Coach and Coordinator Podcast

From the Archives: Phil Longo, Offensive Coordinator, Wisconsin. This podcast was originally recorded right after Longo made his move to Ole Miss from Sam Houston State. Today's guest is Phil Longo, the offensive coordinator at Ole Miss. Longo talks about the difference between playing enthusiastically versus emotionally, how he evaluates players on instinctiveness, and how he tweaks 7on7 time to make them even more effective for his team. He also discusses how he turns weaknesses into strengths by always optimizing his playbook.Show notes: Start as a football coach Lessons learned as a young coach Building culture within an offense Establishing relationships with players Emphasizing instinct with players Longo's grading system for evaluating instinctiveness How Ole Miss breaks down its spring practice schedule How Longo turns weak links in the playbook into strengths Tweaking plays for red zone and goal line situations Special Teams and trick plays Don't install RPOs just to say you run RPOs Play repetition 22:23 Coach technology Keys to running an effective walkthrough Role of assistant coaches on game day Getting the most from 7on7s The winning edge Coach Grabowski’s 3 key takeaways 1) Playing enthusiastically not emotionally 2) Having 26 plays and sticking with it 3) Get your players to play instinctively Phil Longo Resources:Flood Concepts in the Air RaidCoordinating an OffenseQB Drills in the Air Raid OffenseRelated Episodes:From Lauren's First and Goal - Coordinating an OffenseArticle:Instictiveness - Play Your Best Eleven Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Archives: Serving Others Through Football with Mike London, Head Coach William & Mary On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski sits down with Mike London, head coach at the College of William & Mary. Coach London has an extensive coaching history dating back to the 1980s. In 2008, London led the Richmond Spiders to their first FCS National Championship in school history. For his work that year, he was named AFCA’s FCS National Coach of the Year. In 2011, as head coach at Virginia, London won ACC Coach of the year. Most recently, London was the head coach at Howard University, where, in 2017, he led the Bison to one of the greatest upsets in recent NCAA history as they upended UNLV. This past off-season, coach accepted the job at William & Mary to be closer to his family. Coach joined the podcast today to talk about how his experiences in life have helped shaped who he is as a football coach as well as talk about the culture being built at W&M. Show Notes: 1:27 Coach’s incredible journey 6:05 How did his journey as a police officer and through life reflect on his decision to coach 11:32 Servant leadership 16:00 How much the history of W&M means to him 18:43 Depth of his staff 22:14 Constant evolution at W&M and their work with USA Football 27:07 Evolving role of sports training technology and science 31:09 How the game has changed and how W&M prioritizes it 33:33 Winning Edge Related Content: User-804678956 – Erik-korem-director-of-sports-science-houston-texans User-804678956 – Richie-gray-skills-acquisition-and-coaching-education-specialist User-804678956 – Vision-decision-action-andy-ryland-senior-manager-of-education-and-training-usa-football User-804678956 – Ncaa-leaders-brennan-marion-howard-university-offensive-coordinator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Archives - Scotty Walden, Head Coach, Austin Peay After success at the D3 level, Walden made the move to D1 Southern Miss, being promoted to Co-Offensive Coordinator and after one game in 2020, interim head coach. Austin Peay hired Walden as their head coach. Scotty Walden sits down with host Keith Grabowski in today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast. Walden was the youngest head coach in the NCAA last year when he led Division III East Texas Baptist University at the age of 26. This offseason, he accepted a job coaching tight ends and receivers at Southern Miss. He discusses the simple drills he likes to teach accountability and responsibility and why young coaches should seek out non-prestigious jobs. Show notes :30 Coaching philosophy 1:39 Start as a football coach 3:36 On being the youngest college head coach in America last season 5:45 Key learning moments early in career 8:33 Building culture 13:35 The 5 core values of Walden's program 16:45 Pat-and-Go and run-throughs, not walk-throughs 22:43 The versatility of Inside Zone 24:15 Maintaining tempo while using motion and changing personnel 27:15 Breaking down Walden's Y Cross 30:55 Approaching situational offense during the week 33:25 Keeping things simple (K.I.S.S.) 35:30 Advice to a young coach 39:15 Coaching technology 42:45 Two-minute drill 44:15 The winning edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Travis Johansen, the newly appointed defensive coordinator at University of South Dakota. Previously, Johansen served as the defensive coordinator at Grand View since 2013. The Vikings were 61-11 in his six seasons with five conference championships, six NAIA playoff appearances and won 2013 national title following a 14-0 campaign. Grand View finished in the top 15 of the national rankings all six seasons