On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Pedro Arruza, head coach at Randolph-Macon (RM), a Division III school in Ashland, Va. Arruza has been at the helm of RM for 15 years and has overhauled the program into one of the more successful D-III programs in the country. In 2018, he guided the Yellow Jackets to an ODAC Championship and a 9-3 overall record, which included a win over No. 8 ranked John Carroll in the first round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs. Coach joins the podcast today to talk about how he built his program and what their identity is.

Show Notes:

1:16 What drove Arruza to coaching

5:33 What Coach learned as an assistant working for great coaches

9:45 How he engineered the RM turn around

13:16 Pillars of his program

19:33 How he led RM to be the least penalized team in the country

22:48 RM’s offensive and defensive identity

26:50 What place tempo has in their offense

31:26 What personnel coach prefers offensively based on his program

37:14 How they’ve changed scheme based on how defenses have evolved

39:43 Coach’s favorite RPO from 12 personnel

40:45 Winning edge

43:55 Connect with Coach

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