Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Keith Grabowski is joined by Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco High School offensive coordinator Steven Lo and San Mateo (Calif.) Junipero Serra High School defensive coordinator Chris Vasseur. The coaches share a unique friendship that afforded them the opportunity to coach together at Junipero Serra. They also share the impact of that friendship and how it brought them success in their five years together including winning a state title.

01:05 Coach Vasseur’s coaching journey

04:33 Coach Lo’s coaching journey

07:14 Development in the coaches’ relationship

11:51 Coach Lo’s transition from head coach and switch from offense to defense

12:50 Coach Lo’s philosophy to game planning

13:44 Coach Vasseur’s approach to game planning and, learning experience at Millsap College

20:00 Coach Lo’s offensive approach in game week prep

22:00 The coaches’ state championship season

29:25 Being on the same page

33:16 Coach Vasseur’s connection to Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt

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On this episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, we continue the “Your Call” series with Keith Grabowski live from USA Football’s National Conference. Grabowski is joined by head coaches Ben Powell of W.L. Cohen High School in New Orleans, La. and Mike Norman of Rutland (Vt.) High School discuss the impact of USA Football’s Systems along with different football game types and the roles they play in developing players.

Ben Powell

01:04 Thoughts in

taking over the Cohen program

04:23 Keys for the program turn around

07:36 Jumping the gap to success

09:37 Hyper focus on detail

12:55 Taking advantage of how technique is taught at National Conference

16:20 Impact of USA Football’s Contact and Tackling Systems

19:40 Skill development within USA Football’s Systems

Mike Norman

24:24 Padded flag football

25:25 Coach Norman’s thoughts on padded flag

26:25 Compromise for football

27:30 Observation of kids in 11-man football

28:25 Other coaches’ opinions

30:10 Thoughts on the Football Development Model

31:00 National Conference

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This is the weekly breakdown of USA Football's Coach and Coordinator Podcast Series by Keith Grabowski. These short clips highlight snippets of what the episodes from the week feature and the different guests on the show.

Highlights from this week on Coach and Coordinator:

VAR Systems - AJ Smith

State Champion - Jason McManus

Home Team - Kimberly Eck

QB Leadership - Ken O'Keefe

Your Call - Yusuf Shakir & Kareem Reid

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On this episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Keith Grabowski is joined head coaches Yusuf Shakir of Manatee High School in Bradenton, Fla. and Kareem Reid of West Lake High School in Atlanta, Ga. live from USA Football’s National Conference for the “Your Call” series.

Coach Yusuf Shakir

01:27 Keys to taking a program to the next level

03:36 Gauge the community’s interest

04:00 See who are the committed people in the program

06:15 Building relationships

08:03 Embrace and learn what came before you as a coach

09:57 Coaching is teaching

10:52 Understanding the environment

11:36 Controlled enthusiasm and vision

13:36 Be committed to the kids

14:30 National Conference

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Twitter: @Yusuf_Shakir

Kareem Reid

15:51 Building the program’s brand

17:13 Coach Reid’s advice for building the brand

18:33 Getting kids’ attention

19:54 Coach Reid being hands on with branding

20:36 Most successful pieces from social media

21:18 Biggest social platform for kids

21:48 National Conference

22:22 Connect with coach:

Twitter: @coachreid99

@westlakefb1

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Today on the Coach & Coordinator podcast, Keith Grabowski is joined by University of Iowa quarterbacks coach Ken O’Keefe on the show to discuss quarterback leadership. Coach O’Keefe shares the impact of being at USA Football’s National Conference, what he looks for in leadership from a quarterback, and his impact as a coach.

00:30 Reflection of USA Football’s National Conference and football journey

08:24 Reflecting on the high school level

12:43 Don’t forget what it was like to be a player

16:50 What Coach O’Keefe looks for in a quarterback

19:30 Leadership

24:52 Catch guys doing the right things and reinforce it

27:00 More than winning and losing, it’s the impact

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Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, we have the Home Team series with Joel Nellis joined by Kimberly Eck wife of Jason Eck, who serves as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at South Dakota State. Nellis and Mrs. Eck give listeners perspective directly from a coach’s wife. The Eck’s have been married for over 17 years. Mrs. Eck runs the blog "Beauty, Babes, and Ball" and is a member of the AFCWA.

