proper execution prior to moving on to something new. I instituted this faster plan at Aurora University a…