4th Down Focus

Episode 33 welcomes Coach Kevin Moritis. Moritis is the head coach for Valley State, a post grad football program in Orlando, FL. He's coached football for over 25 in both high school and college, winning multiple Florida HS state championships with St. Thomas Aquinas and serving as a volunteer coach at Florida Atlantic University. Moritis is an annual staff member for the Spiral Tropic Bowl and All American Classic games, and he is the founder of Defense University.

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Episode 32 of 4th Down Focus welcomes Will Przystup, punter for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Przystup is a native of Oviedo, FL where he grew up playing basketball and football. In 2018, during his senior year of high school he committed to Michigan State. By the end of his redshirt freshman season he was named the Spartans' starting punter. In 2019, Przystup transferred to Nebraska where he's contributed as both a punter and kickoff specialist in 2 seasons with the Cornhuskers.

Coach Lundy and Przystup discuss punting and a student-athlete's journey through recruiting, competition, academics, adversity, and the business of major college football.

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Episode 31 of the podcast welcomes Coach Lary Hurlbut. Coach Hurlbut is one of the only special teams coordinators in the nation who kicked and punted in college (Edward Waters College and Campbellsville University).

After college, Hurlbut served for 8 years in the United States Air Force before returning back to the Jacksonville, FL area in 2016. He’s coached high school football in KY, NC, and FL, and played 4 years of semi-pro football for the Panama City Beach Patriots, River City Commandos and the Florida Falcons. Currently, Coach Hurlbut is the special teams coordinator at Jacksonville Athletic Academy in Jacksonville, FL.

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Episode 30 of the podcast welcomes Coach Brendan Cahill. For the past 6 years, Coach Cahill has helped parents, players, and coaches make sense of the recruiting, training, and development of specialists.

Cahill was a specialist at Hartwick College from 2009-2011 before going on to earn his Master’s in Education from Boston University. With over a decade of secondary teaching experience, Cahill founded Cahill Kicking and began to utilize both his teaching and coaching backgrounds to support his athletes.

Because of this, Cahill Kicking students have gone on to play college football for Notre Dame, Iowa State, Vanderbilt, UCONN, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Central Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Cahill also hosts a podcast, The Coach Cahill Show, that features world class athletes and coaches who have helped others, and themselves, get out of their own away and move the needle on their performance.

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Episode 29 of the podcast welcomes Coach Matt Dubuc, head coach for Cardinal Gibbons HS in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Dubuc played for the Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs in the early 90’s, leading the Chiefs to the state finals in 1992.

He later committed to the Texas Tech Red Raiders, where he played WR, RB, KR, and PR. His performance for the Red Raiders drew interest from the CFL, where Dubuc would be drafted in the first round of the 1997 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts. He would later be traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers where he would retire after the 1999 season. After the CFL, Dubuc coached receivers for 2 years at West Texas A&M while serving as their NFL film liaison.

Dubuc is currently in his 18th year coaching at his alma mater, Cardinal Gibbons, and he is in his 6th year as the head coach. He won the 2018 Florida 5A State Championship (the first in school history) and in 2020 the Chiefs won a second title. Cardinal Gibbons has made the playoffs in all 6 seasons under Dubuc.

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Nick McQuarry is a native of Jacksonville, FL, where he was a standout football and tennis player at Mandarin High School. McQuarry played football at Rice University, where he developed a passion for sports analytics. He is currently an intern with Blast Motion in Carlsbad, CA, where his focus is in bio-mechanical statistical analysis.

In episode 28, Coach Lundy and Nick McQuarry discuss recruiting, the life of a college specialist, the power of intelligence, and the essentials for student-athlete success.

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Freddie Capshaw is one of the finest punters in the University of Miami's history. He is a two-time All-BIG EAST selection (2000 & 2001), four-time BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week, and a 2002 Rose Bowl National Champion. Capshaw scored both a rushing and passing touchdown against Florida State and Syracuse respectively. He is the only FBS punter in modern football history to accomplish this. Currently, Capshaw owns Avaun Tire Supply Inc. in Portland, Oregon where he lives with his family.

In Episode 27, Coach Dan Lundy and Freddie Capshaw discuss the importance of versatility, recruiting, distractions, mindset, and what was essential to Capshaw's success as a specialist.

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Pat Curran was a defensive back at Bowling Green University in the early 2000's. He later received his master’s degree from Ashland University where he served as a defensive backs coach for 2 seasons. Today, Curran is based in Los Angeles where he co-founded Curran Media Co., a marketing, management, and brand development company specializing in athletes and coaches.

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Ricardo Allen began his football career at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, FL. In his senior year he would accept a scholarship offer from Purdue University, where he would impressive NCAA career totals: 250 tackles, 3 sacks, 2, forced fumbles 13 interceptions, 4 touchdowns, and 22 pass deflections. As a result, Allen was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 5th round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

Allen played the last 7 seasons for the Atlanta Falcons and is currently a free agent. Since 2015, Allen started in 76 games for Atlanta: recording 340 tackles, 11 interceptions and 1 sack. He was a 4 time team captain, and in 2019 Allen was named the Falcons' nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award.

A leader in both the locker room and his community, Allen was one of the driving forces behind the Falcons' Social Justice Committee, addressing social justice issues in Atlanta. He also hosts a free youth football clinic (The RA37Camp) each March in Daytona Beach, FL. For more info on this free annual event, visit www.4thDownU.com.

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Episode 24 of the podcast welcomes Coach Eric Lodge, current head football coach at Sanford Seminole High School! Lodge led the Seminoles to an undefeated 2020 regular season that concluded with a Class 8A Florida state championship. In January, 2021, he was unanimous named the Florida High School Football Coach Of The Year!

Coach Lodge sits down with 4th Down Focus host, Dan Lundy, to discuss life, football, and of course, special teams. Lodge shares his perspective on the importance of the kicking game, defines what a 'coach' means to him, and addresses a coach’s primary role on a team.

Finally, learn what coaches are looking for in a specialist, particularly kickers, punters, and snappers.

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