including four top 10 rankings. Johansen was a finalist for Heart of America Assistant Coach of the Year in each of the last two seasons and was a national coordinator of the year finalist in 2015. He was even featured in a Sports Illustrated article, “The Search to Save NFL Defenses,” this past November. Grand View ranked as one of the top NAIA defenses throughout Johansen’s tenure and produced seven defensive All-Americans. Coach Johansen joined the podcast today to talk about his famous positionless defensive concept as well as discuss some of the pillars of his defense. Show Notes: 2:03 Coach’s start 4:23 Key lessons Coach learned on his journey 6:37 Pillars of coach’s defense 9:31 Coach’s definition of toughness 12:29 Changes to the game 13:13 The culture that is developing at South Dakota 16:40 Evolution of defenses 20:56 Schematically putting together the defense every year 24:21 How his new way of thinking of defense affects his recruiting 27:38 How to prepare players during the week to play different techniques 32:11 Teaching the big picture 34:56 Defining coach’s defense and how he makes it his own 37:23 Tips to coaches who would want to run a similar scheme 39:25 Winning edge 41:19 Connect with coach Connect with Coach: Twitter: @CoachTJohansen Website: goyotes.com/index.aspx?path=football Related Content: www.si.com/nfl/2018/11/14/defe…ers-naia-grand-view User-804678956 – Match-quarters-hybrid-defenders-cody-alexander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Archives: Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast guest is Noel Mazzone, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Arizona. This will be Mazzone’s first season at Arizona after two seasons at Texas A&M under new Wildcats head coach Kevin Sumlin. Prior to that, he was the OC at UCLA from 2012-15 and Arizona State from 2010-11. He spent four seasons in the NFL with the New York Jets as a wide receivers coach/consultant, in addition to collegiate stops at Mississippi, NC State, Oregon State, Auburn, Minnesota, TCU and Colorado State. Mazzone has coached in 12 bowl games with seven different teams. He’s tutored several NFL quarterbacks, including Josh Rosen and Brett Hundley at UCLA, Brock Osweiler at Arizona State and Phillip Rivers at NC State. As a player, Mazzone played quarterback at the University of New Mexico and graduated in 1980. On today’s show, Mazzone tells host Keith Grabowski how he puts together a game plan, integrates players and coaches in that plan, and playing with tempo. Show Notes 1:58 How Mazzone created his offensive system 6:46 Formulating the terminology 9:16 Process of teaching terminology to players 10:03 Plays that work better in tempo 14:14 Preparing the number of plays they want to run on game day 18:48 Recognizing what opposing coordinators are doing 22:32 Building explosive plays in the game plan 25:47 Using the “12 percent rule” in game evaluation 30:36 Delegating game plan responsibilities to coaches/players 34:29 Organizing a week of practice to set up for the game 38:45 Attire and equipment for a relaxed practice day 39:53 Teaching situational “special” plays in practice 41:22 Pros and cons of using VR technology in practice 45:43 The Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Archives - Joe Dailey, WR Coach, Boston College shares his insight on coordinating an offense. Dailey recorded with us while he was at Liberty. He spent 2019 as New Mexico' Offensive Coordinator and now is at Boston College. On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast Keith Grabowski has Joe Dailey, offensive coordinator at Liberty University. Dailey is a former quarterback at Nebraska and North Carolina and used some of his personal playing experience to help influence his offensive scheme. Keith and Coach Dailey discuss what has impacted Dailey as a coach, his dynamic offensive scheme and coaching process. 01:10 Joe Dailey's coaching journey 02:12 Coaches that have made an impact on Dailey 04:15 Developing offense from previous experience 05:10 Transitioning in coaching and understanding relationships 07:12 Advice for guys that want to be a coach 08:35 Coach Dailey’s mistake as a young coach 09:48 Evolution of the offense at Liberty 10:45 Philosophy of the offense 12:54 Offensive trends 14:30 Defensive trends 16:32 Coach Dailey’s favorite concepts against tight defensive fronts 17:53 RPO in 21 & 22 personnel 19:06 Impact play for Coach Dailey, Outside zone backside RPO 21:20 Coaching the running back 22:02 Offensive line 22:25 RPO read backside 23:35 Coaching the RPO attachments 24:45 Explosive plays, Dailey’s explosive package 25:00 Sail 27:00 Training the quarterback 30:40 Inside practice 34:38 Gameday process 37:00 Tools to acquire data 38:35 Communication at halftime 40:05 What to look for postgame on film 41:25 Winning edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Archives: The guest on today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast is Erik Chinander, defensive coordinator at the University of Nebraska. This is Chinander’s first season at Nebraska after spending the last two seasons at the University of Central Florida. Chinander moved to Nebraska when Scott Frost moved from being the head coach at UCF to the same position at