Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Mike Denbrock, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Cincinnati. Denbrock enters his second season at UC, along with head coach Luke Fickell. Denbock's other college assistant stops include Notre Dame, Indiana State, Washington, Stanford, Buffalo, Illinois State and his alma mater, Grand Valley State.

On today’s podcast, Denbrock and host Keith Grabowski discuss Denbrock’s experience on both sides of the ball, the best ways to get maximum effort from players and how the RPO fits into his offense.

Show Notes

1:34 Learning points early in coaching career

4:25 Balance in setting goals and focusing on current position

6:28 Having a variety of coaching skills

10:00 Offensive and defensive staffs working together

13:04 Bringing together all three phases

15:11 Aligning culture within a program

17:15 What he expects out of his Cincinnati players

20:23 Keys to effective recruiting

22:51 Ways to teach players the game

25:43 Helping players understand the “why” in schemes

27:12 Being efficient in practice

29:55 Key points to Cincinnati’s offense

33:44 Balancing RPO and the play-action pass

35:42 Developing players to run Level 3 RPO

37:15 The Winning Edge