Best of Coach and Coordinator – The Game Planning Process

On Today’s podcast we pull from almost two years of some of the brightest offensive minds sharing their thoughts on game planning. Coaches from high school through the NFL give the details and insight to what helps them create a successful game plan. Part one focuses on ares which create the foundation for the game planning process.

The Game Planning Process PART 1 – Foundation for the Game Plan

1:20 Concepts and Philosophy drive game plan creation

1:43 Andy Kotelnicki – Distortion of the defense

3:20 Joe Moorhead – Blending RPO and West Coast

4:26 Alan Stanfield - Concept philosophy simple and tempo

5:46 Brent Dearmon - Auburn run game with RPO

8:04 Ian Shoemaker flexibility and TE’s in GP

9:52 Jason Lewis Systems based on personnel and procedures

12:40 Joe Osovet RPO concept GP basing in QB ability

13:49 Jordan Neal concept phil Tempo in GP

17:20 Kelley Lee Importance of a System

19:36 Geoff Dart Players Formations Plays

21:17 Jason Candle Get the best players the ball

23:58 Simple teaching allows you to do more in a game plan

25:03 Buddy Blevins simple formations for learning

26:28 Craig Yeast GP same do what we do

28:21 Mike Emendorfer- Bread and butter plays to simplify

29:45 Mike Emendorfer- Base concepts passing

30:07 Joe Moorhead - Teaching and terminology

30:54 Bobby Acosta - Keep it very simple and keeping it to 26 plays

32:14 Lucas Lueders - Keep it to a few fundamental schemes to build from

34:11 Total staff buy-in

34:40 Mike Denbrock - Total team GP

35:52 Noel Mazzone on staff ownership of GP

39:06 Tony Franklin - Total team GP

40:37 Tony Franklin – Perspective gained

40:39 Mike Denbrock - Team perspective

42:47 Mike Denbrock - Culture alignment

44:27 Parameters for how much to carry in a game plan

44:59 Mike Sirianni - How much in GP pass

46:40 Andrew Coverdale -H ow much and contrarians

50:23 Dan Gonzalez - How much in GP same as

54:30 Tom Lombardo - Less is more

56:10 Noel Mazzone - 25 plays

1:00:43 Bobby Acosta - Process of planning 26 plays

1:02:35 Kelley Lee - How much based on experience and the process for shrinking

1:04:17 Personnel considerations

1:04:39 Brennan Marion -GP based on OL

1:06:29 Matt Drinkall - Trends personnel groupings and shifts

1:08:32 Joe Moorhead - Using 11 Hybrid Personnel

1:09:48 Tony Franklin - Using big personnel

1:11:50 Tony Franklin Dealing with personnel at different levels

1:15:38 Tempo considerations

1:16:02 Matt Drinkall - Using multiple tempo to control the defense

1:19:04 Alan Stanfield - Planning One Word Nitro

1:20:01 Bobby Acosta - Creating one word calls/branding

1:21:07 Shawn Liotta on tempo and adding movement

1:24:10 Phil Longo - Play fast

1:24:36 Strategy in the Game Plan

1:25:18 Craig Yeast - Numbers rather than tendencies

1:26:34 Joe Osovet - Checklist for RPO GP

1:32;43 Joe Beschorner - GP around personnel and touch chart

1:34:10 Joe Beschorner - Touches

1:34:43 Rich Alercio - Stressing a Defense

1:37:34 Stephen Jackson - Balance through the QB

1:42:03 Nick Restifo – Starting with strengths and weaknesses

1:43:23 Lucas Lueders – Players, Formations, Plays

Best of Coach and Coordinator – The Game Planning Process

On Today’s podcast we pull from almost two years of some of the brightest offensive minds sharing their thoughts on game planning. Coaches from high school through the NFL give the details and insight to what helps them create a successful game plan. Part one focuses on ares which create the foundation for the game planning process.