Nebraska. UCF’s defense forced an increased number of turnovers, ranking second in the nation in takeaways in 2017. And Chinander helped the UCF team to a 13-0 season and ranking top three in the American Athletic Conference in defensive touchdowns, scoring defense and pass efficiency defense. Before coaching at UCF, Chinander spent two seasons at the University of Oregon. Chinander coached the outside linebackers in his second stint at Oregon. He coached one year in the NFL in 2013, working as an assistant defensive line coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. Chinander first came to Oregon in 2010, working as an intern for a year and a defensive graduate assistant from 2011-12. His other coaching experience includes time at the University of Northern Iowa from 2004-09 and one season in 2003 at Ellsworth Community College (Iowa). Chinander played as an offensive lineman at the University of Iowa from 1998 to 2002. On today’s show, Chinander and host Keith Grabowski talk about the “black shirts” at Nebraska, running an up-tempo practice and using specific language in the game plan. Show Notes 0:49 Learning coaching strategies from big-time coaches 2:27 Making the decision to get into coaching after playing 4:33 Transition when a coaching staff moves to a new program 7:25 Learning from Chip Kelly in being the best at practice 10:52 Balancing between practicing up-tempo and teaching players 14:15 A language to make players understand the coaches better 17:04 Spending time coordinating between offensive and defensive staff 19:03 Installing up-tempo style in the meeting room 22:48 Using brief, concise language to communicate to players 24:49 Teaching effectively in postgame evaluation 28:52 Being efficient with practice time during the week 31:40 Splitting up different parts of the game across the coaching staff 33:25 The set work flow in practice throughout the week 36:05 Getting many reps of the game plan before the game 39:12 Utilizing the outside linebackers in the odd front 40:59 Working with the defensive line in an odd front 43:06 Understanding the traditions at Nebraska 44:56 The meaning of the “black shirts” with the Nebraska defense 46:37 The Winning Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Archives: In this episode Auburn University’s Coach Herb Hand shares some valuable insight into being a successful coach on and off the field Coach Hand has been a key coaching component in some of the most explosive offenses in NCAA history. He reunited with Gus Malzahn for the 2016 season, joining Malzahn's Auburn coaching staff as offensive line coach. Prior to Auburn he helped develop the offenses at Clemson, West Virginia, Tulsa, Vanderbilt, and Penn State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Arcvhives - Tips for a Successful Pregame Speech Host Keith Grabowski shares another page of his notebook giving tips for giving a successful pregame speech. 00:50 The stereotype of the pregame speech 01:15 Opportunity to send team out with a positive mindset 01:45 Build emotion to a crescendo over the course of the week 02:30 Communicate a focus to set the stage for Friday 03:15 12 time state champ Chuck Kyle on the pregame speech 04:29 Motivation is an attitude about what you do 05:02 It’s about getting them to step above fear of failure 06:27 Always be clear and concise 07:18 Coach Grabowski’s first game as a head coach 09:50 Separate reminders from the emotional part of the speech 10:14 Have a routine before you send them out 11:20 Rehearse what you want to say 11:50 Make sure any prop works out how you want it to 14:06 Always be positive in the pregame speech 16:40 Chuck Kyle’s first state championship pregame speech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Archives: Originally an offensive consultant, Coach Dearmon was promoted by Kansas Jayhawk head coach Les Miles to serve as the program’s new offensive coordinator on October 6, 2019. Due to his previous experience as an offensive coordinator at Arkansas Tech, head coach at Bethel University (Tenn.) and analyst at Auburn University (Ala.), Coach Dearmon was able to handle the task of taking over as Kansas’ offensive coordinator mid-season. Prior to Kansas, Dearmon became one of the hottest offensive names in the game after his one-year campaign as head coach of Bethel University, where they went 10-0 and boasted an incredible 540.3 yards per game to go along with an unheard of 55 points per game, the most for any team in college football. Show notes :33 Start as a football coach and the jump to the college ranks 2:02 Job at Auburn 3:01 Prepared yourself for opportunity to coach college 4:31 Transition to Arkansas Tech 6:21 Getting players to buy in 8:54 Building one message on top of the other 9:59 Inspiration from Urban Meyer 11:29 Approach to practice 13:20 Teaching at a fast pace 16:51 Nuts and bolts of Dearmon’s offense 18:45 Go-to RPO play 21:21 What to do to win third-and-long 23:27 Preparing players for RPO 25:37 Mistake as young coach 29:19 Work-life balance 30:46 Two-minute drill 32:50 Winning edge Twitter: @CoachKGrabowski @BrentDearmon Coach Dearmon Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/a-masters-class-in-rpo-the Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices