Today's Coach and Coordinator podcast guest is Rob Ash, director of coaching development at Championship Analytics, Inc., which helps coaches strategize through analytics. Ash spent 36 years as a head coach at the FCS and NCAA Division III levels before working as an offensive analyst at Arkansas. His coaching stops included Montana State (2007-15), Drake (1989-2006) and Juniata College (1980-88).

In the podcast, Ash and host Keith Grabowski discusses his coaching career and the ever-evolving world of football analytics.

Show Notes

1:38 What got Ash into coaching

3:26 Learning to be a head coach at a young age

5:01 Creating a successful program at Drake

8:21 Building culture at the FCS level

10:52 Changes in recruiting and student-athlete development

13:00 Transition from head coach to offensive analyst

15:57 Future of analytics in football

21:20 Using Championship Analytics in an up-tempo offense

23:36 Analytics as part of the pre-game game plan

29:16 Using analytics on the defensive side of the ball

34:50 Practicing in-game situations within analytics coaching

39:25 The ever-changing two-point chart

42:25 Small college and high school use for CAI

43:51 Recommendations of how high school coaches can use basic analytics