Matt Moran, who spent 7 seasons (2015-2022) coaching special teams. During those 7 seasons, Stanford ranked #1 in the nation in Special Teams, according to Sports Source Analytics. He was mentored by one of the best special teams coaches in PAC-12 history, Pete Alamar, a veteran of 35+ seasons. Coach Moran is a 2015 Rose Bowl & PAC-12 Champion, and went to 4 bowl games at Stanford. He attended Stanford’s Master of Liberal Arts master’s program after earning a philosophy degree from Bowdoin College in 2010.

Moran came to Stanford from Rutgers, where he was defensive quality control assistant with the defensive backs during the spring of 2015.

Prior to his stop with the Scarlet Knights, he served on staff at Albright College (Pa.) as running backs coach and assistant special teams coordinator for the 2013 and 2014 seasons, leading Albright to a postseason bowl game in each season. Albright blocked nine kicks in 2014.

Moran currently runs Spec Ops, a coaching and consulting company which he founded.

Shownotes:

-Why he got into special teams

-Learning the game

-The mindset of the coach

-The mindset of the players

-Leading and creating leaders

-Running the special teams room

-Establishing specialists as part of the team

-Connecting the specialist skills and job with the scheme

-Covering special situations

-The winning edge

Coach Moran's site:

https://www.spec-ops-st.com/

Coach & Coordinator Special Teams Playlist:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/special-teams

Learn special teams:

https://coachtube.com/courses/football/special-teams

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