On today’s podcast, we welcome back Kirk Fridrich, head coach at Union High School in Tulsa, Okla. Coach Fridrich has led Union to five state championships in eight total appearances during his 12-year tenure as head coach of the Redskins. Coach joined the podcast today to talk about how he plans his training camp in regard to player conditioning. Additionally, he mapped out his plan for player reps as well as how his strength coach gets involved in camp.

Show Notes:

3:42 Learning how much your players are training

6:22 Building into week 1 and mapping out camp accordingly

12:00 Mapping out reps

13:41 Challenges coach faced as he developed his system

16:02 Practice plans and scripts

18:03 How much workload monitoring is done in season

20:02 Role of strength coach in camp

22:00 How coach’s system helps develop young players

23:38 Connect with Coach

Connect with Coach:

Twitter: @coach_fred

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Today's Coach and Coordinator podcast, we compiled some of the best drills from our Deliberate Practice series. Today's edition we will focus on some special teams drills for each different special teams unit.

Show Notes:

1:21 Punt Cover Drill

10:34 Special teams general talk

13:10 Punt Returner Drill

16:21 Front Wall Kickoff Return Drill and Coach Progression talk

22:00 PAT Drills

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski talks with Tyler Walker, defensive backs coach, special team coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Muskingum University (Ohio). Prior to arriving at Muskingum, Walker was an assistant coach at Catholic Central High School (Mich.), where he worked primarily with the receivers and helped lead the Shamrocks to 14-0 overall record that was capped off by a Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 state championship. Walker joins the podcast today to talk about the 4-1-6 defensive scheme as a whole, specifically in regards to the secondary.

Show Notes:

1:15 Coaches experience during his first year at Muskingum

2:39 What did the staff do to change the culture at Muskingum

5:02 What were their defensive philosophies

8:36 4-1-6

10:20 Which RPO is easier to plan for

12:00 How they dictate who gets the ball in the RPO game

14:00 Similarities between his front and tight front

15:50 What kind of hybrid players is coach looking for

17:40 What problems do big body offenses give to this defense

19:58 Preparing in camp

22:50 Secondary responsibilities

26:03 Meg adjustment

28:29 Safety run support

30:12 Installation and drill plans

32:41 Efficient game planning

36:38 Matching up tempo offenses

39:37 Balancing his duties as special teams coach with his defensive responsibilities

46:25 Winning Edge

Connect with Coach

Twitter: @CoachTWalker

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, the “Deep Dive on Defense” series continues as Slade Calhoun sits down with guest host Chris Vasseur. Calhoun is the defensive coordinator at Munford High School in Tennessee and was featured on USA Football’s “Film to Field Friday” segment featuring the Fight to Track. Calhoun joined Vasseur to talk about his transition from a 4-2-5 defense to a 3-4 defense as well as some feedback on his experience with the Advanced Tackling System and the Five Fights.

Show Notes:

2:34 Coach’s journey

6:32 How close was Coach’s defense to TCU’s

12:04 Language system

15:28 Calling a defense

17:58 Tying together front and secondary

19:11 Reason for changing defenses

22:17 Why did Coach change the entirety of the system

24:24 What coaches who are switching to an odd front need to be aware of

26:10 When to stop thinking in terms of conversion as opposed to the new front

30:16 Go to vs balanced pro I

34:37 Fitting coverage vs 10 and 11 personnel

37:37 Effect RPO’s have had on defenses

40:35 Chasing ghosts

44:05 Other transitions coach had to make

47:52 Other concerns with transitioning to new defense

51:10 New coverages with defensive change

54:01 Overlap

56:01 Not being afraid

1:00:38 Coach’s thoughts on the Five Fights

1:12:08 Pressure Situation Call

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On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski shares one of the key concepts stressed by Mike Shanahan at the QB Collective camp this past week: how to protect the team. Grabowski shares different ways in which coaches can help to protect the team during training camp and which situations coaches and players need think about.

