Coach and Coordinator Podcast

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Host Keith Grabowski welcomes legendary Offensive Line Coach Bob Wylie to the show. Coach Wylie has coached at all levels of football starting all the way down at the Pop Warner level. He got his college coaching career started as the Offensive Line Coach at Brown in 1980. Since then he has had stops at multiple Division 1 college programs as well as stints with the Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Jets. Currently, Wylie is coaching the offensive line for the Ottawa Redblacks. This is the first episode of a 2 part conversation with Coach Wylie. During this episode he goes into great detail about his coaching background, philosophy and what he learned along the way. Show Notes: 0:33 How much Coach Wylie enjoys what he does 3:28 Why football appealed to Coach 8:00 How Coach went from a Pop Warner Coach to an NFL Coach 22:30 How not being afraid to fail guided his coaching style The C.O.O.L Clinic is virtual in 2021. Register here: https://cool.coachesclinic.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Coach and Coordinator podcasts welcome back a longtime guest today as Matt Drinkall, TE’s Coach at Army, joins the podcast. Drinkall has been at Army since 2019 and prior to that was the Head Coach at Kansas-Wesleyan for five years. Drinkall joined Host Keith Grabowski today to talk about his plan for teaches his players in the classroom, on the practice field and in game. Show notes: 2:12 Structuring how you coach 6:10 Making assignments as simple as possible 10:45 Communicating in the classroom 13:00 Developing his TE room 15:48 Differentiating the classroom and the practice field 17:38 Getting your personality across in your coaching 18:26 New innovations and methods that Drinkall is using in the classroom 20:35 Most critical things that need to get accomplished on the practice field 23:50 What to do when a player isn’t understanding buzzwords 26:17 Creating Acute and Applicable buzzwords 29:20 In game Coaching Cues 33:40 Advice to Coaches who are getting flooded with information this offseason Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue our Research and Development series with a focus on the tight end position. Skill utilization and skill development are the two main functions of coaching. Our research and development series has put a focus on these components because the proper placement of personnel and a focus on the improvement of each player on your team provides huge benefits in building a positive culture. Today’s installment focuses on the tight end position. The Evolution of the Modern Tight End The tight end position has undergone a revolution from the more athletic tackle who wore a numbers in the 80’s and provided an extra gap and blocker in the run game to disappearing from many high school and college offenses in a 10 personnel era to coming back as one of the most dynamic hybrid positions on the field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Cody Kennedy, newly minted Tight Ends Coach at Arkansas. Kennedy is in his first year with the Razorbacks with prior stops at Tulane, Georgia, West Georgia, North Carolina-Pembroke and West Alabama. In 2018, as an offensive line GA at Georgia, he helped the Bulldogs earn a finalist for the Joe Moore Award, which is given out to the best offensive line in the country. Kennedy joined the podcast today to talk about offensive line installation and how to coach a line in an up-tempo offense. *When this podcast was recorded Coach Kennedy was the Offensive Line Coach at Tulane Show Notes: 1:45 Coach’s journey 7:13 What the first meeting is like during camp and install 13:56 Coaching the culture of the offensive line 18:16 Training offensive line for tempo 26:59 Communication during walkthroughs 23:26 Finding extra time to work through practice and building fundamentals 29:10 Managing workloads during camp 30:58 Evaluating reps during camp 34:30 Winning edge 35:06 Connect with Coach Related Content: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-developing-tight-ends-with-nick-sheridan-tight-ends-coach-indiana-university https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-qb-installation-with-will-hall-offensive-coordinator-tulane https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-defensive-install-and-camp-adjustments-w-david-elson-dc-ball-state Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski talks with Marian University defensive coordinator David Elson for the first edition of our “Training Camp” series. Prior to Marian, Elson served as the Ball State defense coordinator from 2017-19 and has had other stints as defensive coordinator at Western Illinois, Southern Illinois and New Mexico State. Elson joins the podcast today to talk about how he installs his defense during camp as well as adjustments he may need to make during those dogdays of August. *During the recording of this podcast, Coach was the Defensive Coordinator at Ball State Show Notes: 2:40 Coach’s Journey 6:22 Teaching his defense while having to adjust and add new players/parts 12:09 Making adjustments during camp based on what you see as a coach 19:19 Ideal time to install base defense in camp 24:16 Distribution of reps during camp 28:23 Making sure the staff stays sharp during camp 30:59 Balancing camp and family life 34:27 The Cardinal Way and recognizing it during camp 40:16 Blending and evaluating guys who buy into culture and communicating with players 46:42 Winning edge Learn Defense: https://coachtube.com/courses/football/team-defense Related Content: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/week-1-preparations-with-kirk-fridrich-head-coach-union-hs https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/all-in-on-offense-the-installation-plan-and-execution-with-arizona-oc-noel-mazzone https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7416/using-the-offseason-to-build-a-series-of-plays-for-your-offense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, we continue our “Training Camp” series with guest Will Hall, Head Coach at Southern Miss. Hall is in his first season at Southern Miss and had prior stops at Tulane, Memphis, Louisiana-Lafayette, West Georgia,West Alabama and Arkansas-Monticello. At West Georgia, he was twice named Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year and was the Super Region 2 Coach of the Year as well. Hall rebuilt the struggling West Georgia program into a powerhouse who spent 17 consecutive weeks nationally ranked and earned the program’s first No. 1 national ranking. Hall joins host Keith