On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Ross Douglas, Cornerbacks Coach at the University of Richmond. Douglas just joined the staff at Richmond in the spring of 2021, having spent the previous three years as a defensive graduate assistant at Rutgers. Ross joins the podcast today to talk about how he has been adjusting to his new job as well as go into detail on his practices.

1:31 Coach’s journey

2:56 Biggest lessons coach has learned along the way

4:50 Building relationships with players

5:43 How he adjusted to being hired late in the process this past season

6:46 Challenging parts of adjusting quickly this past season

8:21 Putting this past season to bed and how they’re moving on

9:28 Creating competition throughout practice

11:05 Evaluating each practice

12:40 Dealing with players who are struggling

13:36 Keys to getting the corners to play at a high level

15:25 Training “Eye discipline”

16:21 Working eye discipline into a specific coverage

18:00 Where to stand as a coach and working drills

19:30 Evaluation of film

20:46 Continuing to build relationships

25:10 Winning Edge

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