The Game Planning Process PART 1 – Foundation for the Game Plan

1:20 Concepts and Philosophy drive game plan creation

1:43 Andy Kotelnicki – Distortion of the defense

3:20 Joe Moorhead – Blending RPO and West Coast

4:26 Alan Stanfield - Concept philosophy simple and tempo

5:46 Brent Dearmon - Auburn run game with RPO

8:04 Ian Shoemaker flexibility and TE’s in GP

9:52 Jason Lewis Systems based on personnel and procedures

12:40 Joe Osovet RPO concept GP basing in QB ability

13:49 Jordan Neal concept phil Tempo in GP

17:20 Kelley Lee Importance of a System

19:36 Geoff Dart Players Formations Plays

21:17 Jason Candle Get the best players the ball

23:58 Simple teaching allows you to do more in a game plan

25:03 Buddy Blevins simple formations for learning

26:28 Craig Yeast GP same do what we do

28:21 Mike Emendorfer- Bread and butter plays to simplify

29:45 Mike Emendorfer- Base concepts passing

30:07 Joe Moorhead - Teaching and terminology

30:54 Bobby Acosta - Keep it very simple and keeping it to 26 plays

32:14 Lucas Lueders - Keep it to a few fundamental schemes to build from

34:11 Total staff buy-in

34:40 Mike Denbrock - Total team GP

35:52 Noel Mazzone on staff ownership of GP

39:06 Tony Franklin - Total team GP

40:37 Tony Franklin – Perspective gained

40:39 Mike Denbrock - Team perspective

42:47 Mike Denbrock - Culture alignment

44:27 Parameters for how much to carry in a game plan

44:59 Mike Sirianni - How much in GP pass

46:40 Andrew Coverdale -H ow much and contrarians

50:23 Dan Gonzalez - How much in GP same as

54:30 Tom Lombardo - Less is more

56:10 Noel Mazzone - 25 plays

1:00:43 Bobby Acosta - Process of planning 26 plays

1:02:35 Kelley Lee - How much based on experience and the process for shrinking

1:04:17 Personnel considerations

1:04:39 Brennan Marion -GP based on OL

1:06:29 Matt Drinkall - Trends personnel groupings and shifts

1:08:32 Joe Moorhead - Using 11 Hybrid Personnel

1:09:48 Tony Franklin - Using big personnel

1:11:50 Tony Franklin Dealing with personnel at different levels

1:15:38 Tempo considerations

1:16:02 Matt Drinkall - Using multiple tempo to control the defense

1:19:04 Alan Stanfield - Planning One Word Nitro

1:20:01 Bobby Acosta - Creating one word calls/branding

1:21:07 Shawn Liotta on tempo and adding movement

1:24:10 Phil Longo - Play fast

1:24:36 Strategy in the Game Plan

1:25:18 Craig Yeast - Numbers rather than tendencies

1:26:34 Joe Osovet - Checklist for RPO GP

1:32;43 Joe Beschorner - GP around personnel and touch chart

1:34:10 Joe Beschorner - Touches

1:34:43 Rich Alercio - Stressing a Defense

1:37:34 Stephen Jackson - Balance through the QB

1:42:03 Nick Restifo – Starting with strengths and weaknesses

1:43:23 Lucas Lueders – Players, Formations, Plays

This week in the College Leaders series, Stan Hodgin, Shenandoah offensive coordinator joins us to discuss his passing offense. Shenandoah finished the season first in Division III passing offense with 3,865 yards passing. They discuss his journey as a coach, what makes this offense successful, what’s important in coaching, and his favorite concept.

:00 National Conference

02:45 Coach Hodgin’s journey

03:56 It’s a relationship-based business

04:40 Hodgin’s young coaching mistake

06:10 Developing over time

07:30 Fitting scheme into identity

09:25 Building the offensive system

12:40 Describing Hodgin’s offense

13:10 Who Hodgin studied

14:35 What is Hodgin’s offensive identity?

15:24 How Hodgin presents the concepts to the team

16:10 Hodgin’s 4 verts install example

17:07 4 verts adjustment

18:35 Hodgin’s H-Cross concept

20:35 What inspired Hodgin’s tweak of the cross concept?

22:35 Looking for matchups

23:30 Coaching stemming routes to win

24:55 Be simpler than the year before

26:00 Working all coverage beaters in practice

27:05 Working with practice time

28:40 Line of scrimmage adjustments

30:00 How to be effective in the classroom

31:30 Best things done in practice

33:25 Practicing screens

34:45 Splitting up practice time

36:08 What goes into the run game?

37:15 Working in RPO

38:45 Want an explosive run game

40:35 Working empty

41:40 Hodgin’s offensive culture

43:10 Winning edge

44:00 Contact

@s_hodgin

44:30 Rate on iTunes

This week in the College Leaders series, Stan Hodgin, Shenandoah offensive coordinator joins us to discuss his passing offense. Shenandoah finished the season first in Division III passing offense with 3,865 yards passing. They discuss his journey as a coach, what makes this offense successful, what’s important in coaching, and his favorite concept.

:00 National Conference

02:45 Coach Hodgin’s journey

03:56 It’s a relationship-based business

04:40 Hodgin’s young coaching mistake

06:10 Developing over time

07:30 Fitting scheme into identity

09:25 Building the offensive system

12:40 Describing Hodgin’s offense

13:10 Who Hodgin studied

14:35 What is Hodgin’s offensive identity?

