The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

Discover the fascinating history of the Single Wing Offense, a revolutionary approach that is making a comeback in football. Learn about its unique traits, including the absence of a traditional quarterback and its emphasis on teamwork. Delve into core plays like power, counter, and sweep, all while exploiting defensive mismatches. This discussion highlights the importance of simplicity and execution mastery, making it a must-listen for coaches and enthusiasts alike.

You've got the playbooks printed. The players will be there. Are you ready, coach? This week in The Football Coaching Podcast we're looking at preparing for those critical pre-season practices. Getting your team ready for Week 1, when it really counts. Everyone wants a cookie cutter answer to installing your offense or defense. It's not that easy. You can't just run practice plans someone hands you. It's the same as running a playbook you download from the internet with no understanding of the How or Why. This episode shares my 4-Step Blueprint for Pre-Season Practice Planning. I've established the four main goals of pre-season practice, and then put together a framework for planning how to get all of this in. Links In this podcast, I referenced a few other podcasts and resources… Episode 125 - 5 Keys to Perfect Practice Planning Episode 80 - The 4 Types of Defense in Football The 33 Stack Defense: Run Fits is on my YouTube Channel

The Wing-T Offense has always been a fascination of mine. Even though I've never really coached the system. For this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'm indulging that fascination by exploring the origins of the Delaware Wing-T Offense. You might know the story. You probably don't. I didn't. Tubby Raymond is not a major part of this tale. In fact, he marks the end of the story. Instead, we'll talk about the true origins of the Delaware Wing-T Offense. A story that begins with Dave Nelson, Harold Westerman and Mike Lude. And it doesn't even start at the University of Delaware. Nope. This story starts in Maine. A few key resources for this episode… I've had a blast gathering information for this episode. Here are the key pieces so you can read them for yourself: Dave Nelson, Tubby Raymond and the Rise of the Wing-T Offense by Doc Bear. Big help in getting started on the right path. Mike Lude… An Originator of the Wing-T by Hugh Wyatt. Coach Wyatt has been on the podcast, and this kind of first-hand knowledge was exactly what I was looking for. Appendix III: History of the "Winged T" - by Harold S. Westerman posted by Dave Westerman. I think this was posted by Harold Westerman's son on his personal blog. It was a really good read. No idea what it is the appendix to. The Grand Experiment: Dietzel's Ingenuity Results in National Title by Marty Mule'. Not much related to the Wing-T and most of it is only interesting if you care about LSU football history. Tells the story of LSU's 1958 season, which got started in part with Paul Dietzel switching to the Wing-T Offense. Fritz Crisler's 1947 Single Wing Playbook is an interesting look. And to balance it out, this is a good look at the T Offense from Kyle McElvany. I also found Frank Leahy's book on the T Formation pretty cheap on Amazon.

This week is a special Football Coaching Podcast mailbag episode. I'm answering questions from coaches on all kinds of topics. I'll be discussing… How to coach the 7-technique (or 6i) Defensive End. This is a follow-up on the last episode about the 6-Tech Defensive End How do you get into coaching, when you don't want to be a teacher? What coverage options do you have for Trips formations in the Miami 4-3 Defense? ...some other things, I don't clearly recall, because I was recording this episode at about 3am before leaving for vacation the next day. That in itself should make Episode 202 of The Football Coaching Podcast a must-listen! I'll have to listen too, because I have no idea what's in there. For an in depth look at the 4-2-5 Defense, I've got an exclusive video series you can check out at http://425defense.com/podcast. You'll get instant access to the first video on the foundations of the 4-2-5 Defense, with two more videos to follow.

You'll find out the advantages of using a 6-tech Defensive End, how to coach this technique, and whether or not your football team has the right guy to play that position. The 6-tech Defensive End won our poll topic getting 33% of the votes and beating out Kick Return Strategy. There won't be a poll next week, but I do need you to send an email to joe@joedanielfootball.com or tweet me your questions for next week's Q&A Podcast. I started using the 6-Tech Defensive End when we switched to the 4-2-5 Defense. We continued to use it in our 3-4 Defense front, as well. For an in depth look at the 4-2-5 Defense, I've got an exclusive video series you can check out at http://425defense.com/podcast. You'll get instant access to the first video on the foundations of the 4-2-5 Defense, with two more videos to follow.