Grabowski on the podcast today to talk about the camp installation process for quarterbacks. *When this podcast was recorded, Coach Hall was the Offensive Coordinator at Tulane* Show Notes: 2:19 Coach’s journey 5:15 First thing coach installs for a QB 9:52 Recognizing “cloud or bail” 12:12 Installation process early in camp 15:26 Categories for install with QBs 19:19 Moving your head and processing 20:21 “Pick a side”22:14 Eyes and feet 23:51 RAS in-to-out 25:42 RAM read 29:32 Levels read 33:23 Tempo drops 35:33 Tempo 36:44 Tips for practicing and playing with very fast tempo 40:17 Utilizing personnel groupings 43:19 Winning edge 44:32 Connect with Coach Twitter: @Coach_Hall7 Related Content: User-804678956 – Training-camp-defensive-install-and-camp-adjustments-w-david-elson-dc-ball-state User-804678956 – All-in-on-offense-the-installation-plan-and-execution-with-arizona-oc-noel-mazzone User-804678956 – Week-1-preparations-with-kirk-fridrich-head-coach-union-hs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, Louisiana Tech strength and conditioning coach Kurt Hester joins coach Keith Grabowski to go over his role with the Bulldogs, in and outside of the weight room. Hester also addresses in-season strength training as well as incorporating “Fast Friday” and “No Sweat Thursday” into each teams’ weekly schedule from a scientific perspective. Hester has been in his role at LA Tech since 2013, while also formerly holding the position of National Director of Training for the D1 Sports Training Center (Nashville, Tenn.) and having worked with athletes from the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL, including Peyton Manning and Phillip Rivers. Show Notes: 1:16 Coach Hester’s out-of-weight-room involvement 4:20 Why old school conditioning is out of date 9:22 Use of technology versus eyes in practice 11:42 Why weight room numbers won’t necessarily reflect on-field play 14:57 Tips to prepare for conditioning during week one and beyond 17:11 In-season strength training 18:51 Proper footwear to maintain health throughout the season 20:19 Using “Fast Friday” in weekly practice routine 22:45 Pregame schedule for multi-position players 23:40 The scientific approach of light practice leading into games 25:54 Coach Hester’s best tip going into the 2019 season Related Content: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/strength-and-conditioning-with-sandbags-lane-kirkland-head-coach-carey-high-school-idaho https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/game-plan-in-season-sc-with-jim-arthur-miami-dolphins-strength-and-conditioning-coach https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/micah-kurtz-strength-and-conditioning-coach https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-georgia-special-teams-coordinator-scott-fountain-shares-his-camp-plan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Arkansas special teams coordinator Scott Fountain. During multiple stints as a special teams coordinator, Fountain has been known for his ability to develop excellent returners in both the punt return and kickoff return game. Fountain joins Coach and Coordinator today to talk about how he teaches different special teams positions during camp as well as how he chooses and develops return men. *When this podcast was recorded, Scott Fountain was Special Teams Coordinator at Georgia. Show Notes: 1:12 Distribution of Coaches 2:45 Finding guys to fit roles on special teams 5:52 Spending individual time on special teams and the teaching aspect 11:30 Using his staff 13:10 Camp evaluation process 17:33 Developing a return man 22:08 Simulating guys in returner’s face at practice 24:36 Preparing for all the different kinds of punts 28:11 Recognizing outstanding special teams play during camp and in season Connect with Coach: @CoachSFountain Related Content: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-running-a-linebacker-room-with-tye-nix-outside-linebacker-coach-ole-miss https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-building-your-offense-during-camp-wtommy-zagorski-ocol-coach-university-of-akron https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-optimal-performance-during-preseason-wdj-callender-yusef-shakir-and-ryan-horton https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/best-of-deliberate-practice-special-teams-edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski continues his “Offense Research and Development Series” with a focus on the offensive tackle position. He discusses identifying skill sets and placing personnel in the best scheme for their body type and abilities. 2:25 Building next season’s playbook based on personnel 3:43 Looking at different offensive linemen skill sets and body types 4:33 Placing two different body types next to each other on the line 5:40 Looking at “Power” to a 3 technique 9:06 Setting up assignments to maximize skill sets/body types 10:03 Start with stance for OT - the two point stance 12:29 Placing a premium on development 13:24 Development of the hands/independent hands 15:06 Developing posture/using med balls 15:50 Utilizing the correct type of pass sets 16:48 John Strollo - “Fundamentals of Acceleration” 17:38 Drills for footwork in run game 19:17 Use your hips! 20:49 Identify skill sets and development plan for scheme Articles: Offensive Tackles http://coachandcoordinator.com/2021/01/offense-rd-tackles/ Interior Linemen Part 1 http://coachandcoordinator.com/2021/01/offense-rd-series-the-interior-offensive-line-part-1/ Interior Linemen Part 2 http://coachandcoordinator.com/2021/01/offense-rd-series-interior-offensive-line-part-2/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by John Reagan, Offensive Line Coach at Maryland. Coach has over 25 years of experience including stops at Penn, Kansas, Rice, Air Force, Temple and Akron. Coach his now known for getting the most out of his offensive linemen, but early in his career had experience coaching on the defensive side of the football as well. Coach came on the podcast today to talk about his experiences and how to build and offensive line. Show Notes: 0:55 Coach’s journey 3:35 How learning different sides of the ball helped Coach’s development 9:30 Reaching different learning styles and teaching things differently 14:22 Matching personnel with scheme 19:37 Building and scouting your “next” team 23:10 How Coach approaches learning and developing new aspects of his coaching 26:25 Staying on top of recruiting 29:41 What the keys were to Coach being able to stay at the higher levels of football throughout his career 32:48 Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices