On today’s Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Washington State Co-Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach, Craig Stutzmann. Coach is going into just his second year at Washington State, but previously held the same role for the last 4 years at Hawai’i, where he helped bring the team to 3 bowl games. This past season Stutzmann was a finalist for the FootballScoop National Quarterback Coach of the Year award. Coach is big on the run and shoot offense and has continued to put up points wherever he goes. He joins the podcast today to talk about some of the things he learned during the Covid season and goes deep into many different aspects of his role as OC.

1:50 What were some new ideas that emerged from coaching during covid

6:15 How Zoom has made coaches more efficient

8:25 Adjusting back to a normal season and what you take with you from last season

11:12 How the staff works together

12:35 Best parts of going back to normal

14:13 As pass game coordinator, what’s the starting point for breaking down an opponent

17:36 Scouting how defenses are adjusting to motions

21:55 How you work in the concepts to combat “Problem coverages”

26:24 Best way to put together the whole gameplan and combine all the coaches ideas

30:15 Making sure everyone is on the same page and trying to filter ideas

34:15 Like it/Don’t like it list with Quarterbacks

40:47 Prioritizing the Call Sheet

43:40 Organizing the sheet with situations

45:55 Approach in between series

52:12 Evaluating your own staff

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