In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll talk about advantages of Press Quarters Coverage, the basics of coaching Press Quarters, and adjustments that you'll need to be ready to make if this becomes your base coverage. You can use press quarters coverage with any traditional defensive front. I'm focusing on the viewpoint of a 4-3 Defense, since that's where we have used Quarters most often. You can run this with your 3-4 Defense, 3-3-5 Defense, or your 4-2-5 Defense. If 4-2-5 Defense is your thing, I've got a special 3 video series that you can get instant access to right now as my special gift. Just visit http://425defense.com/podcast to sign up for that series right now. Links Coaching Press Quarters Coverage video on YouTube that was made for this episode. Quarters Coverage video - this is the foundations of the Quarters Coverage I teach in The 4-2-5 Defense System. Football Coaching Podcast Episode 189 - How To Coach Pattern Read Coverage Football Coaching Podcast Episode 196 - Defending Trips Formations Visit and follow my Twitter Profile Page @footballinfo to vote for next week's poll topic!

Coaches are always struggling to create an identity for your football team. We don't need to create it though - you should be trying to develop the identity. It's an important distinction, and the biggest takeaway from this podcast. You need to build around the strongest positive character trait that the majority of your team possesses. To find your football team's identity, you need to examine the community, parents, tradition, and your current players. You also need to look at yourself and the coaches around you. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, find out just what the Team Identity really means, and how you can develop one that will take your football team to the next level of success. I'll also share several examples of Team Identity for you to look at, to help you decide what direction your football team's identity needs to go in. This isn't about X's and O's, but if you want to give your team's defense a new identity, I've got a free gift for you. Visit http://425defense.com/podcast to get instant access to my Foundations of the 4-2-5 Defense video series. Visit and follow my Twitter Profile Page @footballinfo to vote for next week's poll topic!

It's the single most searched term on Joe Daniel Football. "Linebacker Reads." So it's about time we do the definitive podcast on coaching linebacker reads. Of all styles. Because I coach them all. It's about finding what works best for your players, in your defense. And every player is different. Heck, every game is different - but we only have an hour (well, 70 minutes). I'll talk about backfield keys, guard keys, and the 2-man surface read for your Inside Linebackers. What it is, and how you can read it. No matter what defense you coach, we're going to talk about Linebacker Reads that you can use for your football team this season. Check out http://425defense.com/podcast to get instant access to my Foundations of the 4-2-5 Defense video series. This is my special gift to you and you can get access to these videos right now at no charge. Visit and follow my Twitter Profile Page @footballinfo to vote for next week's poll topic!

We're always looking for new technology to give your football team an edge on the opponent. And there's an increasing number of options. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll look at a few of those different options. From video analysis, to playbook, team organization and safety - learn new ways to improve your football team. None of these are the magic bullet. You have to become a better football coach to get better results. We're looking for ways to be more efficient, relay information, and improve safety on the field for your football players. Don't forget to check out http://425defense.com/podcast to get instant access to my Foundations of the 4-2-5 Defense video series, too! Don't forget to visit my Twitter Profile Page @footballinfo to vote for next week's poll topic!

This week's winner on our Twitter poll @footballinfo was Defending Trips Formations. We look at multiple ways to defend 3 by 1 formations no matter what defense you're running. In any game plan, you'll need 3 ways to defend Trips Formations. I'll give you plenty to think about. As with any other defensive plan, it starts with deciding what the offense is using that formation for. What's their purpose? Then you've got to make some decisions. Man or Zone? Or a combination coverage? 6 man box, or 7 man box? Or 5 man box when they're really trying to sling it all over the place? In this episode I also mention that special gift, my 3 Video Series on Coaching Football's 4-2-5 Defense that you can get access to right now at http://425defense.com/podcast.