01:37 How Mrs. Eck met her husband

02:45 Being independent

03:58 Giving wives time

05:10 Phone time

06:00 What to admire about Coach Eck

07:38 Taking children on the road

08:25 Quality time

10:17 Communicating about moving and new positions

11:34 Do’s and Don’ts about the moving process

13:43 Ways to help with the moving process as a coach

16:35 AFCWA

18:35 Relationships with other coaches’ wives

19:56 Beauty, Babes, and Ball Blog

21:42 Supporting players

23:00 Supporting kids as a coach’s wife

24:27 Handling loss

26:05 Mrs. Eck’s hope for impact as a coach’s wife

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In today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator Keith Grabowski is joined by Rock Hill (S.C.) South Pointe High School assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Jason McManus. Coach McManus also coached in the 2019 U.S. Army All-American game. Grabowski and coach McManus discuss his coaching journey, his powerful offense and importance of players’ control in the offense.

Coach Jason McManus was a college coach for 12 years before becoming the offensive coordinator at South Pointe. South Pointe won four consecutive state titles, had a 55-5 record including a 26-game win streak, and was ranked as high as No. 6 in the country by USA Today while playing in the state's highest classification.

Coach McManus MACATTACK offense scored 711 points and amassed 6,702 yards (3,639 rush, 3,063 pass) in one season. The MacAttack offense averaged 44.9 points per game in 2018, 47.1 points per game in 2017, 39.8 points per game in 2016 for a 3-year average of 43.9 points per game! During that same span the offense has averaged 476.3 yards per game.

Coach McManus MACATTACK has produced an All-State or All-American quarterback for four consecutive years.

01:05 Coach McManus' coaching journey

02:26 Lessons as a young coach

04:10 Advantages of coming from college to high school

06:29 Relationships

08:40 South Pointe’s culture

10:46 Describing the offense

12:12 Evolution of the system

14:10 Foundation of the offense

16:08 Air Raid influence

17:25 Four verticals

20:52 Accumulation of reps

24:38 Introducing new concepts

26:48 Allowing the quarterbacks to control play calls

28:25 Game planning the U.S. All-American game

31:47 It’s all about the players

33:40 RPO in Coach McManus’ offense

36:00 Thoughts on attacking the tite front

38:48 Connect with coach:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @CoachMacJason

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Today’s episode is brought to you live from USA Football's National Conference as Keith Grabowski is joined by A.J. Smith to discuss the trend of the Air Raid offense, analytics and virtual reality. Grabowski and Smith sharedtheir observation of football’s development through these new devices and player - led teams for efficiency. Smith shares what his virtual reality training tool VAR Systems does for coaches to help develop and prepare their players.

00:55 National Conference

01:26 What is A.J. Smith doing?

02:50 VAR in-game stats

04:57 Coaches need to adapt

06:12 What VAR can do for the defense?

07:45 Pregame vs. live game

09:42 How quick will VR catch on for coaches?

12:06 Look at the quality of the product

14:33 VR for quarterbacks

15:50 The system and affordability

19:52 Using VR beyond the quarterback

23:07 Looking to the future

24:33 Holograms

27:05 Trend of the Air Raid offense

29:48 evolution in coaching

33:15 Giving power to the players

36:33 VAR Systems

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This is the weekly breakdown of USA Football's Coach and Coordinator Podcast Series by Keith Grabowski. These short clips highlight snippets of what the episodes from the week feature and the different guests on the show.

Highlights from this week on Coach and Coordinator:

State Champion - Terry Curtis

#SwarmFBCHAT - Ryan McCartney

Simulated Blitzes - Cody Alexander

The Sideline Hustle - Drew Lieberman

Staff Approach to Recruiting - Brian Lawson

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Keith Grabowski was joined by Jeff Davis High School (Hazlehurst, Ga.) recruiting coordinator Brian Lawson. Coach Lawson shared his role as recruiting coordinator, the importance of that role in high school and advantages this role schools.

Recorded live at the 2019 USA Football National Conference.

00:53 What Coach Lawson loved about National Conference

01:45 Role as a recruiting coordinator

03:22 Detail in the process for setting student-athlete up for success

04:46 Parents using coaches for their children’s recruitment

06:17 Promoting the opportunity of free education

07:52 Advantage of having a recruiting coordinator

09:32 Importance of making recruiting easy for colleges

12:15 Skill set to be a recruiting coordinator

13:40 Connect with coach:

Twitter: @Jdfbrecruits

@coachblawson

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