Show Notes:

2:00 QB Collective

2:40 Mike Shanahan’s talk about install

4:12 Meaning of “protect the team”

6:22 Ways to protect team in practice – not finishing easy hits in practice

9:20 Holding receivers in practice

12:34 Interior players and defining clear systems

13:38 Pass rush

14:31 Defensive linemen

15:28 Separating aggression into specific drills

16:34 Banned drills

17:55 Team run vs. inside Run

19:18 Practice smart

20:00 Final thoughts

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Today's Coach and Coordinator podcast we compiled some of the best drills from our Deliberate practice series. Today's edition we will focus on some defensive drills for each position.

Today's Coach and Coordinator podcast we compiled some of the best drills from our Deliberate practice series. Today's edition we will focus on some offensive drills for each position.

On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, guest host Chris Vasseur is joined by Mark Duda, head football coach and defensive line coach at Lackawanna College (Pa.), for another “Deep Dive on Defense” segment. Duda has been head coach at Lackawanna since 1994 and has produced over 370 Division I athletes, including 15 who went on to sign NFL deals. Duda played in the NFL for five years as a defensive lineman under a couple of great NFL defensive coaches in Floyd Peters and Jim Johnson. Coach has been named Northeast Football Conference Coach of the Year on four different occasions and is currently the active leader among coaches in the NJCAA in wins, ranking No. 12 all-time. Duda joined the podcast today to talk about everything from basic defensive line technique to stunts, games, twists and a whole bunch more.

Show Notes:

1:33 Which side you put your stunts on

5:03 Other games coach loves

17:01 Pick stunts

24:40 Specific stunt

30:30 Playing vs. the RPO game

39:48 3-3 Slant angle

45:47 Double team

50:18 Lag technique

1:02:30 Pressure Call

1:05:01 Connect with Coach

Connect with Coach:

Twitter: @markduda73

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, guest host Chris Vasseur is joined by Mark Duda, head football coach and defensive line coach at Lackawanna College (PA), for another Deep Dive on Defense segment. Duda has been head coach at Lackawanna since 1994 and has produced over 370 Division 1 athletes including 15 who went on to sign NFL deals. Duda himself also played in the NFL for 5 years as a defensive lineman and played for and learned under a couple of great NFL defensive Coaches in Floyd Peters and Jim Johnson. Coach has been named Northeast Football Conference Coach of the Year on four different occasions and is currently the leader among active coaches in the NJCAA in wins and 12th all-time. Duda joined the podcast today to talk about everything from basic defensive line technique to stunts, games, twists and a whole bunch more.

Show Notes:

1:37 Coach’s Journey

3:00 How coaches he played for have shaped his coaching

7:03 Coach’s time with Jim Johnson

7:50 Coach’s base philosophy

9:28 Run philosophy

12:07 What he’s changed recently about his philosophy

17:21 Basic alignment

22:51 Overstepping and under stepping

24:16 Training same hand same foot technique and other base techniques

40:55 Coach’s favorite twists and stunts and how he teaches them

49:00 When to read on stunts and when coach takes the reads off

56:51 Having DE’s pick not DT’s

Connect with Coach:

Twitter: @markduda73

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Bobby Acosta, offensive coordinator at The College of St. Scholastica (Minn.), for an “All In on Offense” segment. Prior to being brought in as OC this year, Acosta spent two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Bucknell University (Pa.), two more as the wide receivers coach at Syracuse, one season as head coach at Widener University (Pa.) and two seasons as tight ends coach at the University of Delaware, where he assisted in the development of Super Bowl champion quarterback Joe Flacco. Acosta joined the podcast today to share his ideas on building a culture through a network of systems.

Show Notes:

2:25 Coach’s culture

5:27 Putting together a playbook

7:17 Breaking down the playbook into different concepts

9:14 Finding out what plays work based on personnel

12:28 Evaluating the right fit when accepting a job

15:08 Evaluating your own system

17:58 Finding the right way to teach

21:31 Guided learning

24:10 Communicating with players in an easy way

29:08 Making meetings engaging

31:53 Game planning

36:35 Practice scripting

40:57 Formations vs. execution

44:48 Building RPO options in

46:27 Pillars of his culture

48:36 Coach’s videos

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