FOR THE LOVE OF MANUALS
In this digital age of ours, many coaches prefer to watch a DVD about a football concept or strategy. It would appear that the time of the written playbook or concept manual has come and gone. I, personally, do not buy…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of: Nick Bobeck
Navarro Junior College lost their first game of the regular season last fall, 16-10, to Butler Community College. The Butler Grizzlies went wire-to-wire as the #1 team among junior colleges leading up to the NJCAA championship game. Their opponent –…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of: Pete Fredenburg
Coach Pete Fredenburg has been the only coach the Crusaders of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor have ever had. After starting the UMHB in 1998, it took Fredenburg just four years to take his team to the NCAA Division III…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of: Mike White
Mike White has been coaching at his alma mater – Albany State College in Georgia – since 1997. His philosophy towards football can be summed up in one word: defense. After becoming head coach of the Rams in 2000, White’s…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of: Al Bagnoli
Al Bagnoli played three years of varsity football at Central Connecticut State, graduating in 1975. He went on to pursue his Master’s Degree at the University of Albany and worked the 1975 season as a graduate assistant. He was promoted…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of: Saint Xavier’s Mike Feminis
Saint Xavier University in downtown Chicago was founded as a women’s college in 1846. The school did not become coed until 1969. SXU then began their football program in 1993. The initial results were as expected – the Cougars won…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Rod Wotton
Coach Rod Wotton recently retired as a high school coach, completing nearly 50 years on the sidelines for three New England high schools – South Berwick and Marshwood in Maine and St. Thomas Aquinas in Dover, NH. In the process,…
The Silly Season
t’s coming. In fact it’s already started. A colleague of mine referred to the college football world between mid-November and January lst as ‘The Silly Season.’ It’s the time of year when many major college head coaches are fired. It’s…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Kevin Donley
Kevin Donley has established himself as one of the most successful head coaches in the country. He has taken two different programs to national prominence and, in the process, won a national championship and national coach of the year honors….
A COACH YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF: Larry Kehres
He simply has the highest winning percentage of any coach in modern college football history. Here is Larry Kehres’ resume: *His overall record: 289-22-3 over 24 years, 1986-2009 (.925%). *His teams have won 10 NCAA Division III Championships. *His teams…