“Recruiting 2013 – The Summer Season”
Today, July 31, for all intents and purposes, is the last day of the summer recruiting season. August brings with it the start of actual practices for most of the high schools in the country and folks are getting geared…
Rob Taylor Talks to Washington Redskins Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Chad Englehart
Chad Englehart begins his fourth season as assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Washington Redskins this fall. He previously was the strength and conditioning coach for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. Englehart holds a Bachelor of…
Linebacker Keys in the Miami 4-3 Defense
By Joe Daniel. Defensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach, Prince George High School (VA) The Miami 4-3 Defense originated in the mid-1980s at the University of Miami. The original concept was designed to stop the Wishbone Option (Diagram1). The design…
High Percentage Route for Every Offense
By Gene Suhr, Retired Coach I would like to introduce you to a pass route that I had great success running in both high school and college. I started running the route late in my high school coaching career and…
Combining Offensive Concepts
Here at Meade HS we are a spread offense team. We have created a relatively unique system that fits the personnel we have. We have borrowed concepts from several successful college football programs that run variations of spread offenses. When…
Improving Tackling Without Pads
By Matt McCarty, Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator Northwestern College (IA) With governing bodies adapting new rules that limit practice time and the number of hours of contact, the importance of teaching proper tackle technique without pads on has…
21ST CENTURY MOTIVATION
By Ron Cook, Defensive Coordinator Lumberton High School (NC) I am only going into my 12th season as a football coach on the college and high school levels, but since my first time on the field with a whistle…
Underneath Coverage Terminology
Rick Scheidt, Defensive Coordinator Fresno City College As a defensive staff at Fresno City College, we designate underneath coverage by using area terms. The area terms apply to all of our pass coverage schemes. Throughout this presentation, I will discuss…
Learning from Old Coaches: An Introduction to this Blog
By David Buchanan, Head Coach Mason County High School (KY) It was 24 years ago, but a day I will always remember. In the morning, I was going to interview for a coaching position with Tom Duffy at Highlands….
It Doesn’t Matter What You Know Until Your Players Know It As Well
By Jeff Hancock Offensive Coordinator Siena Heights University -Can he Recruit? -Does he know his X’s and O’s? -Can he teach? In my experience of hiring coaches over the years, these are the three most critical criteria to decide…