Brandon Napolean

Brandon Napoleon was named to FootballScoop's 2022 Minority Watch List/Rising Stars in coaching. In 2022 he became Sacred Heart’s cornerbacks coach after serving one year as a grad assistant at Buffalo.

As a player, Napoleon spent two years at WVU before transferring to Northern Iowa. He also made a stop at Georgetown College, an NAIA school in Kentucky before finishing his collegiate career at Kansas Wesleyan. 

On today’s podcast e shares what he learned in his journey as a player and how that has transitioned into the coaching profession and developing the Cornerback position.

Shownotes:

-Path through college as a player

-What he learned and message to players thinking about the transfer portal

-Mindset - hard hat mentality

-Keeping things interesting in the meeting room

-Attention to detail with film and walk thru

-Intensifying the walk thru

-A-B-C-D in individual period

-Coaching the toughest aspect of Corner play - eye discipline

-Watching both corners in practice and game

-Evaluation and playing time

-Tracking player production

-Defining a loaf

-Progression of adjustments

-The winning edge - the juice

Related:

Matt Myers - Head Coach, Kansas Wesleyan

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-path-from-volunteer-to-head-coach-matt-myers-head-coach-kansas-wesleyan

Matt Drinkall, TE Coach, Army

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/matt-drinkall-playlist

Maurice Linguist, Head Coach, Buffalo

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/how-we-teach-and-implement-maurice-lindquist-head-coach-university-of-buffalo

Keelon Brookins, CB Coach, Kent State

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coach-the-cb-coach-em-hard-love-em-harder-keelon-brookins-cb-coach-kent-state

Deliberate Practice - Juice

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/deliberate-practice-juice

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