15:24 How Hodgin presents the concepts to the team

16:10 Hodgin’s 4 verts install example

17:07 4 verts adjustment

18:35 Hodgin’s H-Cross concept

20:35 What inspired Hodgin’s tweak of the cross concept?

22:35 Looking for matchups

23:30 Coaching stemming routes to win

24:55 Be simpler than the year before

26:00 Working all coverage beaters in practice

27:05 Working with practice time

28:40 Line of scrimmage adjustments

30:00 How to be effective in the classroom

31:30 Best things done in practice

33:25 Practicing screens

34:45 Splitting up practice time

36:08 What goes into the run game?

37:15 Working in RPO

38:45 Want an explosive run game

40:35 Working empty

41:40 Hodgin’s offensive culture

43:10 Winning edge

44:00 Contact

@s_hodgin

44:30 Rate on iTunes

Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Keith Grabowski has former East Stroudsburg University coach, Denny Douds as his guest. Douds has coached some of the most notable coaches in football in every level, including the likes of James Franklin, Pat Flaherty and Harry Hiestand. He talks with Keith about teaching while coaching, the changes in the game, what’s important in coaching and some of those coaches. Lastly, Douds spoke on his non-traditional but notable way of retiring from football.

Denny Douds is the all-time winningest coach in the history of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. He spent 44 seasons as head coach and 52 years at East Stroudsburg University. He was the winningest active coach in NCAA football with 263 career victories. He ranks 16th in NCAA history in career wins and seventh in games coached (462), behind only John Gagliardi, Eddie Robinson, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden and Pop Warner. He ranks 10th in NCAA history in career wins at one institution. He is one of 15 men to reach 40 seasons as head coach in college football history, the ninth to coach 40 years at one school, and the fifth to spend all his 40+ year career at the same institution.

01:45 Changes in the game

03:50 Educating and coaching

05:55 Evolution of coaching, adapting to coaching specialist

06:35 Douds' evolution of the game example

08:15 The game evolving like society

11:15 Exploiting matchups

12:10 Keeping records and information gathering

13:20 Keeping up with the game, spread formations

15:00 Dealing with evolution and life of the player

15:35 Its more than a game that’s played on Saturday

21:25 Douds' coaching tree, his thoughts on their careers

23:55 Harry Hiestand’s story

28:45 Family is priority

30:55 The future of the game

35:38 Advice to young coaches

38:40 Douds' retirement story

46:27 Winning edge

Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Keith Grabowski has former East Stroudsburg University coach, Denny Douds as his guest. Douds has coached some of the most notable coaches in football in every level, including the likes of James Franklin, Pat Flaherty and Harry Hiestand. He talks with Keith about teaching while coaching, the changes in the game, what’s important in coaching and some of those coaches. Lastly, Douds spoke on his non-traditional but notable way of retiring from football.

Denny Douds is the all-time winningest coach in the history of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. He spent 44 seasons as head coach and 52 years at East Stroudsburg University. He was the winningest active coach in NCAA football with 263 career victories. He ranks 16th in NCAA history in career wins and seventh in games coached (462), behind only John Gagliardi, Eddie Robinson, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden and Pop Warner. He ranks 10th in NCAA history in career wins at one institution. He is one of 15 men to reach 40 seasons as head coach in college football history, the ninth to coach 40 years at one school, and the fifth to spend all his 40+ year career at the same institution.

01:45 Changes in the game

03:50 Educating and coaching

05:55 Evolution of coaching, adapting to coaching specialist

06:35 Douds' evolution of the game example

08:15 The game evolving like society

11:15 Exploiting matchups

12:10 Keeping records and information gathering

13:20 Keeping up with the game, spread formations

15:00 Dealing with evolution and life of the player

15:35 Its more than a game that’s played on Saturday

21:25 Douds' coaching tree, his thoughts on their careers

23:55 Harry Hiestand’s story

28:45 Family is priority

30:55 The future of the game

35:38 Advice to young coaches

38:40 Douds' retirement story

46:27 Winning edge

This week in the Deliberate Practice series, coaches Keith Grabowski and Andy Ryland talk with former NFL lineman and contact expert Scott Peters about developing skill in the offseason. Peters discusses the USA Football Contact System as way to develop all your players this offseason. The Contact System incorporates technical movements and allows coaches to build technique from the ground up that apply directly to the game. Peters discusses how this can be implemented into an off season program.

