Walking the Tight Rope of Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator - Tre Lamb, Gardner-Webb University

Tre Lamb is a coach you will want to keep an eye on. The second youngest head coach in division one football at the time we recorded this episode, he’s made an impact at Gardner-Webb University and has even developed a coaching tree with several of his coaches moving up in the ranks.

Football has been in his blood, growing up as the son and grandson of legendary Georgia high school football coaches. His father, Hal, won three state titles, as did his grandfather, Ray.

Growing up in a football family and having an obsession with learning the game has allowed Coach Lamb to climb the ranks quickly.

Today, he discusses taking over a program in the midst of the pandemic shutdown and his 30-60-90-day plan to get the program going. He shares the offense he’s developed, which he identifies as a blend of App State and Tennessee, as well as how he walks the tightrope of being the Head Coach as well as handling all the duties of Offensive Coordinator as well.

Show Notes:

• The drive to be a coach came through growing up in a football family
• Obsession from a young age
• Learning from good and bad
• Taking over as a new head coach during Covid and the challenges
• Selling a vision through Zoom
• Working to create buy-in from the start with honesty
• Being relatable but holding players accountable
• 30-60-90-day plans
• 30 days - listen
• 60 days - build up resources
• 90 days - share the vision of the program
• Walking the tightrope of being both head coach and offensive coordinator
• You must spend time with defense and special teams
• Balancing the responsibilities and demands of the head coach and offensive coordinator
• The offense - a blend of App State and Tennessee
• Building off wide zone and play-action pass
• Sequencing plays
• Really fast tempo or really slow and really wide splits or condensed sets
• The thought process on sequencing
• Getting more specific on game planning
• Every day is an interview

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