01:30 Missing opportunities to develop skills in the offseason

02:18 Contact is a skillset

03:27 It starts with the coach

06:30 Working on skill development as many times as possible

07:30 TOS contact system - top 2 objects of achievement

08:13 Safety through superior technique

09:00 Movement patterns

10:10 Shape

11:40 Don’t have to be playing football to train the technique

12:57 Development of skills

13:50 There’s no excuse not to develop yourself when information exists

14:40 Importance of movement patterns

16:00 “Talent Code” patterns example

17:17 Performance and safety

18:30 Tip of the Spear can work in all schemes

19:10 Finding all the common denominators

20:15 Stop thinking about what we used to do

20:35 Evolution is in the technique, not scheme

22:15 Shape, sharpen and polish the spear

23:35 Competition is the measuring stick

25:20 Hip series

26:05 Shape drills

27:50 Coil, uncoil and fit/finish drills

28:17 Look at your warm-ups

29:50 Refit drill

30:55 Forensic detail

31:18 Andy’s super set example

32:12 Everybody should be improvising and innovating

32:33 Investment of time

35:05 What’s added to the Tip of the Spear system in 2019

This week in the Deliberate Practice series, coaches Keith Grabowski and Andy Ryland talk with former NFL lineman and contact expert Scott Peters about developing skill in the offseason. Peters discusses the USA Football Contact System as way to develop all your players this offseason. The Contact System incorporates technical movements and allows coaches to build technique from the ground up that apply directly to the game. Peters discusses how this can be implemented into an off season program.

01:30 Missing opportunities to develop skills in the offseason

02:18 Contact is a skillset

03:27 It starts with the coach

06:30 Working on skill development as many times as possible

07:30 TOS contact system - top 2 objects of achievement

08:13 Safety through superior technique

09:00 Movement patterns

10:10 Shape

11:40 Don’t have to be playing football to train the technique

12:57 Development of skills

13:50 There’s no excuse not to develop yourself when information exists

14:40 Importance of movement patterns

16:00 “Talent Code” patterns example

17:17 Performance and safety

18:30 Tip of the Spear can work in all schemes

19:10 Finding all the common denominators

20:15 Stop thinking about what we used to do

20:35 Evolution is in the technique, not scheme

22:15 Shape, sharpen and polish the spear

23:35 Competition is the measuring stick

25:20 Hip series

26:05 Shape drills

27:50 Coil, uncoil and fit/finish drills

28:17 Look at your warm-ups

29:50 Refit drill

30:55 Forensic detail

31:18 Andy’s super set example

32:12 Everybody should be improvising and innovating

32:33 Investment of time

35:05 What’s added to the Tip of the Spear system in 2019

This week on the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Keith Grabowski talks with Morehead State assistant coach Milo Austin. Austin was selected the AFCA FCS Assistant Coach of the Year. The coaches discuss Austin’s journey, his success, his favorite concept and what it takes to be good assistant coach.

Austin began his collegiate playing career as a cornerback at Division III Salisbury, where he was named Atlantic Central Football Conference Freshman of the Year in 2001. He was also the Eastern College Athletic Conference Eastern Region Freshman of the Year. He finished his career at West Virginia, where he was a wide receiver on the 2004 Big East Conference Championship team.

00:40 National Conference

02:08 Coach Austin’s start and journey

05:12 What keeps Austin coaching?

06:18 The most important lessons about coaching

07:55 Qualities that got coach Austin nominated for ACOY

09:17 Coach Austin’s go to resource to share with players

10:32 Importance of giving back to the community

11:43 Coach Austin’s favorite concept: Post Wheel Shake

15:00 The Post

17:00 The Wheel

19:25 The Shake

21:42 The RB trail route

23:50 What is the QB looking at in this concept?

25:37 Having balance in coaching

27:05 Advice for young coaches

28:18 Winning edge

29:10 Contact coach Austin:

@coachmaustin

This week on the Coach and Coordinator Podcast, Keith Grabowski talks with Morehead State assistant coach Milo Austin. Austin was selected the AFCA FCS Assistant Coach of the Year. The coaches discuss Austin’s journey, his success, his favorite concept and what it takes to be good assistant coach.

Austin began his collegiate playing career as a cornerback at Division III Salisbury, where he was named Atlantic Central Football Conference Freshman of the Year in 2001. He was also the Eastern College Athletic Conference Eastern Region Freshman of the Year. He finished his career at West Virginia, where he was a wide receiver on the 2004 Big East Conference Championship team.

00:40 National Conference

02:08 Coach Austin’s start and journey

05:12 What keeps Austin coaching?

06:18 The most important lessons about coaching

07:55 Qualities that got coach Austin nominated for ACOY

09:17 Coach Austin’s go to resource to share with players

10:32 Importance of giving back to the community

11:43 Coach Austin’s favorite concept: Post Wheel Shake

15:00 The Post

17:00 The Wheel

19:25 The Shake

21:42 The RB trail route

23:50 What is the QB looking at in this concept?

25:37 Having balance in coaching

27:05 Advice for young coaches

28:18 Winning edge

29:10 Contact coach Austin:

@coachmaustin